Wake Up Call

I fished today with father and son team Ken and Jaxon Kerr, meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early for a half day of fishing the backwaters of Amelia Island. We ran up the Middle River and around to Pumpkin Hill, set up at a grassy island, and tossed float rigs with live shrimp on the last of an incoming tide. All we got was a couple of nibbles.

We moved around and cruised a grass line, pitching as we went and still, no real bites. But finally, Jason's float disappeared and after he caught up his slack he set the hook and had a good strong fish on. Jason played it perfectly, worked it around the stern and back, and eventually landed a hard fighting Jack Crevalle. The fish had caught us sleeping but we were awake now!  Only minutes later Jason followed that up with a keeper sized Seatrout and Ken reeled in a beautiful Blue Crab!

Our next stop was back at Seymore's Pointe where we fished
a marsh drainage, then we moved in and fished some dock pilings. Ken hooked up and landed a Mangrove Snapper and we then added another keeper sized Seatrout.

Our final stops were down Twin Creeks, then at Spanish Drop. After landing an ugly 'ole Toad Fish, Ken felt a "bump", hooked up and landed a keeper sized Flounder then Jason tangled with a high flying Ladyfish that quickly threw the hook. We'd had a good breeze all day that kept the heat down but with the sun up it was still getting hot so we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.