High Flying Ladyfish and Slot Reds

 

I fished the the Klein group this morning, Tom and Gail and their friends Rob and Sherrie. We launched up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made the short run over to behind Tyger to fish the logs ( or what's left of them). We worked the entire bank thoroughly on the first of an incoming tide and even though these anglers were getting good casts to the bank, we had only one feisty Bluefish caught.

Note, the logs behind Tyger just hasn't produced much lately. My theory is that storm last Fall pushed the logs up and built up the sand which covered up what structure there was left. Probably good for the island, but the fishing has "stunk".. 

We then made the run around to the Jolley River, turned into the current and fished the "bank". Gail and Tom were on the stern and they began to catch one high flying Ladyfish after another. It was as if they were following the boat. But later, both Rob and Sherrie, fishing forward, picked up Ladyfish, too. Then Rob had a strong hookup and this fish didn't "fly", but stayed deep and when it boiled we knew he had a nice Red. Rob played it patiently and brought to the net a nice Slot sized Redfish.

Sherrie then had a good hookup and she fought it expertly to the net and landed a rather nice sized Whiting that went in the box! Then Rob had another bite that ripped some drag and, Fish On! He kept the pressure on and worked it in - another Slot Redfish.

After moving up the river to Snook Creek we worked another oyster bed. We had a couple of good bites then we tangled with  a couple of Bonnethead Sharks. Rob's and Sherries headed south (and are still going) but Tom brought one in for a picture and release.

Our final stop was around at Bell River, fishing some docks. Here Tom hooked and landed a keeper sized Seatrout then he followed that up with a good Redfish battle, which he won when he brought to the net another Slot Redfish. Rob and Sherrie wrapped things up with a couple of small Sail Cat catches. And with that, we called it a day and headed in, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.