I don't often get the request to catch a "small" fish but the thought was that it'd be nice to take a couple of fish home for dinner and the real big ones would be too much. I had just met Tom Hardy and his long time fishing buddy Bill Dunn up at Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp and we then eased down the river towards Eagans Creek to fish the first of an incoming tide with jigs and live shrimp. As you know, you don't want to take many folks to your favorite spot but sometimes you just gotta do it!
Within minutes the two anglers began to catch BIG Redfish. I kept a tally as they went:
Bill-26" Slot Redfish
Tom 29.5" Oversized Redfish
Tom 26" Slot Redfish (w/ 16 spots)
Bill 30.5" Oversized Redfish
Tom 23.75" Slot Redfish
Bill 18" Seatrout
Tom 26.5" Slot Redfish
Bill 28.5" Oversized Redfish
Tom 24.5" Slot Redfish
Bill's 30.5" Redfish moved him into 2nd place in the Anglers Mark 2021 Bragging Rights Tournament and Tom's 29.5" fish moved him into third! (Scroll down the right side of this report for standings)
...and then we had a small "Rat Red" and small Seatrout! Boy what a morning of fishing. Then the high winds moved in and it all went to pot! But with all that big fish catching, when we called it a day, we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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