Represent'n

 I got to witness a beautiful sunrise today when I met Jeff and his crew, Jim and Aspen, out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. We had clear skies as we left the dock and headed down to Broward Island. And even though we had a bit of breeze blowing against us out of the south, when we pulled up to the island the wind was blocked and boy was it nice! The three anglers began tossing jigs and live shrimp to the bank and letting it fall along the bottom with the current. It only took a few minutes - Jeff said it was his first cast and retrieve- when he had a hookup. He played it patiently to the boat and landed a nice feisty Redfish. We had good action at that first spot. All three anglers put Redfish in the boat. Aspen had the biggest one on but after a good battle, the fish found a submerged log, frayed the leader and BAP! Fish gone. But Aspen wasn't to be deterred and went back in, Representing a true angler and caught fish. Jim was on the bow and had a strong hookup. He played it expertly and brought to the boat the biggest Seatrout of the day, a bulky 17" fish which we photographed and released(all fish caught today were released).

We eventually moved down the island, fished back into the current, passing under a Bald Eagle as we fished. Jim spotted a Salt Marsh Mink running down the bank, but we had no real bites. After running back to Seymore's Pointe and fishing a few docks to no avail, we moved around to Nassauville and fished a deep (30') drop off. Here, Jeff had the hot hand as he zeroed in on the Seatrout and he landed a good handful. Both Aspen and Jim added to the catch.

The wind had gotten even stronger as we headed back to Pumpkin Hill. My plan to work the now flooding bank, was suspect.  The trio made the best of it, punching their float rigs into the wind, but we had no luck. After fishing a big in Christopher Creek, we called it a day . We had a couple of spots where we had good action so as we headed in we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.