First Fish - Oversized Red

 Back at it today...I met the Crane Crew - Dick Conley, David Gray, and Henry Ross down at SawpitCreek boat ramp early and we made our way up the Nassau River to make our first stop at Spanish Drop on a tide that had been coming in for a few hours - the oysters were pretty much covered, so we went with float rigs as we turned into the current and worked up along to a point. All three anglers were getting good casts up to the grass line and it paid off quick - Dick had a strong hookup and when his drag started ripping we knew it was a good fish. He played it patiently, letting it run, working it in, letting it run, but eventually he wore it to the net to land an Oversized 28" Redfish - now that's the way to start the day!

We fished up the point and had a bunch of "baitstealers" swiping our bait but we also got a good handful of Seatrout. We then moved up the river and fished Twin Creeks with the floats and we just wore the 14 1/2" Seatrout out! One after the other, so much so that I was thinking we may use up all our bait! Our next stop was down at Pumpkin Hill where I hoped the big Trout would be hanging but as we pulled up we saw a school of dolphin working them already. But we moved down and drifted the bank and here Henry hooked up and battled a nice 26 7/8" Red to the boat, boy what a fish! He also put a big 18 7/8" Seatrout in the boat while the whole crew caught smaller but fun to catch Trout. 

Back at Seymore's Pointe we boated a few small Trout and another keeper then we ran thru Horsehead and over to Poteat Point and worked it. David was on the stern and switched to a mullet colored Zara Spook Jr. and it paid off with some fun strikes and catches -Seatrout all. We caught Trout down to the last live shrimp then we headed back to the ramp and counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.