They Even Looked Like Fall Redfish

 I fished with William and Dara Blalock this morning, meeting them out at the Goffinsville Park boat

ramp early enough to see the sun coming up over Amelia Island. We made a quick run down the Nassau to the Spanish Drop area, turned into the current and began working up alongside a shell bank that was beginning to be exposed on an outgoing tide. Both Dara and William were making excellent casts but it seemed Dara had the hot hand early, landing a good amount of hungry Seatrout, along with a hard fighting Jack Crevalle.  We worked that bank up to it's end then William began to put fish in the boat. He landed a couple of feisty Redfish, another Jack and a couple of Flounder, one of which was of keeper size. (All fish caught today were released). Dara finally put a keeper sized Seatrout in the boat while William landed another Red.

We moved on up to Athens Drop where I had high hopes for some quality fish but all we managed was a Catfish!

Our next stop was over at some docks at Seymore's Pointe. Dara had offered William her rod that was already baited with a mud minnnow - he made the cast and, BOOM! Big fish On! It took all that William could do to keep the fish out from the dock pilings and it made a run or two towards them. But Willliam worked it out for good, played it perfectly, and landed a beautiful copper colored Redfish that was so big we would have to have debated with the Game and Fish guys if we had wanted to keep it!  Dara was fishing live shrimp and caught a handful of Mangrove Snapper.

After a 8 minute rundown to Broward Island we set up to fish the bank. Dara was on the stern and beat

William to a stump, making a perfect cast right up along side of it and it had only hit the water before, BAM! Fish On!  Dara played it like a pro, worked it out to deep water, and landed a nice22" copper-Red, what a beautiful fish. We eased down the bank where Dara put another Trout in the boat then it was Williams' turn for a big Redfish. 

I saw his line moving up current and so did he!  William let the fish take it, eased his line in tight and set the hook! Another big fish. William played it paitently, worked it to the boat, and we netted another23" copper Red. We had one more battle with a big Red later but this time this one fittingly won the battle. And with that, we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.