I met Allen and Laverne Webb at Sawpit Creek and we headed up the intercoastal, turned into the Nassau and ran up to a large drainage. Allen was on the bow tossing a topwater Zara Spook while Laverne followed him in with a float and live shrimp. Not much was going on but Laverne did pick up a couple of small Mangrove Snapper.
We then ran thru Horsehead to the other side of Jackstaff, turned into a creek, and fished stretch of marsh grass on the high and outgoing tide, to no avail. We then fished Jackstaff for a bit and unfortunately the wind was picking up and made it tough to fish - but Allen did hookup and land a small Catfish. After running back thru the marsh (a shortcut), we pulled up at Seymore's Pointe and did battle with the Mangroves. The duo of anglers were getting bites on almost every cast, especially if they were near the rocks, so much so that I started breaking the shrimp in half. We left the area with two keeper sized fish in the box.
The wind was really kicking now - white caps were out in the river, so we headed down to Broward Island and sure enough we had calm waters. We switched to jig and shrimp and fished the bottom, working the bank, and finally Laverne had a strong hookup. She played the fish patiently and after a valiant battle, landed a nice 18" Black "puppy" Drum, boy what a fish!
As we headed back we were bucking the waves so we had to take our time to get back to the dock. Although the idea that seeing 8 Rabbits may equate to a banner day of fishing didn't pan out, we had some good views of wildlife, we caught some fish, so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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