South again today! I met Eddie Byrd and his son-in-law Dan down at the South End early and we ran up the Nassau to fish Spanish Drop. The tide was going out and the bait was getting popped. Both anglers were making great pitches with their jig and minnows (yesterday the minnows caught fish and didn't have near the "pecks' from the bait stealers so I went all minnows today). Eddie got things started catching a high flying Ladyfish, then a small Trout then Dan got in on the action and put a hungry Trout in the boat. We eased up the bank a bit and after Eddie had let his bait bounce on the bottom out deep he had a strong hookup. He played it perfectly and landed a 21" Seatrout!
We fished Athens Drop for just a bit and landed one feisty Redfish then we moved on - making the run up to Broward Island. The tide was still going out here and in no time we were catching fish. Small Seatrout, small Reds -many with multiple spots-and a small Mangrove Snapper or two. Then Eddie had a good "thump", hooked it up, and brought to the boat a keeper sized Flounder. Later, he landed another fish - a big Trout that I thought for sure would have to go back but it was just under the 19" limit, so in the box it went!
Our final stop was back at Seymore's Pointe. We only had a about 30 minutes to go in the trip so we started tossing the minnows under a float to the rocks and it was non-stop action catching Mangrove Snapper down to the last minnow. Some of them were in the 12" range and went in the box for future dinner. We caught fish down to the last minnow then headed in, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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