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Keaton Fishing Report 1/14

Posted: January 14th, 2005, 7:47 am
by Flats Rascal
One More Cast's


Keaton Beach Fishing Report Jan 14, 15 2005

Recent warmer weather and calm seas have boosted the flats fishing for trout and the grouper fishing offshore.

Trout are taking live shrimp and plugs in 2 - 4 feet of water while grouper are doing best in 40 - 60 feet on live porgies and frozen cigar minnows and Northern Mackerel.

Peggy and Richard Romine and Carol and Forest Wright of Lake City, Fla. had their limit of trout both days fishing in 3 feet of water with live shrimp under Cajun Thunders and using Saltwater Assassins Green back shiner split tail shads under Cajuns tipped with a bit of shrimp.

Jason Witherspoon and Paul Wilson of Valdosta, Ga. had their limit of ten trout and 2 reds fishing in 3 feet of water with plugs and live shrimp under Cajun Thunders, Thursday.

Tony Mallory, Colby Allen and Scott Waynic of Valdosta, Ga. had their limits of trout in 3 - 4 feet of water using live grubs under a Cajun Thunder and fishing with jerk baits, like Cordell Rattlin' Redfins.

Sammy and Mary Lastinger of Perry, Florida caught their limit of ten trout both Sunday and Monday using live shrimp fished under a Cajun Thunder in 2 - 3 feet of water.

Offshore, Torey Wingate and Chuck Jones of Doerun, Ga. had 7 grouper and a big pile of pinkmouths while fishing frozen cigar minnows in 42 feet of water.

Billy Pillow and Rusty Smith of Madison, Fla. took Ben Barbee and Alan Aultman of Sylvester Ga. out grouper fishing Saturday and they caught a limit using live porgies.

The Taylor County High School Senior class is having a Saltwater Fishing Tournament to raise money for their Senior Trip to New York City. The Tournament will be held in Keaton Beach, Saturday, March 5, 2005 and will award prizes to the top trout, redfish and grouper. Tickets are $10.00 per person and all proceeds go towards the Senior trip. For more information call Sandy Beach Manning at Go Fish Collectibles 850 -578-2897 ext. 611

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