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Keaton Beach Fishing Report Memorial Day Weekend 2013

Wow! it's 92 degrees before Memorial Day and there is no global warming if you listened to Ole George W. Bush and friends?

Fishing couldn't be much better than the last two weeks on board One More Cast as we have had 14 limits in 16 days of charter.

Sunday, Luke, J.P. and Jake Cocke of Big Cocke charters fished with me and used Back Bay Thunders and live pinfish in 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water to land 20 trout weighing 38.3 pounds! Monday, I had 20 weighing 36.4 pounds for B.K., Davis, and Bear Isom of Valdosta, Ga. And we also fished live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders.

There are a lot of small sharks, catfish and ladyfish mixed in, but we only threw back 4 shorts Monday. I caught two nice trout on Panhandle Moon five inch Shad Assassins under an Original Cajun Thunder. The water temperatures are over 80 degrees now and the grass is shedding and there is a bunch of floating grass out there already; but it isn't affecting the trout fishing.

Here is an e-mailed report from David Bosch of Tifton, Ga.

"Fished with Chris Norman and his son Carter on 5/18 and the morning of 5/19. Picked up 13 keeper trout and 2 slot reds on 5/18 and added another 6 trout on 5/19. Most were caught on pinfish, but a few on assorted plastics and gulps. Fished from 2-7', had our best luck with the trout out deep. Water temps from 79 - 82."

Here are a few reports from Keaton Beach Marina which I couldn't run last week:

4/26 Archie and Patsy Davis of Lee, Fl. had a limit of trout on Chartreuse tail white Gulp in 4- 6 feet under a Cajun.

4/27 -13 George Miguel and his parents Bonifacio and Crispina Miguel from the Philippines caught 12 trout with one 24" long on Pearl White. in 4 -5 feet of water.

5/10 William and Belinda Felts of Adel, Ga. had a limit of trout and one Spanish using live shrimp under a a float. in four feet of water.

5/10 Davis King and Davis King Jr. of Sylvester, Ga.had a limit of trout to 22" uisng Gulp New Penny and White ( bouncing)

5/11 Kate Knight and McKinsey Mask of Bushnell, Fl. had one BIG 26" trout ( Kate) on a live pinfish under a Cajun Thunder.

5/18 John and Brenda Carter of Thomasville, Ga. had a limit of trout to 22" using Gulp and a cork in 4.5 - 6ft of water

Hey, The 4th Annual Nauti-Girls Ladies Fishing Tournament has added grouper and snapper to our list of prizes this year.

The tournament will be held on Saturday, June 15 beginning at Safe-light and weighing in by 4:30 at Sea Hag Marina in Steinhatchee, Florida. Captain's Party will be held from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at The River House on June 14. The party features tournament tickets for sale, t-shirts, party food, a silent auction, door prizes and rules and regulations. 1st place redfish and trout $350.00. 2nd place for redfish and trout will be $250.00 and 3rd place will be $150.00. 1st place grouper and snapper winners will receive $500.00 and 2nd place will receive $400.00. The most spots on red $250.00 and the largest flounder is $250.00. The lady that brings in the largest ladyfish will win a nice prize of jewelry. Boat bonuses of $100.00 will go to the lady's (no boat boy) boat with the largest grouper, snapper, redfish or trout. Tickets will be on sale at local marinas for $30.00 per lady. They will also be available at the Captain�s party. For further information, contact Jean Ridgeway- 352-498-2556.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report May 3 - 4

Trout have been incredible of late with limits for many boats and trust me.... many boats have been out there.

Thursday, I had Bill and Melinda Blanton of Havana, Fl. out and we caught 15 trout weighing 30.2 pounds. Bill also managed a 27" redfish on a Thunder-Spin jigspinner with an Assassin chicken-on-a-chain tail. We caught all of the trout on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders in 3.5 - 4 feet of water.Next we had our limit for Steven Cook, Matt and Slade Williams of Dallas, Ga. Friday and Saturday with half of our fish Saturday coming in on Assassin's Panhandle Moon 5" under an Original Cajun Thunder. We fished from 3.5 - 5' both days. Then on Sunday I took Mike Norris and Nic Wyatt of Macon, Ga. out and we landed 15 trout weighing 31 pounds! with a 4.2 and a 3.9 pound trout for top honors. We had two of the 15 on Assassin Panhandle Moon under a Cajun with the balance on live pinfish under the Back Bay from 3.5' - 4.5'

Here is a report from David Bosch of Tifton, Ga. who fished for five days at Keaton.

