Eventful Day Fishing At Amelia Island

Back to "work" today, fishing with Robert Hegler and his adult son Rob after meeting them up  at the Dee Dee Bartels Park with a tide that had started back in about an hour before we left the ramp. We made the quick run over to Tiger Island under overcast skies and fished the logs with jigs and live shrimp and minnows.  Rob was using the shrimp and Robert was using the minnows and it seemed that Rob was getting more bites. He picked up a feisty Redfish, just undersized, then landed a bigger one that looked and felt like it was going to be a keeper, but it had a trick up its sleeve and "flipped" just as I was beginning to measure it and over it went! Ouch!  But these two anglers were not to be deterred. They picked up a couple of hungry Seatrtout then Robert, still tossing the minnow had a good thump and, Fish On! He slowly worked it to the boat and landed a nice keeper sized Flounder.

We made the run up to Jolley River and fished the bank, staying with the jigs for a most of it. Rob had a hard bite and
a good battle and put a keeper sized Black "puppy" Drum into the boat.  The duo had just tallied an Amelia Island Back Country "Grande" Slam of Redfish, Seatrout, Flounder and Black Drum.  We fished further up the river, had a few bites with one break off, then as we eased back to the mouth, it began to rain. Luckily, we were all prepared and pulled on rain gear. I had just pulled up to a good looking spot and Rob had made an excellent cast to a grassy island and, BOOM! In three foot of water the battle was on!  Rob worked the fish out over the oysters, got it deep, went from bow to stern, and eventually subdued and landed a big Oversized 28" Redfish. Boy what a fish!
We had another strong break off here before we moved on.

Our next stop was on the outside of Tiger fishing the now flooded oysters. We worked the bank thoroughly then buzzed thru Tiger to the Bell River and set up on a pointe for the final few minutes. We caught another small Trout and then the final bite of the day was a hard strike on Robert's line. he played it perfectly but it was not to be and threw the hook. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.