Big Fish Thursday

I fished today with the Hendrickson family, Brian and Sherrie and their son William. I met them early down at the  Sawpit Creek boat ramp and after making a short run up the Nassau, we made our first stop at Spanish Drop to fish the incoming tide with float rigs and live shrimp. The shell was covered and the anglers were able to get good drifts along the marsh grass. William "knocked the skunk off" with a good battle with a Jack Crevalle then his dad put a small Flounder in the boat. From then on we were catching fish. Sherrie landed  a feisty Redfish while Brian and William teamed up on small Trout, Jack Crevalle, Ladyfish and feisty Reds.  We left 'em biting when we moved on!

The water was up and I thought it'd be a good time to hit Pumpkin Hill and boy was it a good guess! We were drifting the bank again with shrimp under a float and again, the fish catching was on fire. Brian put a 20" Seatrout in the boat and later William followed that up with one of his own. Sherrie put a couple of Mangrove Snapper in the boat then William hooked up and landed a hard fighting Black "puppy" Drum to round out their Amelia Island Back

Country "Grande" Slam of Redfish, Seatrout, Flounder and Drum.

We had drifted down the bank a bit when William had a strong hookup and his drag sang, Fish On!  This was a big fish but it was no match for William. He stayed patient, worked it slowly to the boat, held it when it ran, worked it to the boat, held it when it ran, then brought it to the net - a big 30.5" Oversized Redfish! Boy what a fish. Then it was his dad's turn! Brian hooked up and this fish took him from the bow to the stern then dug deep for a good battle. But Brian was up to the task and soon landed a 29.5" oversized Redfish.  Shortly after Brian had made an excellent cast to behind a grassy point. He said his float gook off with the current and he lifted his rod to set the circle hook - another big fish on! Brian worked this one to the boat and landed a 24" Seatrout - a fish big enough to move Brian into third place in the Anglers Mark 2020 Bragging Rights

Tournament-Seatrout Category(scroll down the right side of this report for standings).

We made a couple more brief stops on the way back to the ramp, then called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.