Athens Drop

We nailed down a new spot today, Athens Drop, named after my guest anglers who are visiting from Athens, Georgia. I had met Jeremy Hobbs, his son Judah, and their friend Steven down at the Sawpit creek boat ramp and after making a short run up the Nassau River we stopped to fish Spanish Drop with jigs and live shrimp and mud minnows.  Judah kicked it off with a couple of feisty Redfish catches, a Seatrout catch, and a small Flounder catch. Then both Steven and Jeremy got in on the action, catching a few feisty Reds for themselves. We worked that bank thoroughly, caught a few more Reds, trout and
another small Flounder. Judah had a strong hookup, fought it to the boat patiently, and landed a nice Slot Redfish.

After moving up a bit we fished Twin Creeks where there was tons of bait getting "popped" then continued moving west and eased up along side a large shell bank that dropped off deep to 15' of water, the new "Athens Drop". Boom! Fish On!  a nice Slot Red was brought to the boat. Boom! Fish On!  Another Slot Red. Boom! Another Slot Red, Boom, Another Slot Red - we limited out on the Slot Redfish!  Jeremy decided to try a Gulp fluke and after he had bounced it off an oyster bed he had a strong hookup and brought to the boat a nice 18" Flounder.

We fished Seymore's Pointe and caught a good handful of small Mangrove Snapper, then finished up over in Jackstaff before we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.