Turn of the Tide

 

I also fished this afternoon. Scott Jones had flown in for a meeting and set up a fishing trip for he and his associates, friends and fellow anglers Larkin and Dodd. We met up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park at 1pm. Unfortunately  the wind had picked up to 16mph but was forecasted to drop a bit as the afternoon went on. We left the dock and headed over to Tyger Island to fish the logs with an hour left of an outgoing tide. We fished down the island, pitching  jigs and shrimp and minnows and Amelia Island Bait and Tackle Contender 'Christmas Tree" grubs. Dodd was on the stern and was tossing a fly rod that he had brought and making excellent casts up to the drop off. But none of this paid off with fish until the tide changed. We had worked our way back to the north end of the island, set up, and BAM! Scott had a hookup. He played it perfectly, brought it to the boat, and landed a nice feisty Redfish to "knock the skunk off". Then Larkin hooked up with a jig and minnow combo and expertly landed another Redfish. Then both she and Scott had hookups and this time they were using the Contender grubs.

They added one more Redfish to the catch before the bite fell off.

We ran thru Tyger, around to Lanceford, and fished a few docks with the jigs and (now dead) shrimp. We move back Soap Creek and fished some more dock pilings, then moved around and fished some exposed oyster beds. Not a bite.  

After making the run back to Eagans Creek we eased down the way, past the marina and Olde Towne Bait and Tackle and set up, bow into the current to work a deep bend. Larkin had a couple of bites, a brief hookup, but not a take. We made the pass again and Scott was able to snag a last hookup and boat a hungry Seatrout to wrap up a great day to be out on the water here at Amelia Island, Florida.