I wrapped my week up today fishing with John Raker and Kenny King, meeting them out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early, with the sun just coming up over Amelia Island. We made a short run up the Nassau and set up fishing a point of grass with float rigs and live shrimp on a high and incoming tide...and we had action for about 2 hours! This duo of anglers caught Seatrout and Jacks and Ladyfish and feisty Redfish while big Tarpon busted mullet out in the river behind us!
After moving down a bit Kenny had made an excellent cast up into a "bay" and when his float slowly went under he tightened the line and let the circle hook set and Fish On! This was the big fish Kenny had been waiting for and he made the most of it, playing it perfectly and eventually landing a nice 22.5" Slot Sized Redfish! We moved back around the corner and caught more Jacks, Mangrove Snapper and Seatrout, a few of which were of keeper size.
As the tide hit the top we made a run over to Seymore's Pointe where we picked up another big Mangrove, then we ran back up the river where the tide had started back out. It was getting to be mid day, the sun was getting hot and even though we were at the right spot at the right tide I had reservations that we'd get any more good bites. Boy was I wrong. I didn't even have time to settle in before John had hooked up his drag was ripping! He played it patiently and brought to the net another 22.5" Redfish. But we weren't finished. Just a few drifts later, BAM! Big Fish On! This fish took off, heading north and for a second we thought "shark", but it turned and made for the bank and we knew it was another big Red. John fought it valiantly and eventually landed a big Oversized 28" Redfish, boy what a fish!
Still not finished! We picked up the biggest Trout of the day, this one measured at 19" and was a great way to wrap up a good day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
