Short Trip, Nice Catch

With the craziness of what's going on with the Virus, I was able to squeeze in a short trip with the Traylor family this afternoon - Mark and Heather and their two sons Hibbs and Smith. I met them this afternoon up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp and we jumped across to Tiger Island and even though the wind had picked up just a bit and when we got there, it was like fishing on a pond.

I had a few mud minnow over from the morning trip, and half 'o pound of shrimp that I picked up from Atlantic Seafood last evening so we baited up some jigs and began pitching. Almost

immediately, Mark and Hibbs hooked up and Fish On!  The fought the fish valiantly, played it perfectly, and soon landed a nice Slot Redfish.

Heather was pitching a jig and dead shrimp and hooked up and her and Hibbs worked it in patiently and landed another Redfish.

We worked that bank, up and down, then the duo of Mark and Smith had another strong hookup and, Fish On! It was an epic battle, but they were up for the battle and landed another Slot Redfish.  Later, we moved across the creek and caught a feisty little Stingray.

In just the short time, this fishing family, making memories, caught 5 Redfish (three were in the Slot size) and the Stingray, so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.