Fishing Lure

 We had a beautiful day this morning but when I stepped out to get the boat ready the flags on the front of the house were blowing and I said "uh-oh". When I came back in to have a little breakfast I checked the weather again -"sunshine with wind holding steady at 12mph".  That's really not bad but just enough to be aggravating to casters who would be tossing float rigs most of the morning. 

I met Tim Hall up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp, and his guests who were visiting from Holland -Ruben and is two boys Joab and Eron. The tide had been coming in a few hours and after making our way out of Eagans Creek and up to the Jolly River and turning into the current along the "bank", the oysters were all covered up. We got the float rigs ready, baited with live shrimp and began working along the grass. That 12mph east wind made it difficult to keep the boat parallel and to toss into it. But these anglers were up to the ask and we fished it pretty good, and might have had one bite.

We then ran up the river, just past Snook Creek and again turned into the current. Now the wind was at our backs and we were getting good drifts, and it paid off. Ruben had made an excellent cast and as his float drifted with the incoming current, BAM! Fish On!  Ruben played it expertly and soon landed a nice feisty Redfish. We moved into Snook and fished some jigs and shrimp but had no luck. After running back down the Jolley, we anchored up current from Tyger Cut and this did the trick. All anglers got a bite on their float rigs, then Ruben, drifting down the right side had a hookup. He played it perfectly and landed a keeper sized Seatrout. Tim and Eron went down the other side and picked up another Trout. 

After running up the Jolley and into the Bell we fished in and around some docks with the jigs. They landed a small Toadfish and a small Croaker but then Ruben hooked up deep and played to the net another keeper sized Seatrout. We ran down the Jolley and up Lanceford Creek where we fished a large drainage. Both Ruben and Joab battled and landed Bonnethead Shark which were photographed and released. Eron and his dad teamed up to land one more keeper Trout. 

Our final stop was around at a grass patch fishing the dead high tide and here we did have a bit of action catching small Seatrout. We had had to deal with a bit of wind but it was a beautiful day and we had caught fish, had a few 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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