I had met Frank Wytiaz and his wife Joanne down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and we headed up the intercoastal and got just north of Jackstaff and fished some marsh runouts that looked really good. It was a high and outgoing tide, but it It was very shallow, over some shell banks, and I thought for sure we'd catch some fish, but no, only a small Ladyfish. We then came back around and into Jackstaff and fished a stretch of bank and here we had some good, steady action. Both Joanne and Frank hooked up and landed a handful of feisty, fun to catch Redfish. They also had a couple of small Jacks, then Frank put a fairly big (12" Mangrove Snapper in the boat. We switched from float rigs to jigs and it wasn't long before Joanne had a "bump", set the hook, and expertly landed a keeper sized Flounder. We worked that bank pretty good and picked up a few more fish, one being a small Flounder that Joanna caught.
After running thru Horsehead and over into the Nassau we set up between two docks and stuck with the jigs and shrimp. Sure enough, we were in to the Mangrove Snapper. We'd lose 5-6 shrimp, then catch a fish. Lose 5-6 shrimp, and catch a fish. A few of them were very nice size and went in the box! We did have a good thump on one bite and with Joanne on the reel, she worked in another keeper sized Flounder!
Our final stop was down at Spanish Drop, fishing jigs as the oysters were exposed on a falling tide. There was a ton of bait moving and I thought for sure we'd have some action but we theorized that it was just too hot. As Frank said, "the bait is there, the fish are there, but it's just too hot and they're not eating!". I packed a towel with ice on my neck and we headed back to the ramp, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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