Keaton Beach 10-12-03
Posted: October 14th, 2003, 8:08 am
Got a late start Sunday at 8:30am, waiting to see what the weather was going to do. My wife and I arrived at the marina with only two boats ahead of us at the lift. After the lift operator lifted my trailer and boat about two foot off the ground and set it back down, they got it together and launched me safely.
The sky was overcast, the wind was howling, with a moderate chop in open water. Hardly any floating grass, and the water was mostly clear. 10 times better than it was there three weeks ago. Ran north to Adams Beach in three foot of water to start. Caught plenty of pin fish and set two out under thunders behind my drift. Started throwing top water. The action started quick. Started catching shorts on the top water, till I got tired of catching them and watching keepers jump over my plug. The live bait also attracted attention. We kept a steady bite going most of the day. We also stayed in two to three foot of water all morning. By 11:30am we had 10 trout. All were between 17 inches and 19 inches. No large trout all day. At that point, we moved for the first time all morning to an area I'd caught Rock Bass before in five and six foot. Fished mostly with cut bait, and ended up with 13 nice Bass.
Headed back to the marina about 4:30pm. Final tally was 10 Trout, with the largest being 19 inches, 13 rock bass, the largest was 16 inches. Only one shark caught and no catfish, also my wife caught one of the biggest Lizard fish I've ever seen. Looked like a darn cobia in the water.
As a final note, we got back to the lift with only three boats ahead of us. However, it took them 40 minutes to get to me.
All in all, best day on the water in a long time. Extra special for me cause it's the first time in a while that I out fished my wife.
The sky was overcast, the wind was howling, with a moderate chop in open water. Hardly any floating grass, and the water was mostly clear. 10 times better than it was there three weeks ago. Ran north to Adams Beach in three foot of water to start. Caught plenty of pin fish and set two out under thunders behind my drift. Started throwing top water. The action started quick. Started catching shorts on the top water, till I got tired of catching them and watching keepers jump over my plug. The live bait also attracted attention. We kept a steady bite going most of the day. We also stayed in two to three foot of water all morning. By 11:30am we had 10 trout. All were between 17 inches and 19 inches. No large trout all day. At that point, we moved for the first time all morning to an area I'd caught Rock Bass before in five and six foot. Fished mostly with cut bait, and ended up with 13 nice Bass.
Headed back to the marina about 4:30pm. Final tally was 10 Trout, with the largest being 19 inches, 13 rock bass, the largest was 16 inches. Only one shark caught and no catfish, also my wife caught one of the biggest Lizard fish I've ever seen. Looked like a darn cobia in the water.
As a final note, we got back to the lift with only three boats ahead of us. However, it took them 40 minutes to get to me.
All in all, best day on the water in a long time. Extra special for me cause it's the first time in a while that I out fished my wife.
