Mud Minnows and a Plan

 

I went with straight mud minnows for the second day in a row when I met Ray Pinkston and his son Jack out at Goffinsville Park early this morning. And we had a plan: fish those minnows at the drainages along the Nassau River. We stuck to it for the most part and it paid off with some solid action. We deviated just a bit at the first spot, across from Goffinsville at Back River Point - we drifted minnows under a float along some shell that were just showing. I had to try it! Jack did get the skunk knocked off early when he hooked up and landed a 14" Flounder. This would be the story of the day - 14" Flounder!

We then ran down the Nassau and made a stop at Twin Creeks and switched to jigs for the rest of the morning. Every once in a while Jack would put a 14" Flounder in the boat. We lost count but for the day, he had about 7-8 and Ray added one - all undersized. The duo did catch a handful of Seatrout as we bounced down the river hitting drainages and they slowly put a bag together, getting four of keeper size.

Every once in a while another variety would slip in - a Blue, a Jack, a Whiting and a Catfish. But then,
down at Spanish Drop, we fished up from a drainage, caught a few, but when we got to a submerged "bar" they began to get Redfish, one after another. Jack had a 21"  9-spot Red and they had a couple of other Slot sized fish, along with a whole handful of "almost" legal" Reds. They kept one of the Slots but released the rest. 

Boy was it still, and hot! I broke out my floppy hat and a "cool rag" for the first time this year. But we had stayed fairly busy catching fish, had a few in the box for dinner, so as we headed back to the dock we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.