After getting the boat ready this morning I came back inside and put on a pair of long underwear! The temps were in the low 40's and I just didn't want to be cold today so I bundled up and met Bob and Jana Grimm out at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We had a nice clear, sunny day, cool, and a bit windy as we headed north and west to set up outside of Tyger Island with float rigs on the first of an outgoing tide. It didn't take long before Bob's float rig, baited with a lively live shrimp, disappeared and Fish On! Bob played it perfectly and brought to the net a nice 18" Seatrout. We had a couple of more bites but no takers, then we crossed over the creek and fished a few spots, then moved on.
Our next stop was way up Lanceford Creek, fishing in a spot out of the wind. I saw Bob start to reel up his float rig then it took off in the opposite direction. He had a hookup! Bob worked it to the boat an landed a feisty Redfish. We ran back to Soap Creek and fished a large drainage with the floats then made our way down the intercoastal to fish some docks with jigs and live shrimp. And boy did this pay off! Almost immediately we were getting bites. Bob pulled in a couple of feisty Reds then Jana got in on the action and put the biggest Redfish of the day in the boat - a Slot Redfish. We had some good action, catching another handful of Reds, battled with a big one that eventually wrapped himself around a piling and broke off, then we moved on.
The final stop was further down the intercoastal, fishing some structure, and here we put two more feisty Reds in the boat. The sun had come up and warmed us up so as we headed back to the dock we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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