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Nice Amelia Island Back Country Slam

 | By Seamus on 4/27/2022 6:56:00 PM | Views (303)

As it turned out, my trip today wrapped my week up. Forecasted winds are pretty high tomorrow so I won't be fishing. But today we were able to get in a good trip when I fished with Shelia " Redfish"  Davis and her brother Steve when I met them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a quick run up the intercoastal, turned into Back River and ran around to Pumpkin Hill to fish the very last of a high and incoming tide with float rigs and live shrimp. The NW wind that we had made it ideal keeping our baits up near the flooded grass bank and both anglers were getting good drifts, going long. Although there wasn't as much action as I had hoped for, Shelia did have a strong hookup - she played it patiently and brought to the boat a really nice 19" Seatrout!

We worked around the corner for a bit, fished a long side a Bald Eagle,  then ran back to Seymore's Pointe to fish a large marsh run out. Here, they had some bites, some nibbles, but no takers. We then ran down to Spanish Drop and fished a still flooded bank, then made our way back up to Nassauville and fished some docks. Here, using a jig, Steve got hot and mastered hooking up with Mangrove Snapper, a couple of which were of keeper size. Sheila added to the catch by landing a nice Flounder. 

After running thru Horsehead we eased into a side creek off of
Jackstaff and began working some exposed oysters. As we approached a small drainage surrounded by oysters I commented that we had caught a handful of Redfish in that spot. Shelia put a cast right up close and sure enough, her float slowly went under and off to angle. She tightened up her line and let the circle hook set and, Fish On!  We weren't sure if this was a small Red or a big one but when it took off and began ripping drag we knew it was a nice fish! Shelia fought it perfectly and after a good battle landed a big 24" Slot Redfish, boy what a fish! After photographs we released it to swim off.  That fish gave Shelia her Amelia Island Back Country Slam and made for a great way to wrap up a good day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.



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Catch Information

Species:
Flounder
Flounder

Gray Snapper
Gray Snapper

Red Drum
Red Drum

Spotted Seatrout
Spotted Seatrout

This Fishing Report was submitted on 4/27/2022 6:56:00 PM by Seamus and last updated on 4/30/2022 6:41:13 AM.


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Fernandina Beach, FL US

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