"Fished from 4/22 to 4/27 with Bil Gburek from PA ...now.. NC. Had pretty good fishing with some really great days mixed in. As a wise fisherman suggested, 'every day was different'. We picked up some nice trout up to 22", but not the Gators we've found in past years. We did pick up some nice slot reds and some overslot reds. We threw pretty much the tackle box at them. Pinfish were probably the most consistent producer, but Bil also had several good days including the first five fish in minutes on Friday with the #27 MirrOdine in the EC (electric chicken) color. I also had some pretty good success with Assassin's Pink Ghost 5" and with a MirOlures scented twitchbait in the electric chicken color. Reds were picked up on Thunder-Spins, top water, pinfish, and Bite-a-Bait fighters. We were primarily fishing in 2.5 - 5 ft. Dave Stewart joined us Friday and we had a limit of 20 trout.We also landed a keeper cobia both Thursday and Friday. "

Peng, and his son, Calvin Chee also of Tifton, Ga. were down Thursday and fished with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders and had their limit of trout with a keeper cobia of 25+ pounds.

HEY This Saturday, May 4th, is the Perry Optimist Club's 22th Annual Saltwater Fishing Tournament with over $13,000 in Cash and Prizes including a $3000 first place Biggest Trout Prize! Entry Fee $50 per angler $5.00 raffle tickets to win a boat, motor and trailer! Weigh-In at Keaton Beach Marina, Sea Hag Marina or Econfina River Resort. Fish from 7:00 a.m to 4:oo p.m Sharp Weigh-in Deadline. For More Info call FeeBee @ 850-843-0578 www.optimistclubperryfl.com

Come on down to Keaton this weekend and support this charity event which raises money for local area youth!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 4/26-27/13

Do I love the W-I-N-D- or what? Fished with Joyce Thursday and we had 15 trout weighing over 25 pounds with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders I took two nice trout on Bite-A-Bait fighters from 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water.

Then Friday, I had Drew Jed and Andy Jackson out from Live Oak and Katy, Texas and we had 20 trout weighing 39 pounds again using Back Bay Thunder with Live pinfish in 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water. It blew 18-20 knots!

Then Monday, I had Cal Beanblossom with Hannah Johnson and Brandon ( don't have last name) all of Sylvester, Ga and we had 20 trout weighing just over 42 pounds. Cal caught his on Assassin Pink Ghost five inch shads rigged on an Original Cajun Thunder while Hannah and Brandon killed them on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders. Cal landed a 12 pound Jack Crevalle on ten pound test and the Pink Ghost. Oh and It Blew 20 + knots.

here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Mickey Lindsey of Adel, Ga. and Robbie Dasher and Greg Exum of Nashville, Ga. had a limit of trout to 20", 3 flounder, 2 Spanish and one BSB using New Penny Gulp in 5 - 6 feet of water 4/19

David and Allen Bailey , James Hide , Earl Lockhart and Ed Holland of Calhoun, Ga. has a limit of trout both days with 5 over 20 inches long , 2 Spanish and 2 flounder w/Gulp and jigs from 4 - 6 feet of water 4/19-20

Michael and Ragan Pollock of Leesburg, Ga. had their limit of trout to 21" using Bite-A-Bait fighters and MirrOlures in 2 - 4 feet of water. 4/20

Randy Bozeman, Mark Graham , Scott Miller and Brian Rode of Hahira, Ga. had 35 trout, one red, one flounder and 2 Spanish Mackerel in 25 mph w-i-n-d-s while using Gulp under Cajuns in 4 - 6 feet of water. 4/20-21/13

4/19-4/21
Robby & Elaine Boyd of Thomaston, Ga and Ashley Boyd of PCB, Fl caught plenty of trout, black bass, and had 4 sharks. They were using gulp with a popping cork.

That's it except Next weekend, Saturday, May 4th, is the Perry Optimist Club's 22th Annual Saltwater Fishing Tournament with over $13,000 in Cash and Prizes including a $3000 first place Biggest Trout Prize! Entry Fee $50 per angler $5.00 raffle tickets to win a boat, motor and trailer! Weigh-In at Keaton Beach Marina, Sea Hag Marina or Econfina River Resort. Fish from 7:00 a.m to 4:oo p.m Sharp Weigh-in Deadline. For More Info call FeeBee @ 850-843-0578 www.optimistclubperryfl.com

Keaton Beach Fishing Report April 12-13

Trout have moved off from the super shallows they were taking refuge in all winter and begun to set up shop for spawning over the next three months. Look for trout in 3.5 - 4 feet of water as the 72 degree ( as of yesterday morning 4/10) water is ideal for trout to spawn. Live pinfish under Cajun and Back Bay Thunders have taken a slew of trout as have Assassin five inch shad in several colors. Gulp fished 30" under Cajuns have also taken a bunch of fish. Jerkbaits and stick baits are taking trout in 2-3 feet for those still fishing shallow.

I took Matt Eckel of Perry, Fl. and Franz and Fritz Visser of Pretoria, South Africa out Friday and we brought in 16 trout to 3.6 pounds while fishing with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders.

