Big Jacks Make Way For Big Reds

We had another beautiful morning today when I met Darrell Holcomb and his brother-in-law Jim down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. Most of the day stayed a little big cloudy and with an 8mph breeze, the day remained pleasant to fish.  We made a quick run up the Nassau and then turned into the current to begin tossing jigs and live shrimp to the still exposed oysters on the first of an incoming tide. Jim "knocked the skunk off" when he landed a hungry Seatrout, then Darrell added one of his own. then Darrell had a strong hookup and a big fish fight ensued! Darrell kept the pressure on as the fish took him from port to starboard then it ran long and deep, but it was no contest - Darrell worked it to the boat and landed a huge Jack Crevalle.  We picked up another one or two Jacks before we made the run up to Seymore's Pointe.

Fishing some dock pilings, Darrell had put his bait up close and BOOM! right off, big fish on. He worked it to the boat
expertly and landed a nice 18" keeper sized Black Drum. Our next stop was back at Twin Creeks where we fished their mouths with float rigs and live shrimp to no avail. But as we drifted down the bank with the current we began to get fish. Darrell had a good bite that ripped his drag. He played it perfectly and soon landed a Slot sized 22" Redfish. He quickly followed that up with a keeper sized Flounder. Jim added a Redfish that was just an 1/8 undersized.

Our next stop was down at Pumpkin Hill, still drifting floats and shrimp. Jim had made a cast over some flooded oysters and his circle hook snagged as it came across. But luckily it came looses with a tug and as it drifted past the oysters, BOOM! Big Fish one1. This fish was ripping drag and heading south and a good clip. I  wondered if it wasn't a smaller fish but I checked JIm's drag and it was fairly snug. We even chased the fish for a bit and as Jim worked it to the boat I saw it roll - Big Redfish!  Jim played it perfectly and soon brought to the net an oversized 29" Redfish!  We hit one more spot briefly then called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida