We Found A Window

 

We've had some seriously nasty weather the last week, mostly wind and rain, and with some cooler temperatures. I had to cancel(reschedule) Tuesday's trip and today's trip, but was able to move John Raker from Wednesday to yesterday because there appeared to be a "window" where the winds died for just a bit and no real rain was predicted.

So I met John out at the Goffinsville Park and although the forecast was correct, it still was a gloomy day. BUT, we were fishing AND it really wasn't that bad. I did add a layer 30 minutes into the trip! We first ran over to Pumpkin Hill and drifted float rigs up a against a severely flooded marsh grass. We worked a couple of areas and I don't think we had even a bite. 

But the tide was at it's peak, so we ran back around to to Seymore's Point to fish a large drainage and sure enough the tide was coming out. John was making excellent casts up current and letting his float with live shrimp drift around a corner - then he'd open his bail and let it naturally drift naturally across a submerged oyster bed and BAM! Float Gone! It took a couple of times for John to get "ready" but when he did he started hooking up Seatrout. Most were just a little over 14" but a couple were of keeper size.

*NOTE- somewhere between the house-the bait shop and the boat ramp I lost my catch net! The first fish John brought to the boat I circled the boat hunting the net but it was no where to be found! So we had to lift the Trout into the boat by the line.

We moved down the bank and fished the float again and here John picked up one more Trout drifting.We moved back up to the first spot and stayed out deep and switched to jigs and shrimp and this did the trick. We started getting bites again - a few were after we tossed the jigs up to the submerged oyster bed- you could feel the jig catch, come off, and BAM! Fish On! Again, many of the fish were just undersized but a couple were of keeper size. And those were the ones that threw the hook right at the boat as I tried to lift them in! Ouch!

We fished thru the marsh at Horsehead, around to Jackstaff, throwing the float rig, then came back to some docks at Seymore's and fished the pilings with jigs, then around to Nassauville where we wrapped up tossing the jigs in some serious current - and then we headed back to the ramp and counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.