Well, I just couldn't stand it anymore and the wife was tired of hearing me growl , so we went to Keaton and tried 'em. Trying is about the word, the fish were hard to come by. Didn't get there til 10 am, went North to Dekle and the water didn't look bad. Was clear in 3-4 ft. so caught a bunch of pins for the livewell and set them out. Then the tide started coming in and brought a lot of dark water with it. Caught 3 small trout there and moved to look for clearer water. Tried several spots and never got out of the stained stuff. North wind kept the tide from coming in good so very little water movement today. We made it around to Piney Pt. and tried it a while with only a hardhead to show.
The water was a little clearer there but a lot of floating grass made fishing difficult. Moved back around to the Keaton birdrack and settled in an area we have always caught a few in, the grass wasn't bad and bottom looked spotty. The wind shifted to the Southeast about 2 pm and for about 30 minutes we caught 2 good trout 15.5 and 18.5 and a keeper shark, plus a few small trout. Neva lost a good trout right at the boat, I couldn't quite reach it with the net and he got away.
When the wind got up and it got rough the bite just stopped, went to nothing.Quit at 3 pm with a good mess of fish and drank about all the cold liquids on the boat, man, was it hot today!
The pint of ice cream at the store made going in worth it. I don't know how the other boats did today, most of them had already gone in when we left. Good luck if anybody goes this weekend.
