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Another keaton report 4/28-29/08

Posted: May 1st, 2008, 5:49 pm
by Breambuster
Had a business meeting with a colleague in Perry and since he has never done trout fishing before, I decided to take him slinging corks to see if the trout are still home. Got to the marina just in time to watch a water sprout heading toward land and turned into a tornado. It hit Dekab (sp?) beach taking of the roof of a house and damaging several others. Boy, that was scary. Anyway, splashed the boat in at 3 pm and battled the howling wind for 3 hours catching plenty of pinfish (for bait) and 2 barely keeper trout. We fish in 3' water, didn't venture pass the north birdrack.

Tuesday morning was cold but the wind has subsided and was bearable. We ran north, started the day with a tackle check to make sure they can handle something substantial by Don hooking into a cobia.
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The action wasnt fast and furious like the week before with Dave (Ddb) but we pick up mostly keeper in 3-4' water. Here's Don with a keeper.
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and its a fatty
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The wind died down by around noon giving us a nice comfortable drift. Calvin got into the action as well. "Where's my cork"........its DOWN!! its DOWN!! Open the bail, count: 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one thousand............Okay, now reel, reel, reel.....
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Get the net
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Never mind, its just a slinger
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Catch and release
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We quit at around 3 and ended up with 12 keepers ranging from 15.5 - 21''.
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One spoiled fisherman (wish fishing is this easy all the time)
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Our two best fish, Calvin with a 19'' and Don with a 21''
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Again, we were in 3-4' water, didnt matter if the water was stained or clear.

Re: Another keaton report 4/28-29/08

Posted: May 1st, 2008, 6:12 pm
by CATCH 22
Not to shabby :thumbup:

Re: Another keaton report 4/28-29/08

Posted: May 1st, 2008, 6:30 pm
by Reel Slow
Very nice :thumbup:

Re: Another keaton report 4/28-29/08

Posted: May 1st, 2008, 9:19 pm
by Perch Jerker
Good report. Sounds like an exciting time.

Re: Another keaton report 4/28-29/08

Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 8:01 am
by MudDucker
Love to see a young man learning the craft!