Positive Energy Down The Line

We had another beautiful day today when I met Russell Beard and his two sons Russell and William up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park.  The sun was out, we only had a slight breeze and there weren't but a handful of boat trailers in the parking lot. We made the short run up to the Jolley River and set up fishing the bank with float rigs and live shrimp. I could tell that I was going to have an easy day when I saw that these three guys were anglers and could make the casts.  But the fish weren't cooperating, other than a flounder that William got right up to the boat.

But after running further up the Jolley, just past Snook Creek, things picked up. The trio landed Jack Crevalle, Seatrout, Mangrove Snapper and then William hooked up, battled, played perfectly, and landed a nice Bonnethead Shark. Russell The Younger hooked up and landed a feisty Black "puppy" Drum. No Cap.   We then came back towards the mouth of the Jolley, fished it briefly, then continued on.

Our next stop was on the outside of Tiger where Russell Sr. Battled a huge

Bonnethead (for our light tackle). Russell was zeroing in on the fish and credited the "positive energy" he was sending down the line! Moving further closer to the mouth of Tiger, we fished some flooded oysters, then both Russell Sr. and I saw a Flounder bust some bait, coming out of the water. Russell made an excellent cast with a mud minnow as bait, waited a bit, then saw his float begin to move off. Russell tightened the line, set the hook, and Fish On!  Russell worked it to the boat and landed a keeper sized Flounder.

The final stop was around in Bell River. Although the action wasn't much, Russell The Younger did put one Mangrove Snapper in the boat to claim the GPK.  It was a beautiful day and a great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida