Making The Most of a Blustery Day

 Winds were forecasted to get up to 17mph by the end of todays trip and I believe they did! I had met Alex Bournias and his friends Pam and Tony up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early and with a already high and still incoming tide, we made our way out of the creek into a blow! Our first stop was up Bell River, fishing a flooding point but we only had a nibble or two. 

We then made a run up the Bell and fished some flooding oyster shell and this did the trick. Tony, fishing off the stern and drifting his float and live shrimp long began to get bites and put Seatrout in the boat, 1, 2, and 3! Alex got in on the action and picked up a couple of more Trout one of which was right at 18". 

We moved over into a cove and again drifted the floats. It was Pam's turn to put a legal fish in the boat, then Alex followed that up with another 18" Trout. We had a couple more small ones before we moved on. 

Fishing just around the corner, Pam caught the only fish, another one of keeper size. We then came back to the intercoastal, fished some docks to no avail, then sought shelter back up Eagans Creek, fishing jigs and the live shrimp. Although we had a nibble or two, we no bites, so we headed back to the dock. But with fish in the box and the skies clear and sunny, we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida