Boy was it gloomy this morning! There were thunderclouds all around us but the wind was forecasted to hold steady at 11mph so we agreed...let's go fishing! I met Brad Lanier, his father-in-law Jeff, and brother-in-law Will down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We headed up the intercoastal, dipped into Jackstaff then eased on further up into a creek and set up tossing float rigs and live shrimp on a high and incoming tide. We didn't get even a nibble. But we crossed back over to Jackstaff, worked along a bank and began to get some bites. Jeff picked up a high flying Ladyfish then Brad had a really strong bite. He set the hook, kept the pressure on and brought to the net a Big 22.25" Seatrout, big enough to move Brad into 3rd place in the Anglers Mark 2021 Bragging Rights Tournament-Seatrout Category (scroll down the right side of this report for standings). We continued to work that bank then it was Jeff's turn for the big fish battle. His fish took him deep, headed west, then took Jeff around the boat a few times. But Jeff was up to the task and subdued the fish, bringing a big 4' Bonnethead Shark to the boat for pictures and release. We wrapped stretch up when Brad had pitched a jig forward, hooked up and, surprisingly caught a big Black "puppy" Drum.
After running thru Horsehead we went around Seymore's and headed down to Pumpkin Hill where we switched back to float rigs. Brad found a keeper sized Flounder up in some spars marsh grass. Then trio tangled with a couple of Ladyfish then Will hooked up. He played the fish perfectly and as he was reeling in, Jeff hooked up - we had a double. Jeff's came in first, a hungry Seatrout, then Will brought his to the net - a nice keeper sized Seatrout.
We moved around the corner and fished a grassy island and within minutes of casting Jeff put another, bigger, keeper sized Flounder in the boat. Then it was Will's turn to battle the big fish. He had made an excellent cast, got a good drift and BAM! The line began to sing as the big fish headed out of the shallows. Will kept his rod high the whole while and cleared all the submerged oysters then when the fish got deep Will kept the pressure on and played it perfectly. But, not unsual, the fish made a quick turn and, BAP, fish off! Whoa was us.
If you're keeping track we had a huge Trout in the box, a big Black Drum, two keeper Flounder, andanother keeper Trout. But this trio of anglers weren't finished yet. We hit the "Mangrove Snapper" honey hole and limited out on Snapper. many of which were well over 12" in size. When we headed in we knew these guys would be eating good tonight so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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