The Flounder Boys!

 

I fished with Justin Palmore and his two sons Will and Bentley this morning, meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a long run up the intercoastal and made our way over to Poteat Cut to set up along some exposed oyster beds on an outgoing tide that still had a few hours to hit bottom. We had good action early catching a couple of small but feisty Redfish, a Seatrout, and a big Catfish. 

We then made our way over to the mouth of Jackstaff and worked that bank with jigs and live shrimp and here Will hooked up and expertly landed a nice 17" Flounder to go in the box. And just a bit up the way Justin had a hookup and he too put a 17" Flounder in the box. 

After running thru Horsehead we made our way down to some docks at
Nassauville and fished jigs and minnows, dueling with the Mangrove Snapper. Both Will and Bentley had hookups and Will put a rather large one in the box. Justin outsmarted a good handful of those Mangroves and the trio added a couple of small Flounder. But then Bentley, fishing on his own, had a good "bump",  set the hook like a pro, and reeled his own keeper sized Flounder.

We finished the day down at Spanish Drop, fishing a bend of oysters on the first of an incoming tide and had good action from Redfish bites. Will had a strong hookup, played it patiently, and landed a Slot sized 13 spot Redfish to wrap things  up, and as we headed back to the dock, we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida. 

Captain Lawrence Piper is a fishing guide and Charter boat operator in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida