Keaton 9/30
Posted: September 30th, 2006, 10:27 pm
NOAA advertised the seas at 1' or less last night so I geared up for a day offshore. My rig is a Key West 2020 CC, so you're not going to get an offshore report from me like you would from GIT R WET. If my boat sees 90' of water I hope I'm off from Destin, not Keaton Beach. That being said, as I left the calm of the channel, the NE breeze about blew my cap off and I knew I was gonna want to wait for it to lay down a bit before going leaving the flats.
I was fishing the outgoing tide north of Dekle Beach. While the wife and son busied themselves catching pinfish for later I took advantage of the time and started slinging grubs. My last trip to Wallyworld I got suckered into buying a bag of Berkley Gulp, Molting Shrimp. Something about them being 400X more effective and all the rest of that advertising us guys get taken in with while in the lure aisle. $5.50 and I think there was only a half dozen. Hope the wife doesn't read this. Anyway, it was good for an undersized blue, a decent black, and a couple lizard fish. Candy corn caught a small jack. I was in 5' and was slow. I did see lots of bait and something crashing the different schools, but never could get them interested in my offerings.
The wind began dying about 10:30 so with a livewell full of pinfish we headed to our first hole. I've got a nice little hole that has produced for me about 10 miles out in 24'. It's especially good if you want to see if it's going to settle down some before going any further. Squid-nothing, pinfish-nothing, old refrozen ciggar minows from a previous trip-nothing. Seas 2', but choppy, maybe a couple threes in there, but still feels like it's settling down some. Hoping NOAA was right and holding out for 1' or less. We move out to another spot a couple miles away. Nothing.
I got out to between 35 and 40' and decided with the amount of chop and seas beginning to build again that I'd have to make due. She caught a nice gag that was around 20" (we threw it back) on a pinfish, and that was the only grouper we caught. We caught a good mess of pinkmouth and sea bass on squid. Cut bait did nothing for us. I got to spend the day on the water with my family though, and got some fresh fish in the cooler.
I was fishing the outgoing tide north of Dekle Beach. While the wife and son busied themselves catching pinfish for later I took advantage of the time and started slinging grubs. My last trip to Wallyworld I got suckered into buying a bag of Berkley Gulp, Molting Shrimp. Something about them being 400X more effective and all the rest of that advertising us guys get taken in with while in the lure aisle. $5.50 and I think there was only a half dozen. Hope the wife doesn't read this. Anyway, it was good for an undersized blue, a decent black, and a couple lizard fish. Candy corn caught a small jack. I was in 5' and was slow. I did see lots of bait and something crashing the different schools, but never could get them interested in my offerings.
The wind began dying about 10:30 so with a livewell full of pinfish we headed to our first hole. I've got a nice little hole that has produced for me about 10 miles out in 24'. It's especially good if you want to see if it's going to settle down some before going any further. Squid-nothing, pinfish-nothing, old refrozen ciggar minows from a previous trip-nothing. Seas 2', but choppy, maybe a couple threes in there, but still feels like it's settling down some. Hoping NOAA was right and holding out for 1' or less. We move out to another spot a couple miles away. Nothing.
I got out to between 35 and 40' and decided with the amount of chop and seas beginning to build again that I'd have to make due. She caught a nice gag that was around 20" (we threw it back) on a pinfish, and that was the only grouper we caught. We caught a good mess of pinkmouth and sea bass on squid. Cut bait did nothing for us. I got to spend the day on the water with my family though, and got some fresh fish in the cooler.
. All I have is the Key West Bluewater, and a 16' skiff. You may have me mistaken for somebody else. I like their boat 
Speaking of buckeye though, I saw a dadgum pontoon boat there one day fishing. 
He may try to follow you out there.
yeehaw.I hope the weather will be good & the fishes be bitin.I sent you a pm with my ph#.