96965 Buccaneer Trail
Amelia
Title: “Fall Fishing at Amelia”
Both deep inlets then become major ambush points for all of the above
species of game fish, setting up excellent fishing opportunities for both the
light tackle and big game saltwater fishermen.
Huge schools of fall run red drum move into the deep holes and shallow
sandbars during the fall fishing season and can be caught fishing dead on the
bottom with cut baits, fresh shrimp or live finger mullet. However most of the red drum here will be over
the legal slot size limit, measuring over the
Tarpon fishing can also be enjoyed while fishing dead on the bottom with
cut baits, or live menhaden. Flounder
fishing is excellent along the jetty rocks during the falling tide while fishing
dead on the bottom with finger mullet, or bullhead minnows.
Sheepshead fishing close to the jetty rocks is
also productive during the last of the falling tide, while fishing close to the
jetty rocks with fiddler crabs, or barnacles.
Sea trout at the St. Mary’s rock jetties will take a live shrimp fished
deep under a trout float, fish the riverside of the south jetty rocks during
the falling tide.
The rock jetties at historical
In the deep waters bordering the fort, fishing on the bottom with fresh
shrimp produces excellent catches of good eating whiting.
Offshore fishing action can be
red hot during the Fall fishing season as cooling
water temperatures find bait fish and striking fish migrating out to deep
water. One of the best kingfish locations during the fall fishing season, is
the “Brunswick Forty Mile Bottom”. Here
bluewater fishermen can jig up a livewell full of cigar minnows at the R-5 Navy
tower, then begin slow trolling livies close to the tower. Here fishermen will not only find king
mackerel, but dolphin, sailfish, barracuda, cobia and many more species of
pelagic saltwater game fish.
Fishermen will soon notice that after leaving the
Running further offshore, fishermen will find the Continental Shelf.
Which is located some 70-miles offshore and has a water depth of 180-feet. Trolling with ballyhoo and large plastic lure
combos produces excellent catches of sailfish, wahoo, dolphin, white and blue
marlin and black and yellowfin tuna.
However one of the more popular styles of fall fishing,
includes bottom fishing at the many close to shore reefs and wrecks for gag grouper. Bottom fishermen will find numerous lime rock
ledges and wrecks in water depths of 50-70 feet of water within fifteen miles
offshore of the St. Mary’s rock jetties.
Anchoring or drifting over one of these productive fishing drops can
produce some real rod bending grouper action!
Red snapper are also found at these close to shore live bottoms and
wrecks, which are identified on the local offshore fishing chart with GPS
coordinates.
Huge schools of redfish can be found in the backwaters of
A full blown fall northeaster, paired
with a full moon floods backcountry marshes where wade fishing is extremely
popular for tailing reds. Casting a gold
Johnson spoon, led head jig rigged to a Berkley Gulp shrimp is a deadly
technique for tailing reds. Fly
fishermen enjoy wade fishing an working a crab pattern
fly where reds weighing to ten-pounds are showcasing their spotted tails.
As the tide falls, red drum will school at creek mouths, mud flats and
docks that border nearby flats and deep channels.
Sea trout fishing is also excellent while casting topwater plugs during
a flooding tide. Sea trout will readily
take a live shrimp drifted under a small popping cork, mirror lure, or a ¼
ounce led head jig rigged with a chartreuse plastic curly tail.
Flounder fishing takes place during the falling tide at creek mouths, boat
docks and deep sloughs. One of the very
best flounder fishing tactics, includes fishing right
on the bottom with finger mullet, or bullhead minnows.
Further up the tidal estuaries, area fishermen will find excellent
largemouth bass fishing during the fall fishing season. Some of the more popular tidal rivers include
the big and little St. Mary’s Rivers, Lofton, Boggy and Thomas’ Creeks. Look for the falling tide to produce
largemouth bass weighing to eight pounds while working a trick worm slowly along
the river’s edge.
Surf fishing is also excellent during the fall for whiting, blues,
flounder, red drum, sea trout and small puppy drum. Fish on the bottom with a peeled fresh shrimp
barbed to one hook and a live sand flea on the second hook. Some
of the best surf fishing action can be found at the “Old” pipeline, the south
end of
Delicious eating blue crabs can be caught while fishing right on the bottom
with a weighted piece of chicken and is excellent family fun! When a slight tug is detected, slowly pull
the blue crab to the surface and net with a long handled net. Keep the crabs alive in a bucket of water,
then place in a boiling pot of water with crab boil added. When the crabs turn a bright pink, they are
ready to eat!
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