The beautiful mornings just keep coming! I met Andy Hall and his fishing crew -his wife Gail, her sister Barbara and brother in law Jim out at Goffinsville Park early today and the sun was shining and I had elected to wear a short sleeve shirt it was so warm! We ran down the Nassauville rocks a bit and fished between two docks with jigs and dead shrimp and artificial grubs (no live shrimp today). We had a couple of nibbles but no takers.
Our next stop was down at Spanish Drop, pitching to some shell beds. We had some excitement when Gail had the first hookup and she expertly landed a Stingray - the first of the year! We moved further up the Nassau and fished a marsh drainage to no avail, then ran up to Seymore's Pointe as the tide started back in. Jim was fishing the deepest and he had a good take, a hookup, and he patiently worked it to the net. I called "Seatrout" but when I netted it I saw it was a nice keeper sized Weakfish.
We then ran down to Broward Island to take advantage of that incoming tide and it paid off. These anglers were making excellent casts, letting their baits drop down the river bottom with the current and they picked up three feisty Redfish and a couple of Trout. We moved down the way, still fishing the dead shrimp, but Jim tried a Contender "Christmas Tree" grub and he picked up the last Trout of the day. Jim had caught the Weakfish, a Redfish and this Trout which gave him a type of Amelia Island Back Country Slam which made for a great way to wrap up a fine day of being out on the water here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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