Crew: Tommy Crump, Sandee Hall, Joe Bendis.
Left Valdosta @ 8AM and made good time arriving at Keaton @ 9:45 AM despite some fog. Tide was going to low .8 at 12PM going high to 2.44 at 6PM so water moved most of time we were fishing.
Wind light 3-8 mph; temp 62°-64° F 30.2 rising Barometer seas 1 foot or less.
By the time we stopped at Tommy's trailer and loaded boat, then hauled over to Keaton Beach marina to launch boat it was nearing 10:30 and by time we made it offshore and fishing it was nearing noon so fishing time was limited to @ 5 hours as we made it back to Keaton Channel at 5:58 PM. Finding anything but Big Redfish and AJ at Buckeye was difficult some large sea bass. Rode out to Tommy’s deeper live bottom area and fished anchored then drifted to land one just legal Red Grouper and some big knot head black sea bass on sand perch. Redfish and AJ on Braid Thumper goatfish (pink) jig. Didn't tear them up, but Sunset was especially nice
as last of 2011 on the Gulf and I Enjoyed not having to captain as we were on Tommy's super nice 25 ft Parker!SLAP AWESOME
Thanks to Tommy and Sandee, and also Celeste for the Kitchen Pass to go without her as she had just had a wisdom tooth pulled and wasn’t up for the day trip hassle of Keaton and back.
Captain Crab AKA Ranaman
Big Red
Captain T.
Goodby 2011
Knotter on board
better than Champagne when I got home, Guess Celeste found something to do with her time home alone.
Good way to end the year.
Happy new year to you too Mark and the rest of the folks, holler if your gouing south! -Joe