Flounder Bragging

 We had movement on the Bragging Rights board today - Flounder category. I had met Clint Davidson, his wife Kat, and her father Brian up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early this morning, and after easing out of Eagans Creek and running up to the intracoastal, we pulled in to a small drainage on the outside of Tyger to try our hand at catching some Flounder, and it paid off - after a few casts Brian had a good hookup and landed a nice Flounder.

After moving around to the Jolley River and working along the "bank", Kat had another good "bump", out deep - she set the hook and Fish On! Kat played it perfectly and soon landed a keeper sized Flounder. We worked along there for a bit, then ran further up the Jolley and fished a deep bend with the jigs. Here both Clint and Brian tangled with some hard fighting, deep diving Bonnethead Shark. 

We puttered a short distance away to the MOA and began pitching the jigs. In just a short few minutes Clint was hooked up. This fish was ripping some drag and took Clint from the bow, back to the stern, around from starboard to port, then back up to the bow. He played it expertly and after a good battle landed a nice 19" Slot Redfish. There was plenty of bait movement and a bunch of feeding fish but that was all we caught there. We fished back at Tyger logs, worked it good, then made a long run around to Lanceford Creek.

BM1 produced no fish - the wind and current was not working in our favor. We moved further up the
creek, with minutes to go in the trip and Brian, fishing long with a float had decided to reel in and BAM! Big Fish On!  Brian worked it in slowly, eased it up off the bottom and glided it into the net - a nice 19" Flounder, big enough to move in to first place in the Anglers Mark 2025 Bragging Rights Tournament - Flounder category (scroll down the right side of this report for standings). We had a few fish in the box, had had some decent action throughout the day, so as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.