What a beautiful day we had today! I met Glenn and Patti Langford up at Old Town Bait and Tackle early and after easing out of Eagans we made our way over to Lanceford Creek to try and fish some docks but when we got there it seemed like we were a bit late for a "convention" of other Guides. We did fish one dock for a bit and Patti "knocked the skunk off when she hooked up and landed a small Black "puppy" Drum. We moved on. Our next stop was back at Soap Creek where we again tossed jigs and live shrimp to some dock pilings on a lower and incoming tide. I was beginning to think that this spot was going to be a dud when Patti made an excellent cast up into the pilings - she had a hookup and fish on! Patti played it perfectly and brought it to the net - a nice keeper sized Sheepshead.
We then made the run around to Tyger Island, getting there a bit later than I like but it still paid off. Both Glenn and Patti caught a few Redfish, one of which was of keeper size. They also added a Seatrout catch to their bag total. They actually had a "Grande Slam" of Drum, Sheepshead, Redfish and Trout. . We worked down the island and back up, not getting much, until we got back to where we started and picked up another couple of Redfish, two measuring right at 17 3/4", and also a small Flounder.(Super Grande Slam).
After running back around to the outside of Tyger we fished along the marsh bank with jigs for just a bit, to no avail. We then made the long run over to Bell River and fished jigs deep. Glenn put a keeper sized Seatrout in the boat and Patti had one to the boat that would have been the biggest Trout of the day but alas, it threw the hook right at the boat. Ouch. It had been a beautiful day, we had some fish in the box, so as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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