Had To Work For 'Em Today

We went out of Old Town Bait and Tackle this morning, after meeting Joey Shiver, his son Casey, and son-in-law Brett early for a half day of fishing. We eased out of Eagans Creek then made a run up and around the outside to Tyger. I had all three anglers tossing jigs and live shrimp to a nice drainage in hopes for a Flounder, but all we had were nibbles. (for most of the day I was noting muddy water-it didn't bode well). We eased around to the mouth of the Jolley and worked the "bank" - here the trio of anglers, who were making excellent casts, caught a undersized Flounder then just about everything we didn't want - Pinfish, Croaker, Bluefish, and Catfish.

After running further up the Jolley. we fished another large drainage. Joey couldn't have had a better drift on his first cast, letting his line out and letting it drift closely down the shoreline. Casey and Brett followed him and all had good drifts, but no real bites. We moved up to Snook Creek, worked it with floats for a bit, then switched back to jigs and worked along the now exposed oysters. Casey picked up another nice Bluefish then Joey, fishing deep off the stern had a strong "thump" and after setting the hook, he patiently brough to the net a big 18"+ Seatrout. Finally! A nice fish!

Further up the Jolley we fished a bend in the river and worked along some exposed shell. Again, Pinfish, and Croaker and even a small Sea Bass, then Brett, after tossing to a cut in the oysters had a strong bite and a hookup. He fought it expertly to the boat, let it run, worked it in, and landed a nice 21" 7-spot Redfish. After fishing the MOA for a while, we ran around to Bell River and fished some docks for a bit, then ran back, all the way around to the Tyger logs and worked them. Joey was making that stern work, he hauled in a Flounder, then Casey followed that up with another Flounder. I think that was the last fish of the day. These anglers had to work for the fish they caught today, but we 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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