KEATON 5-7 & 8
Posted: May 9th, 2011, 1:45 pm
My buddy Seth was in town this past weekend for his birthday, so of course we had to do some fishing. Saturday morning we were on the spot waitng for the sun to come up. We fished topwaters and Redfins with lots and lots of hits but no takers (Except for Seth's ladyfish). I even had a few live pinfish, one died after 30 minutes of no action, the 2nd was stolen, and the 3rd landed a catfish 
Seth made the switch to Gulp! and finaly got a couple of keepers 
I soon also made the switch to Gulp! No monsters, but we took 6 home for dinner and were home by 9:30 am. 
The next day, Seth and I went and met his parents at the ramp for an afternoon trip. They were in their flat-back canoe and we were in my boat. We started with Gulp! and didn't switch because it was working. On our second drift we already had a couple of trout in the cooler, when I hooked up to my new personal best trout 27-1/4". (Don't know what it weighed, I don't own a scale). At the end of that same drift, Seth caught a nice 25" redfish. On the last drift, he also landed a 14 inch flounder, rounding out the Grand Slam! We took home 8 trout and Seth's redifsh and flounder, but there's no telling how many 13" trout we turned back, along with a couple over 20".
When we motored over to meet back up with Seth's parents and show them our fish, they had a little surprise for us! His dad had a respectable 20" redfish, but his mom had landed a very nice 26" Gator!
All in all, this was one of the best weekends of fishing I've had in a while. I'm just glad Seth could come up here and catch some quality fish on his birthday, before he heads back to his new place right down the road from Mosquito Lagoon.
Seth made the switch to Gulp! and finaly got a couple of keepers I soon also made the switch to Gulp! No monsters, but we took 6 home for dinner and were home by 9:30 am. The next day, Seth and I went and met his parents at the ramp for an afternoon trip. They were in their flat-back canoe and we were in my boat. We started with Gulp! and didn't switch because it was working. On our second drift we already had a couple of trout in the cooler, when I hooked up to my new personal best trout
27-1/4". (Don't know what it weighed, I don't own a scale). At the end of that same drift, Seth caught a nice 25" redfish. On the last drift, he also landed a 14 inch flounder, rounding out the Grand Slam! We took home 8 trout and Seth's redifsh and flounder, but there's no telling how many 13" trout we turned back, along with a couple over 20". When we motored over to meet back up with Seth's parents and show them our fish, they had a little surprise for us! His dad had a respectable 20" redfish, but his mom had landed a very nice 26" Gator!
All in all, this was one of the best weekends of fishing I've had in a while. I'm just glad Seth could come up here and catch some quality fish on his birthday, before he heads back to his new place right down the road from Mosquito Lagoon.
BEASTLY! Thanks a lot to Benji for putting me on all of these fish 
