Right Off The Bat

 I wrapped my week up fishing with Frank Wytiaz and his long time buddy and fellow Vietnam veteran Brad, meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning. We eased around the corner and set up fishing Sawpit Creek bridge with slip floats and live shrimp on the very last hour of an outgoing tide. It was a our first "drop" of the slip float and it had drifted only about 5' away from the boat when it disappeared! But Brad was ready and "on point" - he slapped his bail shut and started cranking and hooked up and landed a nice hungry Seatrout - now that's the way to start a day of fishing! Both anglers got their lines out and both caught fish - another couple of Seatrout and a couple of Bluefish. 

We then ran up the Nassau and stopped at a marsh drainage, the tide still going out. We did the drift floats first then switched to jigs an shrimp, but had no luck. Our next stop was up at some docks at Seymore's Pointe and here Frank hooked up and landed another Seatrout. We then came around the corner and fished between a couple of docks where Brad reeled in a feisty Redfish and we picked up another Trout or two. 

We fished Broward Island on the incoming tide but the wind had started kicking out of the NE and it made for some "not so fun" fishing so we moved back to the shelter of Nassauville and drifted the floats (to no avail).

Our final stop was back at the Intercoastal, near Sawpit, and on Frank's first drift he had his float go under- he caught up the slack, lifted his rod and Fish On! Frank played it perfectly and brought to the net another Redfish - a good way to wrap up another great day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.