We Worked The Banks

 I fished again out of Goffinsville this morning - I like it out there, hardly anyone uses the ramp and you've got easy access to Nassau River, Pumpkin Hill, Seymore's Pointe and Horsehead. The loading your boat on a fast outgoing tide can be difficult, but you just have to come from down river, bow into the current, running parallel to the bank and as you approach the trailer, keep the bow up current and as you turn into the trailer give it a bit of gas and put your bow into the bunks. Easy! I tend to nail it 9 times out of 10. That tenth one can be ugly.

Today I met the father son Fields fishing team, Tim, and Tim. We ran up the Nassau and fished Pumpkin Hill for a good bit with float rigs and live shrimp. Although we had a few nibbles here and there, we had no takers. We came back down the Nassau to Twin Creeks and switched to jigs and minnows and tangled with a couple of Ladyfish. After moving down to Spanish Drop, young Tim hooked up and landed a keeper sized Seatrout.  He also caught a small Flounder and tangled with another Ladyfish.

We fished some docks at Seymore's Pointe and caught a few small Mangrove Snapper, then came around to the Nassauville side and stuck with the jigs. Both anglers fined tuned their hookset and caught a good handful of the Mangroves, then Tim (the younger) had a good bump, set the hook, and brought to the net a keeper sized Flounder. We finished up the day catching small Mangroves then we headed back to the ramp, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia

Island, Florida.