Fishing Lure

We again had a forecast of some less than desirable weather and sure enough, we were greeted with overcast skies and blowing winds when I met the Paradise group down at Sawpit Creek- Raymond and Catherine, Harrison and Abby. But we had a plan to try and stay out of the wind as we ran up the Nassau River to fish a large outflow just north of Seymore's. These anglers began tossing float rigs and live shrimp and after just a few casts they had knocked the rust off and were catching fish. As the floats drifted over a submerged shell bed BAM! They'd have a hookup and would expertly bring in a hungry Seatrout. 

Catherine, fishing off the bow, drifted close to a grass point that I knew had an oyster outcrop and she picked up a feisty Redfish then a hard fighting keeper sized Black "puppy" Drum to round out and Amelia Island Back Country Slam. The group added a good handful of the smaller Seatrout then Harrison hauled in a keeper sized Trout. After running around to Nassauville and fishing Littlfield with jigs, to no avail, we made a long run up the Nassau to fish a small Creek.

As we worked along the bank Catherine hauled in a Seatrout, then she hooked up and landed a feisty
Redfish but as we worked along the bank I was thinking, "this is kinda slow". But then like a light switch, the bite turned on. Abby, who had persevered all day with her casting, had a strong hookup and this was ripping drag but the fish was no match for her "GenZi" - she worked it patiently to the boat and landed a nice Slot sized Redfish. Raymond had been "coaching them up" and joined in as the key Netman -scooping them up when I was busy unhooking fish. The group added 3 more Slot Reds to get their limit and a whole bunch of the smaller "rat" Reds. 

Boy was it nasty running back -overcast, 17mph winds, whitecaps, and then a slight drizzle. But we had had some good action, had a good mess of fish in the box and as we eased up to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida. 

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