Fishing Lure

 I was back down at Sawpit Creek this morning meeting Dean Jensen and his sons Eli and Tyler early. We headed up the intracoastal then up the Nassau to make our first stop at the Spanish Drop area. The tide had been coming in a few hours so we went with float rigs and live shrimp and mud minnows. The shrimp were getting nibbles as expected but it was Tyler who "knocked the skunk off" when he hooked up and landed a feisty Jack Crevalle off the stern of the boat, caught on a mud minnow. Dean and Eli were using the live shrimp and sure enough, Dean had a strong bite and his line began to rip and Shark On! Dean played it expertly and after a long battle landed a 4' Bonnethead Shark for photo and release.

We fished further up at Twin Creeks, drifting the floats, but didn't have much action so we made the run down to Pumpkin Hill and drifted them there and this did the trick. Tyler hooked up and battled to the boat a feisty Redfish. His dad made the comment, "something bigger next time" but he didn't specify "in the Slot" - Tyler had another strong hookup and this fish was BIG!  He fought the fish for a good long time (the video below has a bunch of minutes edited out) - he worked it in, let it run, worked it in, and eventually brought to the net an Oversized 29.25" Redfish - his personal best! A few minutes later he and his dad had a double hookup - Dean expertly played his to the net - a nice Slot Redfish, and Tyler battled his to the net, a big Jack Crevalle, another personal best.

Around the corner Dean picked up a small Seatrout, then we fished a couple of sets of grassy islands where Eli got on the board with a hard fighting Jack Crevalle catch. We then made a good run back to Horsehead, thru it, and over to Poteat Pointe where we worked the grass line. Nothing much was happening until Dean hooked up - it seemed to be a strange fight-not digging deep like a Redfish, not hunkering down like a Flounder, but big enough to rip some drag. Dean stayed patient with it and slowly worked it up to the surface and we netted a huge 21" Seatrout, boy what fish, and big enough to move into 2nd Place in the Anglers Mark 2025 Bragging Rights Tournament-Seatrout Category (scroll down the right side of this report for standings). 

We fished Jackstaff "bank" for a stretch then moved over to a grassy point where the creek has begun to cut thru - we caught a Redfish there yesterday and sure enough, Eli, fishing with a jig, hooked up another nice Redfish. He played it perfectly, letting it run when it wanted to, working it in, and soon landing another nice Slot Redfish. We had some great weather this morning, and had 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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