Saturday, I had Bill Evan and Ross Schaefer of Tampa, Florida out and we had 20 trout weighing in at 40.1 pounds! We had two flounder including on 18.5 inch flatfish which had a nine inch trout in it's stomach! We caught six of our trout on Assassin five inch Shads in "Stinky Pink"

Hugh Hardy of Carroll's Sausage had his limit for three, then four anglers, for three straight days Sunday through Tuesday. Hugh was throwing Pearl White Gulp under Cajuns in 3 - 5 feet of water and had several nice Spanish each day.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina

4/3, 4/4

Bo Lester of Quitman, Ga had his limit of trout using white Gulp under a Cajun Thunder in 4 feet of water for two days.

4/3. 4/4

Rick Harrell and Ricky Hedrick of Sylvester, Ga. had their limit of trout also for two days using New Penney Gulp under Cajuns in 4 feet of water.

4/6 Frank Ruttinger Will Dawe and Cameron Fosk of Valdosta, Ga. had 13 trout with one 24" sow using live pinfish and Gulp under Cajuns in 6'feet of water.

4/6 Billy and Brent Henderson of Madison, Florida had their limit to 19" of trout using a Gold Redfisn and Gulp in 5 feet of water.

The 12th Annual Steinhatchee Community Saltwater Fishing tournament

is Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th

Entry Fee $45.00 per angler

$600 for 1st and $300 for 2nd largest Trout, Red and Grouper

$350 top Sheepshead and largest Flounder

$250 the most spots on a Redfish

Captain's Meeting 4/18/13 @ 7 p.m Stein. Comm. center

Raffles, T-Shirts, Food and more at the meeting

For tickets or info call one of these fine sponsors:

Sea Hag Marina 352-498-0709 or River Haven Marina 352-498-0709

Good Times Marina 352-498-8088 Tackle Outlet 352-498-5424

Keaton Beach Fishing Report April 5-6

WOW? Spring has Sprung! This week the Gulf water temperature rose from 50 degrees, last Wednesday, to 73 degrees this Tuesday! That is remarkable. The trout thought it was pretty outstanding too, as we caught a limit of 20 trout Tuesday, for Mike and Gary Hendrix with David Jackson of Sylvester, Ga. which weighed in at 36.4 pounds! Our Top 10 trout weighed 24.4 lbs! This trio fished with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders and Assassin 5" Shads in Clear/Gold, Sand Trout and Goldfish patterns under Cajun Thunders to land their fish from 4.5 - 3.5 feet of water. We threw back 5 or 6 keeper trout trying to find a redfish later in the day. We fished from 12:30 p.m. til 6:00 to catch our fish Tuesday.

Here are a couple of reports from the marina:

3/29

Hershel and Mike Sheffield of Valdosta, Ga. had a limit of trout fishing with Pearl White Gulp bounced on a jig and Cordell Ripplin Redfins in gold from 3 - 5 feet of water.

3/30

Mark & Kyle Hampson of Albany, Ga. had a limit of trout with two right at 20" long fishing with Cotton Cordell Gold Redfins in 3 feet of water.

3/30

Chuck Carpenter of Michigan and Wayne Horte of Perry, Fl had 10 trout with 4 - 19"ers in 4.5 feet of water fishing with white Gulp on a jig.

The 12th Annual Steinhatchee Community Saltwater Fishing tournament

is Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th

Entry Fee $45.00 per angler

$600 for 1st and $300 for 2nd largest Trout, Red and Grouper

$350 top Sheepshead and largest Flounder

$250 the most spots on a Redfish

Captain's Meeting 4/18/13 @ 7 p.m Stein. Comm. center

Raffles, T-Shirts, Food and more at the meeting

For tickets or info call one of these fine sponsors:

Sea Hag Marina 352-498-0709 or River Haven Marina 352-498-0709

Good Times Marina 352-498-8088 Tackle Outlet 352-498-5424

Keaton Beach Fishing Report March 29-30

Trout were biting great before this week's cold front came down and few folks have been since and fewer have caught anything in the colder water.

This weekend promises to warm up, and so should the trout.

I had Darla and Jeff Dillard of Lake Park, Ga. out last Thursday and we caught 14 trout despite the 39 degree morning. We had 57 degree water early and the trout wouldn't bite for four hours. Then when the water warmed up to 61 degrees we caught some nice trout. We caught most on live shirimp under Back Bays however, I had three nice trout on Assassin's Sand Trout color 5" shads rigged under a Cajun Thunder.

John Rodgers of Dunnellon had two friends on board with him Thursday, Friday & Saturday and had their limits each day while throwing MirrOlips and Cordell Redfins in 1 - 3 feet of water.

