I had met Mike and Lou Maguth up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park early and we headed over to Tiger Island to fish the logs on the first of an incoming tide - an ideal tide to fish those logs. We worked the bank with jigs and live shrimp, had a few nibbles, a few takes and "let-goes", then Mike hooked up and "knocked the skunk off" with a Flounder catch. Lou had a strong hookup that ripped the drag as it headed west - she played it perfectly but it "let go". I'm pretty sure it was a big Catfish as the leader had slime all over it.
We then fished the outside of Tiger where Lou caught a Flounder with a jig and Mud minnow, then up to Snook Creek in the Jolley where Lou tangled with, fought and landed a 2' Bonnethead Shark.
After dropping Lou back to the dock Mike and I headed back to the outside of Tiger, fishing float rigs with live shrimp. Mike had a couple of good bites but no takes then we saw his float slowly ease under the surface - he tightened up, lifted the rod and set the circle hook, and, Fish On!. Mike was fishing his light tackle St. Croix rods paired with Shimano Stradic's and the fish was no match for him. He worked it to the boat and landed a nice 17" Black "puppy" Drum.
We ran thru Horsehead, over to Lanceford and fished a couple of outflows. The sun was directly overhead, the heat was up, and the fish had taken a siesta, so we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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