KEATON 5-7 & 8

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KEATON 5-7 & 8

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My buddy Seth was in town this past weekend for his birthday, so of course we had to do some fishing. Saturday morning we were on the spot waitng for the sun to come up. We fished topwaters and Redfins with lots and lots of hits but no takers (Except for Seth's ladyfish). I even had a few live pinfish, one died after 30 minutes of no action, the 2nd was stolen, and the 3rd landed a catfish :cry: Seth made the switch to Gulp! and finaly got a couple of keepers :-D I soon also made the switch to Gulp! No monsters, but we took 6 home for dinner and were home by 9:30 am. :D

The next day, Seth and I went and met his parents at the ramp for an afternoon trip. They were in their flat-back canoe and we were in my boat. We started with Gulp! and didn't switch because it was working. On our second drift we already had a couple of trout in the cooler, when I hooked up to my new personal best trout :-D 27-1/4". (Don't know what it weighed, I don't own a scale). At the end of that same drift, Seth caught a nice 25" redfish. On the last drift, he also landed a 14 inch flounder, rounding out the Grand Slam! :D We took home 8 trout and Seth's redifsh and flounder, but there's no telling how many 13" trout we turned back, along with a couple over 20".

When we motored over to meet back up with Seth's parents and show them our fish, they had a little surprise for us! His dad had a respectable 20" redfish, but his mom had landed a very nice 26" Gator! :o

All in all, this was one of the best weekends of fishing I've had in a while. I'm just glad Seth could come up here and catch some quality fish on his birthday, before he heads back to his new place right down the road from Mosquito Lagoon. :-D
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My two best trout from day 1.
My two best trout from day 1.
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Back home ready to be cleaned!
Back home ready to be cleaned!
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My new personal record!
My new personal record!
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Seth's first Grand Slam.
Seth's first Grand Slam.
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Seth's Dad with his redfish.
Seth's Dad with his redfish.
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Seth's Mom, Julie, needed a little help holding her new personal record up for the picture!
Seth's Mom, Julie, needed a little help holding her new personal record up for the picture!
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Man those are some real nice trout! Congrats on the slam! Looked like a real good time. Thanks for the report.
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that'a boy Benji.

Happy belated B -Day Seth.
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SHOWBOAT wrote:Happy belated B -Day Seth.
His birthday is actually tomorrow, so you got him in time. :-D
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VERY nice.
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First of all, Benji did catch the biggest fish while I caught the most but its a fair trade considering the size of that trout :) BEASTLY! Thanks a lot to Benji for putting me on all of these fish :) And anytime you decide you want me to take you to the goon you let me know :) HAHA Thanks a lot Brian and can you believe I'll be 28!!?!? Older than dirt...What a sweet haul for my birthday weeend though! Great day on the water, almost every cast produced a hit...gotta love it!
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SOLID report! Congrats on the success! :beer: :thumbup:
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sweet!!! :thumbup:
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The smiles say it all; great job!
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Nize!
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MAN, THOSE ARE SOME NICE TROUT, YA DID GOOD.
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