4th of July fishing/scalloping at Keaton beach
Posted: July 4th, 2014, 7:58 pm
We were going to scallop last weekend but with no real good reports of seeing any. My wife, son and I decided that the 4th we were going. My son invited a friend of his to come with us. So at 4:45am we rolled out of the yard. We were about the 6th truck at the ramp. Got launched and headed out to an ominous looking sky. 
. But at the end of the canal the sun was peaking through the clouds. It looked clearer north so we headed that way to fish. 
. The fish were ....not real cooperative. But we did catch a few. 
. 
. I thought I really had something good when I hooked the short cobia. Around 9:15 we decided to get in the water and look for some scallops. 
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. It started out a light chop but got slick calm later. There was a ton of boats out there today but as usual we found ours a good ways away from the flotilla. 
. We spent a good while in the water and only moved once about 200 yards. Who really wants to limit in 30 minutes? What's the fun in that? 
. After getting our limit we moved out to deeper water to clean them. Shucked our 4 pints and packed up to head in. Since we were there early and did not have to park a mile down the road, we got loaded after about 5 minutes wait. 
. I was all happy having spent a great day with my family and heading home. When..................BOOM!!! And this is the result. 
. I had not even got off the side of the road good, when 2 different trucks from Cairo stopped to offer help. I told them thanks for the offer, but I had it handled. And got to work. Of course my wife had to take a picture. 
. Still a great day on the water. Thanks guys again for offering to help.
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. But at the end of the canal the sun was peaking through the clouds. It looked clearer north so we headed that way to fish. . The fish were ....not real cooperative. But we did catch a few. . . I thought I really had something good when I hooked the short cobia. Around 9:15 we decided to get in the water and look for some scallops. . . It started out a light chop but got slick calm later. There was a ton of boats out there today but as usual we found ours a good ways away from the flotilla. . We spent a good while in the water and only moved once about 200 yards. Who really wants to limit in 30 minutes? What's the fun in that? . After getting our limit we moved out to deeper water to clean them. Shucked our 4 pints and packed up to head in. Since we were there early and did not have to park a mile down the road, we got loaded after about 5 minutes wait. . I was all happy having spent a great day with my family and heading home. When..................BOOM!!! And this is the result. . I had not even got off the side of the road good, when 2 different trucks from Cairo stopped to offer help. I told them thanks for the offer, but I had it handled. And got to work. Of course my wife had to take a picture. . Still a great day on the water. Thanks guys again for offering to help. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
