Keaton Beach, 7/24-26

[ddb]

Fished inshore out of Keaton Beach from Friday-Sunday morning. Picked up a fair number of trout, the bite came and went with the tide and the winds. We also picked up a nice red and some spanish. The winds were not very cooperative on Saturday or Sunday, it was near dead calm (except when the storm rolled through on Saturday). We had a pretty good bite on the first part of the falling and the first part of the rising. Water temps were from 82-85, clarity pretty stained where we fished north of the channel. We found trout anywhere from 4 to 7.5'. We also tried some scalloping, but I don't have the patience to collect a limit with as scarce as the appear to be right now around Keaton. Hope to add some pics tomorrow, I'm wore out.
A few pics from the trip:

Paul with a nice slot red.

Me with a trout we picked up in 4'

Artie with a 30" Spanish we picked up out in 7.5'. We owed them one after being cut off about a dozen times.

[Atticus]

Nice report. You did good for this time of year.

[Harmsway]

Thanks for the tips, ddb.

[Flint River Pirate]

What were you fishing with D? Live pinfish as usual?

[ddb]

What were you fishing with D? Live pinfish as usual?

We threw plugs (too much grass), gulps with and without the popping cork, and some plastics, but they preferred the meat I think a person could pick up some nice Spanish right now if they wanted to target them. I'd take that as a sign that there are more bait fish around, although we still didn't see a lot of surface activity. Also saw a lot of sea turtles, not sure what that is a sign of, haven't seen that many around before. Maybe they are chasin scallopers