Johnny Slot the Flounder King

Boy what a beautiful sunrise we had today when I met Jon Edwards and his father Dale out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. As the sun came up over Amelia Island we eased away from the dock and made a quick run around Seymore's Pointe with plans to fish some dock pilings with jigs and shrimp. I thought for sure we'd pick up a Black "puppy" Drum or a Redfish, but all we got were a couple of Mangrove Snapper that Dale out foxed and caught. 

We then ran down the Nassau, towards the bridge, and made a stop at Spanish Drop to fish the very last of an outgoing tide. Here, our fortunes changed. We had switched to mud minnows, still pitching jigs, and the duo began to hookup. Jon put a keeper sized Seatrout in the boat then both anglers tangled with and landed feisty Redfish. Dale put a small Flounder in the boat then Jon had a strong hookup, the drag ripped, and Fish On!  Jon played it patiently and after a good battle landed a nice Slot sized 21.5" Redfish. He also put a keeper sized Whiting in the

boat. 

Our next stop, after an eight minute run, was down at Broward Island. We passed a Bald Eagle under way and made a stop at a large marsh run out. Jon was on the bow fishing to the run out while Dale was at the stern fishing some logs. Dale had the first hookup - Big Fish On! and he played it expertly to the boat - but then Jon had a big bite. He thought it might be a Drum the way it was hugging the bottom. I netted Dale's Slot 22.5" Redfish then moved forward to net Jon's Big Flounder, one that measured right at 22.25" - boy what a fish.  This fish moved Jon into a tie for 2nd place in the Anglers Mark 2020 Bragging Rights Tournament -Flounder Category (scroll down the right side of this report for standings). After high fives and pictures the duo when back to fishing and only minutes later Jon hooked up again, another big 21.5" Flounder - two in row!

We fished the north end of the island when the tide changed and got one feisty Red, then fished Pumpkin Hill where Jon caught another Trout and  a Mangrove before we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.