Mangrove Snapper Are Back at Amelia Island

We had a beautiful morning today with plans to fish with the Braynard Fishing Team - Scott and his adult kids Sarah and David. I met them down at the south end boat ramp and we headed up the intercoastal and dipped into Jackstaff to begin fishing along the exposed oysters with jigs and live shrimp. All three anglers were making excellent casts, fishing the last of an outgoing tide, but all we had were nibbles. We crossed the creek, fished a sandy pointe, and again, only nibbles.

After running thru Horsehead we pulled at a dock and fished the pilings. Here, David "knocked the skunk off" when he hooked up with a ferocious fighting big Jack Crevalle. After a good battle, he landed the fish for pictures and release. We fished a few docks to no avail, then moved on.

Our next stop was around at some rocks at Seymore's Pointe and here things heated up. Now fishing fixed float rigs with live shrimp, this trio of anglers began to get bites then Scott hauled in a fat Mangrove Snapper. It was like a light switch was flipped because we began to get one bite after another. David reeled a few keeper sized fish in, Sarah got the hang of it and caught some, and Scott added a couple to the catch.

We decided to move on and see if we could get some bigger fish so we made the run down to Spanish Drop. After working along the flooded marsh grass Scott, fishing off the stern, had some hookups. he tangled briefly with a high flying Ladyfish, then put a keeper sized Seatrout in the boat. Sarah hooked up and landed another Ladyfish to top the day off and with that, we called it a day, another great one 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.