Cat and Mouse

 I thought Spring had sprung! But boy was it cool this morning - 39 degrees as I was launching out at Goffinsville Park to meet William and Dara Blalock on the last few hours of an outgoing tide. But it was clear and the sun was coming up to make for a beautiful day so we headed north to fish some docks at Seymore's Pointe with jigs and live shrimp. Dara and William are fine casters and were "putting them on the money" but we had no takers for quite a while. It wasn't until we had crossed the river and fished some exposed shell banks that William finally "knocked the skunk off" with a nice Seatrout catch.

The forecast called for increasing winds and with the tide hitting bottom at Nassauville around 9:20, we tried to fish Bubblegum Reef, a spot that had produced some good fish last week, but not today. William did find a hapless Bluefish to boat and release (all fish caught today were released).

We then ran down to Broward Island, passing under the watchful eye of a Bald Eagle and fished the shore as the tide got down to

the bottom. The wind picked up and as I struggled with the boat, and William trudged on with his casting, Dara seemed to thrive. She began to pick up Seatrout after Seatrout. The two anglers found that the Trout seemed to be playing "cat and mouse" with the shrimp - bumping it hard, then coming back and taking it. Once they figured that out they put 4-5 keeper sized Trout in the boat.

We had two nice fish take our baits and rip drag. One, a Big one that Dara hooked, ran for a good bit. She had a good battle but the big fish headed straight for a downed tree, wrapped itself, and broke off. William had made a good cast right up along side a log, BOOM! Fish ON! And BAP! Fish Off as it went right over a long. We wrapped it up after that but the sun was out and we had caught some good Trout so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.