Such a Subtle Bite

 

We did a mid-morning trip today when I met Bill Main down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. The tide had been going out for a few hours and when we arrived at our first spot off Jackstaff Creek, the oysters were still showing. But we went with float rigs and live shrimp at that spot and it paid off with a hungry Seatrout catch and a Flounder catch.

We crossed over and fished a bank with jigs and shrimp, had no bites, then moved on. After running thru Horsehead we fished some dock pilings and here had a bit of action. The fish were just giving us subtle bites and after we caught on to that we had some hookups. Bill expertly fought and landed a nice 18" Black "puppy" Drum then he put a nice Mangrove Snapper in the boat. 

After moving down the river we fished between a couple of more docks. Here, Bill caught and landed a nice keeper sized Flounder, another 18" Black Drum, and a keeper sized Mangrove Snapper (they're back!)

We fished Broward Island for a just a while and added a hungry Seatrout to the catch, then finished up at Spanish Drop with a Catfish catch! The wind had picked up and was kicking our butts so we headed back to the ramp, but with some nice catches throughout the morning, we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.