That first stop started things off right - Greg was tossing jigs and live shrimp on the last hour or so of an outgoing tide and he caught a good handful of Seatrout. He said he was getting just a faint "bump" - he'd tighten his line and set the hook. Many were undersized but he had a couple that were of keeper size. he also put two keeper sized Weakfish in the boat.
We worked up and down Nassauville fishing in pleasant "pond like" conditions. Every now and then we'd find a dock that produced a handful of Trout. Greg perfected the hookup and didn't miss many. He added to his catch total and keeper total, enough so that we had reached his limit and were tossing 15"+ fish back. One of those keepers was a "Gator" - when he hooked it up I was thinking, "finally, a Redfish" - but I was wrong. Greg played it perfectly, worked it up off the bottom, let it run, worked it in and landed a big 20" Trout, the biggest of the year and worth Bragging Rights for a while!
We fished down the Nassau for the last 45 minutes of the trip and Greg did finally find his Redfish, a feisty one that measured just undersized. We had went out this morning with a plan and it had paid off with some comfortable fishing, some good action, and a few fish in the box 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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