Bob, Bob, Bob, gone!

 

We tried to squeeze in a fishing trip this morning - winds were forecasted to be about 7mph at start time but rising to an unfishable 17mph by quitting time! I met JR and Donna Shiver and JR's brother Greg out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early. We still had a few minutes of an outgoing tide so we eased down the rocks at Nassauville and fished between a couple of docks with jigs and live shrimp. It didn't take long for JR to "knock the skunk off" when he hooked up and landed a big 19" Seatrout. He followed that up with another keeper sized Trout and a couple of throw backs.

After buzzing around the corner and fished some dock pilings, sticking with the jigs. I thought for sure we'd get a Drum or Red but when JR had another hookup, he brought to the boat another keeper sized Trout!

Sure enough, the wind was picking up, so we made the run down to Broward Island, passing a pair of Bald Eagles, and

began to fish a nice marsh drainage. We didn't get any real bites so we started working the shore line and now it was Donna's turn to get the nice fish. She had gone in near a long with an excellent cast and BAM! Fish On! Donna played it patiently and after a good battle landed a nice 24" Slot Redfish - a beautiful deep copper colored fish.

We were out of the wind and the tide was still a bit low so we elected to fish the logs. Greg was providing running commentary while JR and Donna fished. JR put a feisty Redfish in the boat, then we switched to float rigs and live shrimp. The duo of anglers were really working their casts and JR had just made a good one, letting his float drift up near a limb when he saw it Bob. Then Bob, Bob -he tightened up his line, lifted his rod and, BIG FISH ON! JR expertly worked the fish out from the logs and then it was a battle. The fish bulled deep a few times, then got in the current and made it fight. But JR was up to the task and eventually subdued the beast, landing an Oversized 28" Redfish. Boy what a fish. We wrapped up the day there, fishing floats up near the logs and then headed in, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.