Keaton Beach, 3/12-13
Posted: March 14th, 2010, 11:39 am
Fished out of Keaton Friday afternoon (falling) and Saturday morning (rising). Picked up 8 trout on Friday including this 23" by Mark in the middle of the falling tide.
The trout were caught on a mixture of plugs (gold Redfin, and catch 2000 808) and plastics under Cajuns. The water started at 62 degrees and went south. Friday was windy, overcast all day, foggy from 4 pm to @ 6 pm, and rainy from around 4-5. The bite was pretty good until the fog rolled in. Saturday was a hole different story. Water was even more stained (I guess from the all night blow), temps dropped to 62. We covered a lotttt of water and didn't get a bite until 1 pm, around 30 minutes before we had to head out. Just as well, the wind increasing from 20 mph to 25 and we had had enough.
I guess with the front passing through the changing pressure gave the fish a head-ache?
The trout were caught on a mixture of plugs (gold Redfin, and catch 2000 808) and plastics under Cajuns. The water started at 62 degrees and went south. Friday was windy, overcast all day, foggy from 4 pm to @ 6 pm, and rainy from around 4-5. The bite was pretty good until the fog rolled in. Saturday was a hole different story. Water was even more stained (I guess from the all night blow), temps dropped to 62. We covered a lotttt of water and didn't get a bite until 1 pm, around 30 minutes before we had to head out. Just as well, the wind increasing from 20 mph to 25 and we had had enough.
I guess with the front passing through the changing pressure gave the fish a head-ache?
Way to hang tough.
There was a surprising number of boats on Saturday, but most gave it up when the wind kicked into high gear. Most of our fish were caught in 3.5-4.5, but in winding conditions I'm more inclinded to stay out of the deaper stuff.
Nice catch!