Cool and Crisp

We had a  beautiful cool and crisp morning when I met Tom and Mary Lou Stergios up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park. I launched in the dock, saw a lit up shrimp boat motor by, then Tom and Mary Lou and I pulled out from the dock as the sun came up. We made a quick jump over to Tyger Island and set up alongside a grassy point as the tide swept by. In short order Tom had a good hookup on his float rig and live shrimp and he expertly landed a nice feisty Redfish. Mary Lou was fishing off the stern and she followed that up with a nice landing of a keeper sized Seatrout (all fish caught today were released). We worked along that bank for a bit, tangled with a couple of Ladyfish, then crossed the creek and fished another stretch, to no avail.

After fishing a run out on the outside of Tyger with a jig and shrimp, we continued on around to Jolley "bank" and went back to the float rigs. The duo of anglers again caught a few hungry Seatrout. We ran further up the Jolley and fished Snook Creek and this was the hottest spot of the morning. Both anglers caught Redfish with a couple of them being just in the Slot range. They
also caught Seatrout. Most of them were just under the 15" limit, but boy were they fat!

We fished on around the corner then continued on around to Bell River and fished some docks with jigs. I was expecting maybe a Black Drum but we had none bite, but we did pick up another Seatrout. It was an absolutely beautiful day and as we cruised back thru the Bell and to the dock we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.