Tourney Reds and Flounder Herd

 I fished with the Blalock's today, William and Dara, after meeting them out at Goffinsville Park early. The
tide was fairly high, still coming in, so we ran a bit down the Nassau River to "kill some time", making our first stop at Twin Creeks. We unlimbered the float rigs baited with live shrimp and mud minnows (the two anglers noted that they did better on the minnows as the day went on) and drifted the grass line as that tide continued to come in Dara had gone up into a little niche in the grass and after she saw here bait getting nibbled just a bit - it went under and she hooked it up! Fish On! She played expertly to the boat and "knocked the skunk off" with a nice 21" Slot Redfish.

We then ran back up the Nassau and fished a nice stretch of grass. William was on the stern and let his float go long, way long! It was almost out of sight when it disappeared under, and William tightened it up and let that circle hook set. He had a long haul back to the boat, but when we netted it we saw it was a nice 18" Seatrout. After moving up to a point of grass Dara had made an excellent cast to the bank and BAM! Big Fish On! This one was ripping drag and running deep, but Dara kept the pressure on and worked it patiently to the boat and landed a "Tournament sized" 26.25'" big Slot Red. And only minutes later, William went to the same spot with a pinpoint cast and BAM! Another big Redfish on!  William worked it in, let it run, worked it in and landed another Tourney Red, this one measuring right at 26". 

We fished Seymore's Pointe and picked up one Mangrove Snapper, ran to Poteat Point, then finished up back in Jackstaff where a mudflat dropped off to some deeper water. I had fished the same spot a week ago on a low tide and had noticed Flounder "divots" in the flat and sure enough these two caught Flounder for the next 30 minutes. I counted 8 brought to the boat with two them of keeper size. We had one come off at the boat and Dara hooked something big that ripped the drag for just a few seconds before it threw the hook. William went up the bank and picked up one more keeper sized Seatrout then we called it a day and headed back to the ramp, counting it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.