10 Spotter

 

If we had been in the "Spot Tournament" we would have been running to check in! This morning I fished with cousins Adam and Patty Garner, meeting them early down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We headed up the intercoastal, turned into Middle River and headed around to the Pumpkin Hill to set up fishing float rigs and live shrimp on the last of an incoming tide. Both Adam and Patty were getting excellent drifts in outstanding conditions, but we had no takers. We move down the bank, fished a "cove", then moved around the corner and fished some grassy island, to no avail. 

After a run back to the Seymores Pointe and fished a large outflow on the first of an outgoing tide and here we knocked the "skunk" off. Adam had a good take, tightened up his line and a set the hook. He played the fish patiently to the net and landed a 10-Spot Slot Redfish. The duo of anglers continued to toss their floats up current and let it drift around a corner and they picked up another couple of feisty Redfish. 

We ran down to Spanish Drop and fished a bank with the float rigs, then moved back and fished it again with jigs and shrimp. Adam had made a good cast up to the bank, bumped it over some shell, and BAM - he had a hookup. After a brief battle he landed another nice Redfish. 

Back to Seymore's we went with plans to fish some dock pilings now that the tide had been going out for a bit. Pitching jigs, we had not bites until there was a faint bump and a hookup. Patty was on the rod and expertly landed a "just short" Flounder. Our final stop was over at the mouth of Jackstaff, fishing with the Artic Pelicans, then we headed in and counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.