Double Slot

 

Boy what a beautiful morning we had today! Sunshine, only slightly cool, and only a tad bit of wind. I had met the Acton family, Matt and Terri and their sons Trevor and Eric up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp early and we made our way over to Bell River and set up at a grassy point with just minutes to spare on a high and incoming tide. Matt was taking pictures while Terri and the young anglers fished and it was Terri who "knocked the skunk off" when she hooked up and landed a hungry Seatrout.

The tide hit its highest, we fished it a bit, then made the run thru Tiger Basin and around to the outside oif Tyger Island and went back to the float rigs. The trio of anglers were getting bites but no real takers then Trever had a hookup and, Fish On!  The fish was big enough to be ripping drag but Trever kept the pressure on then Eric had a hookup and we had a Double!  Trevor landed his fish - a 20" Slot Redfish then it was Eric's turn to battle a fish. We played it perfectly, worked it to the boat, and landed

another Slot Redfish, this one measuring 18 1/2" and having 5 spots.

We fished across the creek for a bit, then ran back the marsh and over to Lanceford Creek. Here, Trevor put a Seatrout in the boat then Matt, having took up a rod, had a big hookup and Big Fish On! This fish was heading back to Nebraska!  Matt played him patiently, worked it to the boat only to have it make multiple runs, worked it back, and we saw that it was a 4' Bonnethead Shark!  It was just out of reaching distance when, BAP, it broke the leader and was gone.

Our next stop was up in Soap Creek but we had no bites, then we came back out and fished some docks and this did the trick.  We ended up getting another Trout, and two Black "puppy" Drum, and numerous bites before making our last run over to Tyger logs where we wrapped the day up and headed in to chalk it up as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida