Wind Continues to be an Issue

OK! ENOUGH!   All week we've had to contend with the wind and today was no different. I mean, you just can't beat the clear skies, mild temperatures, and a LITTLE bit of wind to knock the bugs off, but the weeklong trend continued today, Very breezy at launch time and increasing to aggravation level by mid morning. The key is trying to find a bank or land mass to get in behind that is not affected by the wind.

I met Henry Ross and his fishing buddy Chick down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and we ran up the intercoastal and then up the Nassau and made a quick stop along a shell lined bank at Spanish Drop. In retrospect, we should have worked that bank for a mile. We were seeing some movement along the shore and at one point, Chick, on the bow, had cast towards it and sure enough had a good bite and a hookup. He played it patiently and "knocked the skunk off" with a nice Redfish catch.  After fishing that bank we bounced around a duo of anglers drifting the bank towards us and ran up and fished between a couple of docks at Nassauville. The current was swirling and these anglers were getting good casts, but, not a bite.

We fished some dock pilings around at Seymore's Pointe, jigs and shrimp, last of outgoing tide, and did get a few nibbles, and finally a feisty Sheepshead catch.

Our final stop was down at Broward Island and we worked it pretty good. Unfortunately the wind was now coming out of the north and blowing right down the "pipe", which made it tough. We stuck it out, fished south, then north, then in the middle, and finally wrapped things up with one more Redfish catch. 

Although the wind made for some tough fishing, the weather was beautiful otherwise, we were out on the water, so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.