Craig Bozeman and Gus Powell fished with Pat Thornhill, all from Griffin, Ga. last Thursday to put a limit of trout in the boat with "those Jerkbaits" from 1- 3 feet of water.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

David, Allen, Phillip and Branton Bailey with Earl Lockhart, all of Calhoun, Ga. had 12 trout Thursday3/21, 22 Trout Friday 3/23 and 30 trout Sunday 3/23 using Gulp and grubs bounced on the bottom in 4 - 5 feet of water.

Robert Setters and Greg Wood with Travis Arrington, all of Tifton, Ga. had their limit of trout with two over 24" long Thursday: then had another limit Friday 3/22 while fishing Gulp bounced on a jig in 3 feet of water.

The 12th Annual Steinhatchee Community Saltwater Fishing tournament

is Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th

Entry Fee $45.00 per angler

$600 for 1st and $300 for 2nd largest Trout, Red and Grouper

$350 top Sheepshead and largest Flounder

$250 the most spots on a Redfish

Captain's Meeting 4/18/13 @ 7 p.m Stein. Comm. center

Raffles, T-Shirts, Food and more at the meeting

For tickets or info call one of these fine sponsors:

Sea Hag Marina 352-498-0709 or River Haven Marina 352-498-0709

Good Times Marina 352-498-8088 Tackle Outlet 352-498-5424

Keaton Beach Fishing Report March 22-23

Trout were biting like crazy in some places, well the right places that is, as we caught over 50 trout each day, Saturday and Sunday. We kept 13 trout Saturday and 15 trout Sunday for my charters. We fished with live shrimp under Back Bay Thunders and Assassin 5" Shad Assassins under a Cajun Thunder in Panhandle Moon to catch our larger fish Saturday and Assassin 5" Clear Gold for our larger fish Sunday. Jim Ball of Albany, Ga. had our best trout Sunday 3.6 lbs. on the Clear/Gold. We fished from 3 - 4 ft. each day.

David Bosch had Chris, Ely and Carter Norman, all four from Tifton, Ga. out Sunday and half a day Monday. They caught a limit of 20 trout Sunday on Assassin Red/Gold sea shads (13) and live pinfish ( 7) under Cajun Thunders. They also had two flounder on the red/gold. Monday, they fished the falling tide 'til noon and had 6 trout on Assassin Clear /Gold 5" and Red/Gold Sea shads under Thunders.

The North Florida Gulf Fishing Club, from Tallahassee, had their annual Keaton Beach Tourney Saturday and Mike Ammans & Lucas Ross won top honors with a legal limit of 5 trout weighing over 14 pounds! ( Jerry, please run a couple more places here, if you secure the results from Steve Hobbs. If I receive them before deadline I will send them to you) NFGFC had 27 boats participate in their club tourney.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

3/14,15

Bo Lester ( of the Possum Navy Fishing Team) Quitman, Ga had his limit of trout, both days, fishing with white Gulp and a Rootbeer Assassin Sea shad in 3 feet of water.

3/17

Sean Matthis of Newton, Ga. had 5 trout using white Gulp with a chartreuse tail under a Cajun and bouncing from 3 - 4 feet of water.

this report was e-mailed from Mike Johnson of Macon , Ga.

"I had Fred Register of Keaton Beach with me Saturday and Sunday. We had a limit of ten trout both days, all taken on live shrimp under Cajun Thunders. We were in 3 - 3.5 ft Saturday, with 24" leaders and 2 ft or less Sunday with 12" leaders. Fred had the big one at 22-1/2 inches.
Thanks,

The 12th Annual Steinhatchee Community Saltwater Fishing tournament

is Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th

Entry Fee $45.00 per angler

$600 for 1st and $300 for 2nd largest Trout, Red and Grouper

$350 top Sheepshead and largest Flounder

$250 the most spots on a Redfish

Captain's Meeting 4/18/13 @ 7 p.m Stein. Comm. center

Raffles, T-Shirts, Food and more at the meeting

For tickets or info call one of these fine sponsors:

Sea Hag Marina 352-498-0709 or River Haven Marina 352-498-0709

Good Times Marina 352-498-8088 Tackle Outlet 352-498-5424

Keaton Beach Fishing Report March 15 -16

If I told you it took a 7.19 lb trout to win the Special Olympics Tournament top trout last week would you believe it? Well Michael Ammans of Perry along with Jody Davis also of Perry took all the money, Yep swept the top trout second trout 6.14 pounds for Jody, and took top red 6.42 and 6.41 ..oh and did I mention one of their reds had seven spots so they won that too!

Quite a day for this pair and Michael reported they caught their fish on MirOlures Catch 200's and on Gulp. Where? Well you would have to have a gun to get that info I would imagine? He did tell me they had the two winning trout hooked up at the same time and had to net the sixer while still having the 7+ pound fish on the line! Impressive!

Elsewhere folks caught trout and reds in shallow water ( less than 3 feet) over the weekend with most fish coming in on plugs of some variety. Cordell Redfins, Bite-A-Bait fighters and Bomber Long-A's all took good fish.

