I had the pleasure of fishing again with Allen Reeves and this time he brought along his adult sons Jason and Jeff to fish the back waters of Amelia Island.  Last year when I fished with Allen we had what I call a "banner day" - just non-stop action with some really nice fish.  I knew it was going to be hard to live up to a day like that but with the radio station's weather report this morning calling today a "Perfect 10", we knew it would be a great day, regardless.  We headed north to Jolley River to fish a large creek runout on the very last of an outgoing tide.  The conditions were almost perfect but all we could find were some pesky Croaker.  We made a run around to the MOA (Mother-of-All) spots and this did the trick. Jason didn't take long to have a hookup and land a nice hungry Seatrout, then Allen followed it up with one of his own, this one of keeper size.  He also landed a keeper sized Black "puppy" Drum and Jeff battled and subdued a hard fighting Bonnethead Shark.  We ran back to fish Jolley Bank and right off we had a double hookup!  Jeff had a Big fish on and then Jason did too.    But Jason's threw the hook while Jeff battled on. At first I thought it was a Shark, then when it rolled up I thought "Redfish"!  Jeff kept the pressure on, letting the rod do the work, then eventually landed a 21 3/4" Seatrout!  We fished on, catching a Jack Crevalle, another Seatrout, then another keeper sized Seatrout before heading over to fish the logs of Tiger Island.  Although we some good nibbles the fish just wernt' biting so we made a run and stop outside of Tiger where Allen landed one more Seatrout.  With that, we called it a day, a "perfect 10" to be out fishing Amelia Island waters!

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Catch Information

Species:
Atlantic Croaker


Bonnethead Shark


Crevalle Jack


Red Drum


Spotted Seatrout

This Fishing Report was submitted on 6/5/2014 10:01:11 PM by Seamus and last updated on 6/5/2014 10:01:11 PM.

Location

10 Ash Street
Fernandina Beach, FL US

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