Drag Ripp'n Fun

 I wrapped my week up today fishing with John and Stacey Allan after I met them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We ran up the intercoastal then into the Nassau, and made our first stop at Spanish Drop, turning into the current of an incoming tide. Both anglers were pitching live shrimp or mud minnows to the bank with float rigs and getting good drifts.  About half way down the bank Stacey's float disappeared and her drag  began to sing. Riiiiiippppppp! The big fish headed west and BAP! Fish Off. While that was happening John's float disappeared, his drag ripped, and his fish headed east and BAP! Fish Off! Ouch.

We ran around to  Pumpkin Hill and drifted the floats there and it wasn't long before John put a keeper sized Flounder in the boat. Then Stacey tangled with a big Jack Crevalle, then she put a nice 17.5" Seatrout in the boat. All Trout were released today.  We fished a couple of banks at Pumpkin Hill, went down to Broward and fished some jigs, then ran back to Seymore's Pointe and switched back to float rigs. Here, John hooked up and landed

another Trout that was right at keeper size.

Needing some action, we moved around the corner and fished some rocks with the floats and sure enough, began to catch Mangrove Snapper, one after the other. They're getting bigger folks! We "culled' the smaller ones, even though they were of keeper size, and kept a few of the bigger ones (12"+) for their fish tacos!  We left 'em biting and headed in, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida