Keaton beach May 3-5 trip.
Posted: May 6th, 2024, 1:24 pm
(Day 1 Friday) 
Lavon, Daniel and I got to Keaton around 7:00 Friday, unloaded our stuff at the rental and got launched. Was worried that the low wind forecast for the weekend would mean no drift. Luckily NOAA was wrong and we had the perfect amount of wind. Decided to go south first and check it out. Water temp was 78-79 and the fish were biting. But most of them were too short so we headed north. Made several stops along the way picking up a few keepers here and there. The dirtier the water the more keepers we would get. Got to what we were pretty sure was 14 trout in the box so it was time for a fish count. So I put my phone in my shirt pocket and closed the velcro over it. I dug all the fish out then squatted down at the side of the boat to rinse my hands before taking a picture of the fish. Well...when I squatted down the side of the boat pushed my phone up and out through the velcro. BLOOP!!!....AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!! 
water dark, 7' deep, drifting fast and no mask on the boat equals no chance of recovery. Stupid stupid stupid!!!! After calling my wife(on friends phone) and breaking the bad news it took me a few minutes to compose myself. Well nothing I can do about it so back to fishing. We had one more trout to catch. We waded trough a bunch of shorts and finally got it and headed in. Got all the fish cleaned and then got showers. Then off to dinner at Kathy's crab shack yummy. After dinner we vac sealed all the fish, made some tackle adjustments for the next day and hit the hay. Will edit and add photos later.
Lavon, Daniel and I got to Keaton around 7:00 Friday, unloaded our stuff at the rental and got launched. Was worried that the low wind forecast for the weekend would mean no drift. Luckily NOAA was wrong and we had the perfect amount of wind. Decided to go south first and check it out. Water temp was 78-79 and the fish were biting. But most of them were too short so we headed north. Made several stops along the way picking up a few keepers here and there. The dirtier the water the more keepers we would get. Got to what we were pretty sure was 14 trout in the box so it was time for a fish count. So I put my phone in my shirt pocket and closed the velcro over it. I dug all the fish out then squatted down at the side of the boat to rinse my hands before taking a picture of the fish. Well...when I squatted down the side of the boat pushed my phone up and out through the velcro. BLOOP!!!....AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!! water dark, 7' deep, drifting fast and no mask on the boat equals no chance of recovery. Stupid stupid stupid!!!! After calling my wife(on friends phone) and breaking the bad news it took me a few minutes to compose myself. Well nothing I can do about it so back to fishing. We had one more trout to catch. We waded trough a bunch of shorts and finally got it and headed in. Got all the fish cleaned and then got showers. Then off to dinner at Kathy's crab shack yummy. After dinner we vac sealed all the fish, made some tackle adjustments for the next day and hit the hay. Will edit and add photos later. 
I swear I am never fooling with that thing again. Same water conditions as the day before so we went straight to where we ended yesterday. We were steady putting fish in the box(in between shorts and net malfunctions) till around 10:30 then the bite died. After about an hour of trying different things I finally figure out what they want and fish start hitting the cooler again. We got our limit earlier today with some bonus fish. So we headed on in to try to make it to Wilson's to stock up before going to eat. And since we are in Perry...Deal's here we come! Man what a good meal. 
Then back to the cabin to to vac fish and get ready for our last day. Pics coming.