Water temperatures went from 49 degrees last Thursday to 63-64 degrees on Sunday.

I fished Terri and Bobby Barrs of Shady Grove, Florida and we landed 15 trout with three over three pounds, Monday in 18 - 25 knot w-i-n-d-s! The Barr's braved 18 - 20 knots early and caught fish on Renegades and Bite-A-Bait fighters until the w-i-n-d decided to shift from south to Southeast and increased over 20 knots and we shifted to live shrimp under Back Bay Thunders and landed our last 7 trout.

Here are two reports from Keaton Beach Marina;

3/8 Greg Findley or Pelham, Ga. and Tim Findley of Gray, Ga. had 8 trout and one flounder using white Gulp in 4 -5 feet of water.

3/9 Ray Ford and Dave Busch bothof Camilla, Ga. fished nine (9) feet of water with live shrimp...with NO cork... and caught their limit of trout. How they arrived at that particular pattern is the question....but congrats on the idea and the limit!

Hey, the

12th Annual Steinhatchee Community Saltwater Fishing tournament is coming up

Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th

Entry Fee $45.00 per angler

Prizes for first and second largest Trout, Red and Grouper are $600 and $300 for each category

$350 for top Sheepshead and largest Flounder

$250 for the most spots on a Redfish

Captain's Meeting 4/18 on Thursday Night at 7p.m at the Steinhatchee Community center

Raffles, T-Shirts, Food and more at the meeting

PUT it on your Calendar!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 2/22-23

Well, I went last Friday, before the cold snap, and fished Bert and Herb Deener of Waycross, Ga. and we managed five keeper trout. We fished four hours with two short trout on Gulp under a Back Bay Thunder then I caught a 16" trout on an Electric Chicken MirrOdine up above Warrior; but the algae and "muck" in the water was unfishable up there. I went all the way above Eagle's Nest and it was worse up there? So right at the tide change( 4:30 p.m.) I moved back down to clearer water south of Adam's and Bert landed four keepers; two on Cordell Redfins and two of the nicer fish 19+ inches on a Bite-A-Bait fighter in blueback gold orange( Golden Mullet ) Unbelievably these fish took the baits off the surface in 61 degrees in 3.1 - 3.3 ft. of water? Bert, Herb and I all three lost a fish apiece which came unpinned. in the clearer water.

The only report I had this week was Ronnie Woodall of Tallahassee, Fl. who caught a limit of five trout, Monday, "in a creek"

Perhaps there will be a short bite around the hi tide this weekend, if the water warms up a bit? Plan to fish the last hour of the rise and the first two hours of the fall for best results.

Keaton Beach Fishing report 2/15-16

Don't have much to tell you this week folks, except I was in Perry, Ga. for the weekend at the Great Outdoors Show and the only report I have is from Jerry Cawthon at Keaton Beach Marina who said Cameron Hutto of Dahlonega, Ga. had his 5 trout with one 21" long, fishing with Gulp under a Cajun Thunder in 3 - 4 feet of water Monday, 2/11/13

heard rumors of some nice fish coming from down south on Paul Brown specials that's it!

Good Fishing!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 1-2 2013

If you can fish a plug... you had a ball this week...if you weren't run over by boats who just don't get it?

It will never cease to amaze me the folks who think they can just drive right over a fish which is camouflaged with spots ( everywhere) Heck he is even named "Spotted Sea trout" yet folks will drive their boat right up on top of clear, shallow water full of trout and then wonder why they can't catch anything?

Anyway the fishing was great, if you could get a way from the crush of ignorance...Trout were biting like crazy when they turned on.....I had some great days and a couple not so great...We went from 13 trout to 3 trout to 18 trout and a flounder. Some locals said they caught and released large trout ( over 20") for an hour or so over the weekend. Fish have eaten Gulp, as well as Assassin 5" plastic in several colors including Violet Moon, Panhandle Moon, Goldfish and Alewife. They smacked Cordell Redfins, Renegades, Bomber Long A's (19A) & Bite-A-Bait fighters in several colors.

Super shallow draft boats did better on the incoming tide, when they got in close before those who covered them up later, when the tide filled in. Trout, reds and flounder were caught in creek mouths and just inside the larger creeks to the North. Some larger trout were caught South with several over 4 pounds reported again from pluggers.

The last hour of the flood and the first hour-and-a-half of the fall was simply "magic" for most folks who can fish.

I left 66-67 degrees water temps in the Gulf, a mile offshore, Sunday? Simply unheard of for late January. The cold front, this week, will most likely knock them in the teeth; but if the cold doesn't drop the water temps too much ( less than 10 degrees) I would think the trout could recover by Sunday?

