Banana Girl

 | By Seamus on 5/28/2021 4:15:00 PM | Views (439)

Most of us have heard of the tale of banana's bringing "Bad Luck" on a boat. Well this morning we had a one of our anglers, step on the boat, take her seat, and begin peeling and eating a banana.  I normally don't say anything but knowing these guests were good sports, I reminded them of the tale: Banana's are bad luck.  BUT, we had a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, and a slight breeze to keep the upcoming heat off so we left Oyster Bay docks and headed down Lanceford to our first spot at a marsh run out.

Robert Stettner, his friend Henrietta, and her friend Vicki began tossing float rigs with live shrimp but all we got was one bite and no takers.  After fishing Bell River, then the outside of Tyger, then Jolley Bank with no fish,  we began to wonder if the banana curse was open us.

I ran further up the Jolley and fished another flooded bank on
the very last of an incoming tide and finally, finally, Vicki had a hookup. She worked it to the boat as the Ladyfish flew high a couple of times, but we were able to land the fish and "knock the skunk off" - if you can count a Ladyfish. But only moments later, after switching to a Mud Minnow, Henrietta had made an excellent grass to the edge of the grass and, BOOM! Float Gone. Henrietta played it perfectly and after a good battle, landed a big 20" Seatrout, boy what a fish!  We made one more stop in the Jolley but the tide was turning back at Tyger so we headed back.

Sure enough, the tide was coming out and just as we set up John was ready to

make his cast - he did, and BAM! He had a hookup and caught a feisty Bluefish. From then on it was pandemonium. The trio of anglers caught Ladyfish, Bluefish and a couple of keeper Trout. Then Vicki and Henrietta had a "double" hookup. Vicki was on the bow and played her fish perfectly and landed a feisty Redfish while Henrietta's was back at the stern. She worked it to the boat and landed a nice Slot Redfish. John got in on the "big fish" action hooking up with probably the biggest fish of the day. He played it patiently, worked it to the boat and we saw that it was a 20"+ Black "puppy" Drum, but it made one more lunge in the shallow water and BAP, fish off. Ouch. 

We had started really slow, struggled to get a bite, but we stayed with it and no matter the "banana on the boat" issue, we wrapped up with a good day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida. 

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Catch Information

Species:
Bluefish


Ladyfish


Red Drum


Spotted Seatrout

This Fishing Report was submitted on 5/28/2021 4:15:00 PM by Seamus and last updated on 5/28/2021 4:41:05 PM.

Location

10 Ash Street
Fernandina Beach, FL US

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