Flounder Skunk is Off

 I fished with the Averbuch boys today - "Poppa-Doc" Mark, his son Cutler and grandson Harvey, meeting
them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a short run up and over to the Nassau River and pulled up at Spanish Drop to begin tossing jigs and minnows and live shrimp to the drainage and shell bed. Mark had good luck early fishing off the stern - he tied in to a big Bonnethead Shark which we landed, photographed and released (All fish caught today were released).  He then picked upo a Gator Trout out deep - it measured 20 1/8", then he added a Jack Crevalle to his catch. 

These Averbuch fellows have had a drought on catching Flounder with me but today Cutler single handedly knocked that skunk off - he hooked up and landed a small Flounder. The trio added a handful of Catfish to the mix, another Jack, and when fished between two docks, Harvey put one of the biggest Croaker in the boat I've ever had. Cutler found his groove and caught and landed two more Flounder - one respectable at 18" and the other a doormat at 20", and he had another smaller flounder, too. Harvey expertly landed a bottom hugging Stingray before we moved on. 

After running thru Horsehead and to the mouth of Jackstaff we fished the "bank" where Mark battled a big fish - it took him deep, ripped some drag, but not like a shark - and after a good fight he landed a huge Jack Crevalle. We had caught a big variety of fish and some of them had some good size to them, so as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.