Keaton Beach Fishing Report January 18-19 2013

Trout are biting most anything you throw out there, once you find the fish. The trout are coming from very shallow water most in less than 3 feet on top of the tide. Creek mouths and rocky flats adjacent to the creeks are producing the most fish, while the back end of bays facing the South have also produced some large SOW trout. Fish to 26" have been caught on topwater.

The "bite" is most active for the last hour of the flood and the first hour or two of the fall. Fish are coming in on Cordell Redfins, Bite-A-Bait fighters in Root Beer, Gold, GG, Gold /Orange Belly, also Skitter Walks, Zara Spooks and Zara Spook Juniors, Catch 2000's, Paul Brown Specials, Gulp under a Cajun Thunder and live shrimp under a Cajun Thunder. Gulf water temperatures have been up to 70 degrees and that is simply unheard of in mid January!

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

1/12

Melvin Bennett of Homerville, Ga. had his limit of trout to 20" fishing with a white/pink grub in 4.5 feet of water.

Paul and Geraldine Fay of Cordele, Ga. had their limit of 10 trout fishing with Cordell Redfins in 3 feet of water.

Paul and Kevin Wilson of Lake Park, Ga. had their 10 trout using live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 3 feet of water.

1/14

Joe Wingate, Jim Long and Kenny Wadsworth of Quitman, Ga had 12 trout using Gold Redfins in 2 - 3 feet of water.

1/15

Steve Lewis and Paul Lade of Macon, Ga. had their limit of 10 trout caught on Gulp under a Cajun Thunder in 2 - 4 feet of water.

Michael Jelk Sr. and Jr. of Tifton, Ga had a limit of trout using live shrimp and Gulp Ghost shrimp under a Cajun Thunder in 3 feet of water.
1/12 & 1/13
Jr. & Mary Alice McGee, Chad, Angie, and Tripp McGee of Alapaha, Ga had their limit of trout and redfish Saturday and Sunday fishing in the creeks using live shrimp under a cajun thunder.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report December 21-22

Trout have continued to please most anglers out of Keaton and when the bite is on...it is ON. Stickbaits, lipped jerkbaits, unweighted flukes, Gulp on jigs and live bait or Gulp under Cajuns have all taken trout this past week. Water temps around 70 degrees have held this "Bonanza" going now for 4 weeks straight and will slow somewhat if the water gets below 60 degrees but man, it has been FUN! 2 - 4 feet of water has been Great!

Here is an e-mail from Mike O'Feild ( editors yes the "e" is before the " i" ) a friend of mine up visiting Keaton Beach from Homosassa Springs Fl., who caught his limit four days in a row.

"Went out Sunday with Greg Collins in his 16 foot Sea Ark tunnel drive. Went in to 1 to 2 feet, mostly 1 or so. Out going tide which bottomed out about 10:30. We started fishing at 8:15 or so and the bite was on. Greg was throwing top water and getting a hit or two from shorts or lower end. I was throwing silver shad DOA 4" on 1/8oz green jig head. Catching two or three to one over Greg. I then switched to a 5.5 DOA nite glow with split tail. fished it on a 3/0 worm hook but not weedless--no weight. Started catching 17 to 20 inch immediately. One 24 inch and one just over 20. I threw back several 15 and 16 inch fish. Greg could not stand it, so I gave him the same rig and he started into the bigger fish. We quit at 11:30 with 10 fish over 17 inches in the box and the bite still red hot."

Hear are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

12/15

Ashley George and Devin Bruner of Tallahassee, Fl. had their limit of trout bouncing Gulp in 3 - 4 ft. of water.

Wyatt Haney of Quitman, Ga. with Anthony Booth and Trae Stevens of Nashville, Ga.had their limit of trout with one 27" Gator, on Topwater from 3 ft and less.

Robbie and Kyle Smith of Live Oak, Fl. and Marvin and Houston Heatter of Coolidge, Ga had a limit of trout to 18.5" using Gulp under a Cajun in 2 - 4 feet of water.

Greg Collins of Keaton Beach and Doug Holder of Trenton, Fl. had a limit of trout to 24" fishing with New Penny Gulp under a cork and had a few fish on Zara Spooks and Cotton Cordell Redfins in 3 - 5 feet.

Billy Pillow and Junior Proenza of Perry, Fl. went Saturday and limited out throwing Bite-A-bait fighters and live shrimp under Back bay Thunders in 3- 4 feet of water.

12/16

John Bennett of Columbus, Ga. and Billy Taylor of Keaton Beach had 9 trout using live shrimp in 3.5 - 4 feet of water

that's it ..except to say Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Fishing Trip!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report December 14 -15 2012

The trout continue to shine at Keaton, as we had a limit of trout Tuesday, for Bob and Julie Jabon of Valdosta, Ga. in under 2 hours. We then looked for an hour or so and then found the reds and put five in the boat in under and hour. They fished live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders to land their fish from 2.5 - 3.5 feet of water. The reds preferred shrimp, so we fed them some.

