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The Kid

 | By Seamus on 5/13/2025 8:27:00 PM | Views (10)

 Boy what a beautiful morning we had after a weekend of rain and last nights downpour. I had met Jeff and Cindy Patrick up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made a short run up to the outside of Tyger Island, turned into the current on a tide that had been coming in a few hours, and started tossing jig and live shrimp to the mud bank. It took a while and I was beginning to wonder, but then Jeff hooked up with a hard fighting and brought it to the boat. Luckily it was a bit productive - the duo caught a couple or three Reds along there a keeper sized Seatrout (all fish caught this morning were released), and a Flounder to round out a Slam. 

We fished Jolley "bank" for a bit with floats to no avail, then moved up to Tyger Cut and fished over a submerged shell bank. I think Jeff's first cast and drift produced another keeper sized Seatrout. He picked up another then both he and Cindy boated some small but feisty Bonnethead Sharks. After moving up to Snook Creek and fishing it a bit we ran back to the outside of Tyger to fish the first of an outgoing tide. Jeff battled briefly with (we think was) a shark but it's still heading north, with a float marker hanging out of its mouth.  We finished the morning over at Soap Creek drifting floats, then headed back, counting it as another beautiful morning fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida. 

In basketball the call them a "ringer";  some call them a "secret weapon". But this afternoon we called him....The Kid. After a quick Bait Shop lunch, I made my way over to Oyster Bay and picked up Lee Warren, his grandson Noah, and their friend David Vice - we made a quick stop over at Lanceford Creek to fish some dock pilings on a tide that had been going out about 3 hours. David hooked up and handed off his rod to Noah to expertly reel in a hungry Seatrout, then a small but feisty Sea Bass. 



We made along run back down Lanceford then up the Bell to fish some more dock pilings. Here, Noah began making  his own casts and it paid off - he hooked  up a brough to the boat a hungry Seatrout and two croaking Croakers. We fished a 2nd dock them moved on. Our next stop was over in the Jolley River where we worked one shoreline with exposed oysters, to no avail.

But then we moved over to the MOA and fished those oyster mounds. Noah had a made an excellent cast off the stern, let it sink to the bottom, felt the "bump" and set the hook and BIG FISH ON! This fish was ripping drag and going deep and taking the line from starboard to port and back again. Lee was helping out with the rod lift while Noah worked it off the bottom with the reel and after long battle he landed  huge 27.5" Black Drum (on a size 1000 reel, 6'6'" rod), boy what a battle. Warred battled a Catfish to the boat before we moved on. 



After running back to Tyger Island, we fished the logs. Both Warren and David put Trout in the boat. Then again, Noah (The Kid) had another strong bite. That line was ripping out and the fish was heading north, but Noah, with Warren's help, kept the pressure on. It was a long battle and hard fought but the duo won it and soon boated a big 4' Bonnethead Shark. We were all worn out after that but as we headed back to the dock we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.

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Black Drum
Black Drum

This Fishing Report was submitted on 5/13/2025 8:27:00 PM by Seamus and last updated on 5/14/2025 3:12:24 AM.


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