Big Girl

 We were back at it today, fishing with Tom Gaslin and his buddy Steve. I met them early out at
Goffinsville Park on a tide that still had about 30 minutes of coming in, so we headed over to Pumkin Hill to "kill some time" and drift float rigs baited with mud minnows along the shell bank. That first stretch didn't produce a bite but after we eased up and fished down the side we had some luck. Steve had made an excellent cast to the grass and was letting his float drift when his float "bobbed", then came to a stop. A few seconds later it did go under - Steve tightened up his line and let the circle hook set and Fish On1 He brought it patiently to the boat to land a nice hungry Flounder to "knock the skunk" off

Both anglers continued to do that and a after a drift or two it was Tom's turn -his float disappeared with a vengeance - he hooked it  up and boy what a fish. It was ripping a bit of drag and pulling deep but Tom kept the pressure on. He worked it in slowly and when we saw it was a Big Seatrout the excitement grew. Tom brought it to the net and landed a big 20" SheTrout. Boy what a fish!

The tide had changed back at Nassaville so we ran back and fished a large drainage but only had a bite or two. We ran thru Horsehead and over to Poteat Point and worked it good but to no avail, other than a couple of Catfish catches. Back thru Horsehead we came and down to Twin Creeks where we fished with the floats for just a bit, then we switched to jigs and the minnows and this did the trick. All three of us (I picked up a rod and fished a bit) caught Flounder - we had 4-5 of them, with two of them being of keeper size.

We fished two more spots down the Nassau, added another Catfish to the catch, then headed back to the ramp. It had been a sunny, clear morning, with just a slight breeze. These guys were off work,  had caught some fish, had a few 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.