Water temps rose from 65 to 70 degrees by late afternoon Tuesday, and I would expect trout to hold where they are despite the little front this week and maybe respond well to plugs and soft plastic, if the water temp. drops down to 60 degrees by the weekend.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

12/6-7

Eddie Sanders and Jack Turner of Warner Robins, Ga were down Last Thursday and Friday and had their limit of 10 trout both days and a few BSB using grubs under a Cajun Thunder and some on un-weighted flukes.

12/7

Wyman and Wyatt Clark of Live Oak, Fl. had their limit of trout to 24" fishing with a Cordell Ripplin' Redfin and New Penny Gulp under a Cajun from 4 feet of water.

12/8

Richard Powell of Alapaha and Michael Singletary of Nashville, Ga. had 7 trout and 3 BSB bouncing Gulp on the bottom in 3 feet of water.

that's it except to say? How 'bout a One More Cast Gift certificate for a GREAT Christmas Present?

Keaton Beach Fishing Report December 7-8

Trout fishing doesn't get any better.... or did I just write that a week ago? The Gulf water temperature at Keaton Beach, Tuesday, December 4th, was 70 degrees in the late afternoon! UNheard of in December....So you need to call me and Let's GO!

I had Kelly and Brian Stone out Sunday and we caught a limit of trout and one 26" red using live pinfish and live shrimp under Back Bay Thunders. We didn't get a bite for the first two-and-a-half hours... then they caught fish for over three hours straight! Most of our trout came from 2.5 - 3.5 feet of water.

Cal Beanblossom of Sylvester, Ga. and I caught trout on everything we threw yesterday, live shrimp and pinfish under Back Bay Thunders, Saltwater Assassin 5" Shads fished un-weighted (on a Daiichi 4/0 #4331 offset worm hook) in Clear /Gold, Sweet Pea, Goldfish, Chartreuse Diamond, and Croaker Shad patterns; on Bite-A-Bait fighters in, Clown, Gold/Gold, Gold Black back and Golden Mullet patterns and on Heddon Super Zara Spooks and SS jrs in Golden Sardine, Okie Shad, Bone and a couple of colors I don't even know the names of ? We also fished with Assassin 4"Sea Shads in Panhandle Moon, Cantaloupe, Candy Corn & Glitterbug rigged under Cajun Thunders to land several nice trout. We caught all these fish in 2.5 - 3 feet of water.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

11/24-25

Bob Emmett and Claude Mathis of Thomaston, Ga. had their limit of trout for two days using live shrimp under Cajun Thunders.

11/26 - 11/30

Ron Bailey, Wayne Waldrop and Joe Brana of Ga. with Ed Degraffenreid of Wyoming joined Bob & Claude to catch their limit of trout for five days: using a variety of baits, including but not limited to, Topwater, Gulp & live shrimp under Cajuns from 3 - 5 feet of water.

11/30

Jordan Dale had 4 trout and 2 reds to 7 lbs. using live pinfish under a Cajun in 3 feet of water.

11/30 ,12/1

Danny O'Neil with Gary Shildre and Bubba Ives, all of Valdosta, Ga had their limit for two days with live shrimp under Cajuns in 3 - 4 feet of water.

12/2

Kelly , Cade, Mason and Robert McGeehan of Lake Park, Ga. had 4 trout to 18" 2 reds to 22" and 4 BSB using Gulp in 2 - 4 ft of water.

12/3

Kelly Wadsworth of Quitman with Steve and Dennis Plymel of Valdosta, Ga. had their limit of trout to 22 inches using Topwater in 3 - 4 feet of water.

That's it!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Nov. 30 - Dec. 1

Well dang if I know why but we caught trout like crazy on the incoming tide up until the freeze and the trout suddenly decided to bite on the outgoing tide and it the lesser of the two ranges? Dang it can't this trout read anymore? don't they know the tide tables? Catch Juniors, MirOdines, Shad Assassins,Bite-A-Bait Fighters, Bomber Long A's, Gulp bounced on the bottom Candy Corn Sea Shads bounced on the bottom, Cordell Redfins, Catch Fives, and live shrimp under Back Bays are all taking trout, flounder and reds at Keaton Beach!

I had Zack Cook and Nathan Alexander of Woodstock, Ga. out Friday and Saturday and we had a limit of trout each day using a variety of baits. Most were caught on live shrimp under Back Bay Thunders; however we also caught trout on MiirOlure's Catch Juniors and Catch 2000's, on Bite-A-Bait Fighters in Real Doll and Clown patterns and on Assassin's 5" Shad Assassins in Stinky Pinky and Candy Corn. This week I had Lanier and Joel Smith of Monticello, Florida out and they landed 15 trout with 2 over 20" and two flounder on Sunday; then again had exactly two flounder ( one 3.2 lbs) and 15 trout ( 3 over 20") which weighed a whopping 32.7 pounds! Four of our top trout hit Assassin's "Panhandle Moon" 5" shads under a Cajun Thunder. Tuesday, we had one trout at 12:58 and at 1:49 p.m. had 15 in the box. ( the hi tide was 1:08 p.m.?) We had four trout before the flop on Sunday. OThe boats had zero trout til 1:00 p.m. then limit out in under two hours?

