I Could of Kissed em

I wrapped up a long, difficult week today fishing with the Hutchens brothers - that cold water has been tough on the "fish catching" totals. These guys, Tom and Bob were good anglers, and we fished some spots that looked absolutely beautiful - sunny skies, no wind to speak of, great casts, outstanding drifts, but there for a while it was looking like we were going to get skunked! I can't remember the last time I've been skunked on a trip. It does happen once in a while, but not in a long while!

The good news is that the water temperature is rapidly rising with this warmer weather. Monday I was noting 42 degrees and today I saw some at 57 degrees. I had picked the Hutchens brothers up at Sawpit Creek and after running up the Nassau River we pulled up at Twin Creeks and drifted floats and mud minnows (no live shrimp today). I think the first drift Tom had a brief bite - the float disappeared, but there was no fish attached. We fished that good with the floats, then we ran up to Seymore's and fished a large drainage. I'll be brief- good casts, good drifts, no bites.

We ran thru Horsehead and over to Poteat point - good casts, good drifts, no bites. We came back to Jackstaff and fished - good casts, good drifts, no bites We ran back thru Horsehead and down to Nassauville and switched to jigs - good casts, no bites

We then ran up river and fished a small creek with the jigs. Again, Tom and Bob were getting good casts
to the bank. We fished it good, and just when the "skunk" was beginning to smell up the boat Bob had strong hookup and worked in a nice hungry Seatrout! I didn't know whether to kiss Bob or the Trout! We fished along, then began to drift back down with the current and when I heard Tom's drag ripping I thought it might be another hangup. But it was a Big fish and was pulling drag UP current. Tom kept the pressure on fought it back to the boat, played it perfectly and soon landed a "tournament" sized 26" Redfish, boy what a fish! We continued to drift with the current and then Bob had a strange "bump". He worked it in slowly and soon landed a nice keeper sized Flounder.

We had fished over 5 hours, had very few bites for the first 4 and half, but these anglers' perseverance paid off. It had been a beautiful day so as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.

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