Two For Three at Amelia Island Fishing

I was able to get out fishing Sunday morning with Clint and Jean Davis after meeting them up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp on a tide that had been going out for about an hour. We made our first run up to the Jolley River to get away from the congestion and sure enough, it sure was peaceful up there!  Clint got his live shrimp under a float in the water first, but Jean's had only settled in before she had a strong bite - the float was gone! But it was a quick hit and took the bait with no catch. We worked along the shore line, tossing up current and when we reached a point of marsh grass Clint's float
disappeared and, Fish On!  Clint worked it slowly to the boat and knocked the skunk off with a nice 19" Slot sized, 11 spot Redfish.

We came back to the mouth of the Jolley, fished the "bank", then ran back up the Jolley to fish some now exposed oysters with jigs and live shrimp. Jean was fishing out of the stern and letting her jig bounce down the river bottom to deeper water and felt a few "bumps" before hooking up and reeling in a big 18" Seatrout.  We then made our way around to Bell River and fished some dock pilings.  Jean kept up the hot hand, catching a Flounder and a Sheepshead to round out the duos Amelia Island Back Country Grande Slam of Redfish, Seatrout, Flounder and Sheepshead. She also tangled with a big fish, had the hookup, but the wily fish made it's way to the dock pilings and broke us off.

It was a beautiful day, we had some fish in the  box, so we counted it as another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.