Can't Fudge The Truth

 I could try and sprinkle sugar on it but the honest truth is the "fish catching" has been going down hill the last week since that severe cold. I talked to two anglers had the boat ramp and who confirmed it with their recent fishing trips - the fish just aren't biting. When I picked up some jigs from "Redfish Carl" this afternoon, he said he had ran up the St. Mary's and didn't get even a nibble. Water temp's were around 44 Monday, 46 yesterday, and 49 today - I'm guessing when they get into the 50's we will begin to get back to normal.

My anglers today, David Vice and his son Nathaniel, and Bob Kossman had to really work hard at it to get some fish in the boat. Nobody got skunked, but it was close! We all met out at Goffinsville Park and then made our way around to Seymore's Point to fish a large drainage. I keep thinking that this spot will eventually turn on.  These anglers were tossing float rigs and live shrimp and mud minnows up current and letting their bobbers drift around the point. They were getting good drifts but had nary a nibble. We moved out and fished deep with jigs in a couple of spots, and again, no bites.

We then ran up the Nassau and dipped into a creek and worked it good. The drawback to these creeks are you lose a bunch of jigs to the submerged logs. It can get aggravating for the anglers but luckily they had me re-rigging! If your going to fish loggy areas I tell people, "learn a couple of knots that you can tie quickly" so you can get back to fishing. We had worked along for a good while and finally both Nathaniel and David had hookups, almost simultaneously. Nathaniel worked his patiently to the net and landed a feisty Redfish that measured 17 15/16" - almost legal! But David's fish proved to be a nice keeper sized Seatrout.  We continued to work the bank and Nathanial had another strong bite, played it perfectly and this time landed a nice Slot Redfish. We fished that stretch up and down and up and down then moved on. 

After fishing and shell line at Back River with floats to no avail we made our way back around to
Seymore's Pointe and this time fished some dock pilings with jigs and shrimp. They reported a few faint nibbles but no takers until Bob hooked up. He fought the fish perfectly and knocked the skunk completely off the boat when he landed a nice Redfish. We had to work all day for the fish that we got - they weren't 'jumping' into the boat, but it turned out to be a beautiful day and another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.