Redfish Blow Out at Amelia Island

The cool morning temperatures continued today, but the wind had died a bit making for some great fishing weather here at Amelia Island when I met the Yeager boys, Keith and his sons Reece and Reener, up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park. It was a high tide and just started out so we buzzed over to the outside of Tiger and fished a shallow area with oysters underneath. It didn't take long for Reece to "knock the skunk off" when he hooked up and landed a keeper sized Black "puppy" Drum.  We fished a bit of that stretch and picked up a high flying Ladyfish before we moved across the way.




We trolled along a marsh line, tossing float rigs with live shrimp and
BOOM! Renner had a strong hookup. This fish was ripping drag and boiling up near the shore but Renner kept the pressure on, played it perfectly and brought a big 23" Slot Redfish to the net. From then on we were catching fish.  Reece put a Slot Red in the boat then Keith followed that up with one of his own. When that slowed we moved across a creek and Keith found another Slot Red up near the grass. We moved back across to the previous spot and, Fish ON!  Another Redfish or two!  Things finally slowed so we made the run thru Tiger, down the Bell, up Lanceford and into Soap Creek.

We had just set up and began tossing to the mouth of a large runout and the anglers had hookups. Seatrout this time, small, but fun to catch. After working up the bank to a small grass/oyster island, Keith had made a cast to the back side of it and Boom! Fish On - Another Slot Redfish. Both Renner and Reece had hookups and caught fish, too. We dropped back and fished the runout and here Keith hooked up and landed a big 18" Seatrout.

Our final stop was back at Bell River, working a bank, and here Renner took a turn and battling a Ladyfish to the boat. Reece had a brief encounter with a Shark before we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.