Back With a Vengeance at Amelia Island Fishing

After a safety layoff from fishing, Dennis Brizzi and his fishing buddy Hal O'dell were back to fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.  We met out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early on the last of an outgoing tide and made a quick buzz over to Pumkin Hill to fish some exposed oyster beds with jig rogs and a special rig that Hal had brought along. Hal was also toasting his bait with some "special sauce" to get every bit of edge he could get!  Fairly quickly, Dennis was battling a 3' Bonnethead Shark and as we were putting it in the boat, Hal landed a keeper sized Weakfish.

We moved down to Broward Island, with the tide still going out, and here things heated up for Hal. He hooked up and landed two nice 18" Black "puppy" Drum, a Croaker, and a keeper sized Sheepshead at that spot. We moved down the island, fished some logs, came back to "Hal's Hole" but had no more bites, so we moved on.

Our next stop was down at Spanish Drop and here it was Dennis who had the hot rod. He tangled with 2-3 hard fighting Jack Crevalle, then did battle with another Bonnethead, this one at least 4' long, and then he hooked up and landed a good 21" Slot sized Redfish.  It was a good day to get back to fishing for these two anglers so we called it a great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.

Capt. Lawrence Piper is a back country light tackle, fly fishing guide based out of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida and specializes in Redfish, Seatrout, Flounder, Black Drum, and Sheepshead. If you’re looking for things to do a fun family outing or a day out with your angler friends,  then plan a Charter on The Anglers Mark.