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3 Generations Produce a Big Red

 | By Seamus on 4/24/2022 9:34:00 AM | Views (361)

 I wrapped up my week yesterday fishing with the Tilltoson's - Granddad Dan, his son Paul and grandson Jack. I met them up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp early and with a plan in mind, made the run up to the Jolley River to ease in and fish the "bank" with jigs and live shrimp. The wind had been kicking my butt all week and was expected to increase again today. That first stretch of bank was ideal, and although all three anglers were making excellent casts, we had no real bites. 

After running up the river to Snook Creek we worked that bank a good stretch and once incentivized, Paul "knocked the skunk off" with a nice Seatrout catch! The game was on!

We moved around the corner and fished the MOA (Mother of All) for a while and although we were seeing some good bait movement we had no luck there. The MOA wasn't very MOA today!  The wind had picked up so we made the run back to Eagans Creek with plans to tuck in between some docks and fish the pilings and the plan paid off.

Jack got on the board with a strong hookup, played it expertly, and landed a nice feisty Redfish that was just a smidge undersized. He took the lead in the "challenge", then his Grandad Dan had a good bite, set the hook, and expertly brought to the boat a keeper sized Seatrout. Even though it was of keeper size, it was still smaller than Jack's Redfish so he kept the lead!


Paul added another keeper sized Seatrout, Dan added a nice Croaker to the box,

then BAM! Paul had went in behind a dock, let it slowly fall and, Big Fish On!  All lines were cleared of the water as the big fish dug deep. When it ran up current, against the drag, we knew it was probably oversized. Then the fish took Paul to the stern, around the engine, back around the engine, up to the bow, around the trolling motor, back around the trolling motor and finally, after a lengthy battle, Paul landed the big 29" Oversized Redfish, boy what a battle and boy what a fish!  This fish moved Paul into 2nd place in the 2022 Anglers Mark Bragging Rights Tournament - Redfish Category(scroll down the right side of this report for standings).

We had worked the oysters and the docks and even though the wind had picked up we had a few good fish caught, 3 generations of anglers, so was we headed back to the boat ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida. 

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Catch Information

Species:
Atlantic Croaker
Atlantic Croaker

Red Drum
Red Drum

Snook
Snook

Spotted Seatrout
Spotted Seatrout

This Fishing Report was submitted on 4/24/2022 9:34:00 AM by Seamus and last updated on 4/26/2022 5:51:05 PM.


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