Foggy Morning Start at Amelia Island Fishing

I met Garth Snider and his son Landon down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning and as we started up the intercoastal we had to go slow because the fog was socked in. But when I got up to the mouth of the Nassau I was able to see both marshes so we made a short run up to Spanish Drop where we began tossing jigs with live shrimp to the exposed oysters on the last of an outgoing tide.  Both of these anglers were excellent casters and were hitting the edge regularly. It was Garth who "knocked the skunk off" when he hooked up with something strong. The fish boiled at the shoreline so we knew it was a nice Redfish. Garth worked it patiently to the boat on the light tackle spinning gear and soon landed a Slot Redfish. We worked along the bank and Garth picked up a keeper sized Seatrout.

We continued on up the Nassau and tried our hand with float rigs along some rocks, hoping for Mangrove Snapper on the
dead low but we had not a nibble. I think all the fresh water that we've had from the rain has moved them on out. We buzzed down to Pumpkin Hill and fished some more oysters with the jigs then continued on down to Broward Island. The first spot only produced a hungry Croaker but after we moved on we had some good hookups. Landon was on the line and reeled in another, even bigger, Slot sized Red then Garth set the hook on a "nibble" and brought to the net a feisty Sheepshead. We added another hungry Seatrout to the catch before we moved on.

Heading back east we made another stop at Spanish Drop, fishing with the float rigs now that the oysters were covered. Just as we were about to leave, BOOM! Garth's float disappeared and his line began to rip across the water. He slowed it down then handed the rod off to Landon for the heavy lifting!  Landon played it like a pro and after a long battle landed a big 4' Bonnethead Shark. And with that, we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida