Keaton - 12/3 & 12/4

muckalee · Post by **muckalee** » December 6th, 2004, 8:12 pm

Hey all - been reading quite a bit and thought I would finally throw my 2 cents in...
Fished out of Keaton last Friday and Saturday. Started out Friday in a spot we had caught them 2 weeks before near Yates Creek. We fished hard all day and struggled to get 8 keepers between the two of us. Probably only caught 30 trout all day long. Saturday, we woke up to some light rain. By the time we made it out of the canal, the rain had stopped and it was smooth as glass riding out. We headed up just beyond Spring Warrior. We cut the motor and by the time I get my lure tied on, my brother has 2 keepers. We made 2 drifts through the area and had our limit by 9:30. We caught our fish on wieghtless flukes and catch 2000's. It was overcast and calm until we left at 2. We ended the day catching 32 keeper sized fish and approx. 60 shorts. Water was very stained. With it being so calm you could see trout coming up and feeding on the surface at various times. Most every time we cast to one of them, we brought one in.
Turned out to be a good trip to wind up my fishing season.

Post by **Chalk** » December 6th, 2004, 8:18 pm

Good report Muckalee.....Welcome aboard...

BKTomblin Jr · Post by **BKTomblin Jr** » December 6th, 2004, 8:53 pm

Nice work...

Post by **DixieReb** » December 6th, 2004, 10:14 pm

Good job! Glad to hear the fish finally showed up over there- we may try them Friday. Those catch 2000's are great lures.

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » December 7th, 2004, 7:51 am

Very good, and welcome aboard.

2true · Post by **2true** » December 7th, 2004, 9:11 am

Nice.

Post by **Sir reel** » December 7th, 2004, 9:24 am

Good job muck! One of the best catches "reported" in a while

Welcome to the forum.....what's this stuff about "winding up your fishing season"..... you ain't gonna quit with just one report are ya?

Flats & Grubs · Post by **Flats & Grubs** » December 7th, 2004, 10:15 am

Nice, I was down a few weeks ago, but didn't have the success you did. Maybe I know you, I lived in Americus for about 10 years.

Good Fishing !

F&G

muckalee · Post by **muckalee** » December 7th, 2004, 1:13 pm

Well, as for winding up the season - I have to cash in my kitchen passes when I can and given the hurricanes this year had to squeeze 4 months of fishing into 2. So, barring any unforseen circumstances, I probably won't be back down til March.

We brought the boat back as we had been keeping it down there this fall. Had a blowout on the trailer about 20 miles out of Perry. Of course, didn't have the spare this one time

. Luckily found a tire shop in Perry still open on Sat afternoon, had to pay an arm and a leg for it, but beats waiting around til Monday.

We had good luck out of Keaton each time we went, but they were never in the same place. Had to hunt around a bit though to find them and it was usually late the first day or into the second day of the trip before we located them.

I was just glad to finally get something on those catch lures. I had thrown them unsuccessfully in the past, but now I do believe others reports of catching fish on them.