What a great week we are having - the weather is great and the fish catching seems to be picking up. Today I met David Bolton up at his place on Lanceford Creek and along with his grandkids Ruth and Michael, we made our way back around the corner to try some jig fishing up under some dock pilings on a tide that was going out and still had an hour or so of hitting bottom. It didn't take long - we had a strong hookup and it was BIG! That fish followed the current up under the dock and kept going and with a BAP!, it was gone! But these anglers were not to be deterred. We went back under the dock with a cast and Ruth was on the rod and BAM! She had a good hookup. Ruth was tenacious - she worked it out with a vengeance and....the Michael had a hookup - we had a Double! It was pandemonium! Ruth played her fish experltty and soon landed a nice keeper sized Black Drum. Then all the attention turned to Michael who was valiantly fighting his fish - he played it patiently and brought to the net a nice Slot sized Redfish. David and I were out of breath!
We got the fish photographed, measured and in the live well, and baited up again, and Ruth handed me
the rod to cast and said, "do you work"! Hah! But the commotion of those big fish battles must have turned them off -we didn't get another bite. We then headed down the creek to the intracoastal, then down the river to fish some structure and again, we were met with some disappointment. We hadn't been fishing for just a few minutes when Michael had another strong bite and this one was ripping some serious drag - all he could do was hold on until Poppa got up there to help him then they both were holding on unti lthe fish got into some pilings and broke off. It was Anglers 2, Fish 2 on the score board. Michael hooked and battled a big Catfish to the net to make it Anglers 3, Fish 2. We continued down the intracoastal and dipped into Jackstaff and set up fishing a sandy point with the jigs, but had no real bites. After running thru Horsehead we pulled up at a dock and made some casts, and the fish pulled ahead! David had a good bite right off and the drag was ripping, and the fish kept going - Ouch. Then, I had tossed a bait up to the pilings and again, a strong bite. It too was ripping drag and I was calling for Michael to come help but we couldn't do anything with it - the fish wrapped around the pilings and broke off. Double Ouch. It was not Anglers 3 and Fish 4!
We made our way down to Broward Island and fished the edge pretty good on the last of the outgoing tide. Although we were getting nibbles here and there we didn't get any real bites until Ruth felt a slight "bump" - she set the hook expertly and fought to the surface a nice keeper sized Flounder to tie up the "Fish Bowl" 4-to-4! We had a "slam" in the box, had eaten a few snacks, and had a beautiful day, 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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