The weather was iffy for today as we kept track of the forecast last night but it got better and better and when I woke up this morning - just a slight breeze and minimal chance of rain! I met John Williamson and his father-in-law Dennis down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we made a quick run up the Nassau River to make our first stop at Spanish Drop. Even though low tide was around 7am the shell banks were already covering up so we went with float rigs and live shrimp, tossed to the bank and drifted naturally.
We had nibbles here and there then Dennis "knocked" the skunk off with a nice 17" keeper sized Seatrout catch (all fish caught today were released) then John followed that up with a hard fighting Jack Crevalle. With think that was also what Dennis hooked up to a bit later - his ripped drag and kept on going!
Our next stop was up at some docks at Seymore's Pointe where we put a keeper sized Mangrove Snapper in the boat, played "chess" with a whole bunch more then we moved on. After buzzing down to Pumpkin Hill, again using the float rigs. Here we had a good flurry of catches - Seatrout and feisty Redfish. We caught most on live shrimp but did get a nice Red on a mud minnow. We bounced around the corner and picked up another Trout to add to the catch.
The final stop was up in Christopher Creek were we pitched jigs and minnows to the bank. There wasn't much happening - it was almost noon and the fish had quit biting so we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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We really enjoyed our trip with Capt Piper. Knowledgeable, personable and a pleasure to fish with, we plan to make another trip the next time we are down.
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