Beautiful Fish Catch'n Day

 

I fished with Michael Boone today, meeting him down at the south end boat ramp early and boy what a pretty morning it was! I just couldn't get over it! We ran up the Nassau River and made a stop at the Spanish Drop area. The tide was going out but the oysters were still covered so we went with float rigs. I had live shrimp and minnows in the well so we went with shrimp first. Michael was tossing to the marsh grass and getting good drifts and we got a number of "nibbles" but no takers for a good bit. But then things turned on and we were catching fish!

Michael hooked up and landed some hungry Seatrout, then some feisty Redfish - a good handful of them - then we had a strong bite and this one was bigger! Michael worked it patiently to the boat and soon landed a nice 24" Slot Redfish. After pictures (and admiration) we released it  - all fish caught today were released.  He also caught and landed a couple of Jack Crevalle along that stretch, not to mention an aggravating Pinfish.

We moved up the way to Athens Drop and here we found a couple of more feisty Redfish that were right at the Slot size. When Michael though he had a clump of grass he reeled it to the boat but it turned out to be a small Flounder - but a Slam none-the-less!

Our next stop was up at the docks of Seymore's and although the mullet were in huge numbers, we only managed a couple of Mangrove Snapper. After fishing Broward Island briefly (and seeing a Bald Eagle), we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.

NOTE: Almost every fish caught today was on a mud minnow