Good Flurry Early

 

We fished out of Goffinsville Park today when I met Frontis Clark, his daughter Tiffany and granddaughter Breille early for a morning of Amelia Island back country fishing. After setting out a trio of crab traps, baited with dead Pogies, we ran down to the Nassau to Spanish Drop and began tossing jigs with live shrimp and mud minnows to some exposed oysters on the last of an outgoing tide. As we worked along the bank they had a few nibbles, but no takers and I was beginning to wonder when....BAM! They began to get fish!  

Tiffany started it off, catching a couple of feisty Redfish, then a Seatrout, then Frontis caught a few of the Redfish. Breille was coaching them up! We had a good flurry midway up the bank, then a bit slack, then as we reached a corner the bite started again. Tiffany had a strong bite, hooked it up, and played to the boat a really nice Flounder to round out her Amelia Island Back Country Slam.

After running back up to Nassauville, we paused between two docks and fished the bank with jigs, and landed one small Flounder. We ended the day down at Broward Island, still fishing with jigs and Tiffany added one more Snapper to the catch. After pulling the crab traps (good to know we werent makin our living at crabbing), we headed back to the ramp and counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida. 

Captain Lawrence Piper is a fishing guide in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida and is a licensed US Coast Guard charter boat operator.