Mini vacation at Keaton with my wife and some friends 19th-21st.

Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 21st, 2021, 4:10 pm

Had been watching the weather for a while. It looked bad earlier in the week but Thursday night it said 2-3’ all weekend.

Since we had reservations we decided to go. We got up Friday morning and headed down. All the way down no flags were moving and we stopped at Wilson’s and got some ice and stuff. The closer we got to Keaton a little more wind but at the landing it was not bad so off we go. It was a lot cooler than we thought it would be luckily we brought extra clothes.

We ran north a little past the first bird rack and started fishing. Water temp was 65.

The wind was whipping but with the sunshine it was not bad at all. My beautiful wife caught the first keeper of course.

We fished there for a while and the conditions got better so we ran further north and stayed there the rest of the time. Water got up to 67 and we mostly fished in 5’.

My wife and I wound up with a limit of trout(1 caught after picture) a bonus Spanish and a 17” flounder. Anything with pink was the color of the day. My wife also caught the last keeper of the day.

After that fish we eased over to our friends boat to see if they were ready to head in. They did almost as well and since they wanted to try to make it to Wilson’s before they closed we headed in about 3:30.

We got the fish cleaned while the girls got baths and then we got ready to head to Perry for dinner. We barely made it to Wilson’s before they closed. After eating we went back to the room. I got a cup of coffee and we all relaxed on the deck before turning in for the evening.

Saturday morning there was more wind and no sun to warm us. So we dressed up like the michelin man and headed out. It was brrrr.

We bit the bullet and ran all the way to where we ended up Friday and started fishing. The water temp was down to 61-62 but the fish still bit. However the wind was brutal. My wife and I managed our limit of trout.

Again my wife caught the last one after this count check picture was taken lol. Our friends caught fewer trout today. Of course the sun finally came out when we decided to head in. After getting all ready we headed out to dinner in Steinhatchee Saturday.

Went to Kathy’s Crab

shack. The food was excellent. Best shrimp I’ve had in a while. After that we went back to Keaton and walked on the pier.

Despite the weather I had such a great weekend with my beautiful wife and great friends. Can’t wait to do it again.

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Post by **silverking** » March 21st, 2021, 4:22 pm

Good report. Glad y'all had a fun time. Even with the wind, it sure beats packing.

Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 21st, 2021, 7:00 pm

silverking wrote:Good report. Glad y'all had a fun time. Even with the wind, it sure beats packing.

Packing? You moving? I hate packing. Was great to get away and catch fish.

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ddb · Post by **ddb** » March 21st, 2021, 8:17 pm

Nice report. Sounds like a great weekend. Plastics with or without popping cork? How was the ramp zoo?

Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 21st, 2021, 8:20 pm

ddb wrote: March 21st, 2021, 8:17 pm Nice report. Sounds like a great weekend. Plastics with or without popping cork? How was the ramp zoo?

. We had fun. Was too windy to fish without cork. Tried but no luck. Smackshad under cork was best, also live and cut pinfish. The ramp was not bad but I think that was conditions.

Post by **silverking** » March 21st, 2021, 9:31 pm

Hit-n-Miss wrote: March 21st, 2021, 7:00 pm Packing? You moving? I hate packing. Was great to get away and catch fish.

Yes, bought our retirement home near Pensacola. Moving this week. Boat barn, close to the bay and sound, clear water. I'm really looking forward to it. The packing is over and but the unpacking is about to begin.

Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 22nd, 2021, 6:03 am

That sounds nice. Enjoy your new place.

doomtrpr_z71 · Post by **doomtrpr_z71** » March 22nd, 2021, 10:12 am

Did y'all just rent a house in keaton?

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Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 22nd, 2021, 12:08 pm

doomtrpr_z71 wrote: March 22nd, 2021, 10:12 am Did y'all just rent a house in keaton?

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Rented cabin by ramp. Like it. Clean and nice set up.

doomtrpr_z71 · Post by **doomtrpr_z71** » March 22nd, 2021, 12:23 pm

Good deal, I may look into that next time, can you leave the boat in or did it not have a dock?

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Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 22nd, 2021, 4:15 pm

doomtrpr_z71 wrote: March 22nd, 2021, 12:23 pm Good deal, I may look into that next time, can you leave the boat in or did it not have a dock?

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Has a dock that could accommodate 4 boats easily save for the 50' boat that is there year round. But two can still dock or 3 if 2 on end docked side by side. Since not scallop season we just pulled in and out each day. Was place to park truck and trailer. Has real nice fish cleaning station and deck.

View from deck shows one boat docked in front of the big boat. Other leg of L shaped dock in front of the cleaning station.

kenfly · Post by **kenfly** » March 23rd, 2021, 7:32 am

Wow! Great trip, always good to go fish with friends and hang out

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Post by **Salty Gator** » March 23rd, 2021, 8:51 am

Thanks for the report Greg, looks like a fun trip.

Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 23rd, 2021, 11:12 am

Yessir

kenfly wrote: March 23rd, 2021, 7:32 am Wow! Great trip, always good to go fish with friends and hang out

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Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » March 23rd, 2021, 11:14 am

We had a blast. Next time be even better.

Salty Gator wrote: March 23rd, 2021, 8:51 am Thanks for the report Greg, looks like a fun trip.

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