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Redfish Bonanza

 | By Seamus on 10/13/2025 3:06:00 PM | Views (1)

 

With the weather getting better, and the tides not so high, the fish catching is getting....great!  I met Pete Nolan, his daughter Sydney and their friend Lyle down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning- we had clear skies, only a tad bit of wind, and it was just cool enough for a light jacket. We made a 12 minute run up the intracoastal and dipped into Jackstaff and began tossing jigs and live shrimp on a tide that still had a couple of hours of going out. All three anglers were getting good casts, and a few nibbles, but we had no takers. We crossed over the creek and fished a point, letting the jigs bounce along the edge and here Lyle "knocked the skunk off" when he hooked up and landed a hungry Seatrout. A Pod of dolphin were coming down the bank, so we moved on. 

We then ran thru Horsehead and then back down the Nassau to set up at large drainage and a Roseate
Spoonbill was fishing - the tide was still going out, and boy did things heat up! The trio started catching fish, one after the other -feisty Redfish, a couple of small Flounder (making it a Slam), then a couple of small Black Drum (Grand Slam). They stayed busy catching those small fish until Pete had one of those drag ripping bites and, Big Fish On!  Pete played it expertly and wore it out and brought to the boat a bulky 24" Slot Redfish. We fished until there was a lull, then as we talked about moving on they would get another bite and another fish, including a Bonnethead Shark and a big Jack Crevalle.  Lyle added another 22" Slot Red to the box before we finally moved. 

Down at Broward we were in deeper water but it didn't matter.  Fishing under the gaze of two Bald Eagles, we were tossing the jigs up current and letting it bounce down the river bottom deep paid off. Again, they got busy catching Redfish. Most were in the 16-17" range but Lyle added two more Slot Reds to his catch, one of which we had to toss back due to the limits. Our final stop was back down the Nassau, at Twin Creeks, with the tide coming in. It was slow going until Pete had a strong hookup. The drag was ripping so we knew it was a good fish. Pete worked it in patiently and soon landed another 22" Slot Red. Half of this fish's tail had been eaten off so we put itin the box and culled one of the others. 

We had some good action most of the morning, had beautiful weather, and had a few fish in the box 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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Black Drum
Black Drum

This Fishing Report was submitted on 10/13/2025 3:06:00 PM by Seamus and last updated on 10/15/2025 9:12:29 AM.


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Fernandina Beach, FL US

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