Gator Trout?
Josh Jenette was in town with his grandparents, visiting Amelia Island from Kentucky, and took in an Amelia Island light tackle fishing trip on The Anglers Mark yesterday afternoon. We left the Atlantic Seafood dock with some brisk winds out of the southeast so we headed to Tiger Island in hopes that it would shield the wind, and it did! Josh caught a nice Redfish before we ventured back in to the wind to fish the outside of Tiger where we came across a nice school of Sheepshead feeding near shore around the oyster beds. We shortened our leaders so that our live shrimp would float over the oysters, but we couldn't get the Sheeps to eat! Our next stop was up in Jolley River and it wasn't long before Josh was reeling in Trout after Trout, then he had a good hookup and a nice battle with a 2' long Shark! He caught a couple more shark and a few more Trout and nice Whiting then we headed back to Tiger Island to catch the first of the outgoing tide. It was a good move because Josh was a able to catch a couple of keeper sized Trout for his Grandparents dinner. We had almost decided to call it a day when a "nibbler" took our float down unimpressively, then the rod bent over and the line ripped out! FISH ON! We both took turns battling this monster and after a good battle we boated a huge 27" 7lb Gator Trout! Wow, what a fish! That helped wrap up another great day to be on the water!
Capt. Lawrence Piper
The Anglers Mark
Amelia Island, Florida
904-557-1027
lwpiper@comcast.net
theanglersmark.com
Posted by Cpt. Lawrence Piper at 9:47 AM
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