Anyway the trout are taking most anything when you are on the bite...otherwise they are not eating anything.

Sounds simple enough?

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

11/23

Seth Harper of Perry, with Jarvis McGrew of Tallahassee had a limit of trout and one red using jerkbaits under Cajuns and some plugs in 3.4 feet of water

Don & Louise Stewart and Margaret Clark of Chiefland, Fl. had 15 trout and one 22" red bouncing Gulp in 4 ft.

Wyatt & Lee Haney of Quitman, Ga. had 10 trout and a BIG Blue in less than 2 hours while using live shrimp under a cork and bouncing New Penny in 3 - 5 ft of water.

Randy and Theresa Bozeman of Hahira, Ga. with Brenda and John Clark of Thomasville, Ga. had their limit of trout using Gulp under a Cajun in 3 - 5 feet of water.

11/23&11/24 Ginsie Degange and Art Neisler with Larry Highsmith of Valdosta, Ga. had their limit of trout both days using a variety of baits live and artificial under a Cajuns and bouncing jigs.

11/24

Mike and Garret Mash of Perry, Fl. had their limit of trout and one BSB using Gulp in 5 feet of water.

11/25

Robert and Tracey Setters of Tifton, Ga. had their limit of trout to 19.5" using Gulp in 5.5.- 6 feet of water.

Hey that's it!.... except to say if you are having a hard time thinking of a GREAT CHRISTMAS Gift think "One More Cast" guide service gift certificates! call or email me for full or partial paid trips?

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Thanksgiving week

Well, it just doesn't get any better than the fishing was last week?

How about 15 trout in 44 minutes? Yep, Monty Lewis of Thomasville, Ga. and Bill Torrey of St. Simons Isle had 15 in the boat in 44 minutes with me on Wednesday morning, including 5 doubles and those fifteen weighed over 32 pounds! "Incredible" just doesn't quite cover it? water temps were 63-65 degrees through Thursday. This past weekend the water temperatures dropped to around 60: but the trout just didn't seem to care. My charters caught limits of trout on Assassin five inch un-weighted Shads, 4" Sea Shads under Cajuns and bounced. I caught fish on Bite-A-Bait fighters in the Clown and Tennessee Shad patterns and I caught fish on MirrOlure's Catch 2000's and Catch Jrs., Bomber Long A's, and a couple of Walmart plugs....just about anything you threw at them? 3 - 3.5' deep is the ticket and we caught a pile of trout on live shrimp under Back Bay Thunders like the 15 Edward Bryan and John Steman of Hampton, Ga. caught with me Saturday.

Here are the emails from my buddy Mike O'Field who certainly picked the right week to come up from Homosassa Springs :

Mike fished mostly with a DOA cal glow in the small fluke...with a 1/16 oz. jighead although he caught trout on shrimp, MirrOdines, Assassin's Panhandle Moon in the five inch Shad Assassin, and even had a 24" trout on a gold spoon! He fished from Monday through Saturday of this last week 11/12-17 mostly in 3-4 feet of water

"Pat, The trout are still on fire. After you went north on Wed I caught another 14 slot trout before I left at a little before noon. Went back today and had a limit in less than an hour in the same area. Left at 11 and the bite was still hot, but I was tired, had plenty of fish, and was a little chilly. Caught 19 slot trout on Wed and 15 today. Only kept three 18 inchers on Wed as I did not feel like cleaning them. Some locals I know wanted fish today(cleaned of course)--Thursday--had a limit in less than an hour with a 23 incher. By culling out of my live well I was able to keep the 23, 3-18s and a gut hooked 16. After I put the 23 in the cooler from the live well I caught a 22 incher, 24 incher and a monster 26. Left the dock to misty rain--48 degrees with NNE 10 to 12 knot wind. High air temp on the water was 52 degrees. Guess I will have to do it again tomorrow and Sat.

Yesterday--16th-- had a limit with 23 inch big fish and three 19s and 16. Caught on same as above. Did release 21 slot trout over what I caught. Had a limit everyday this week but one.

Pat, Caught a limit with big fish just over 24 inches. a 20, two 19s and a 17 with a 16 inch flounder. All caught on DOA glow and shad on 1/8th oz red or green jig head."( Saturday)

Here are a few reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

11/15,16,17/12

Kerry, Glenn, Pete and Ricky Harrell of Ga. Fl. and N.C. had a limit of trout each day and 8 reds in the trip using live shrimp in 4 -6 ft. of water

11/16,17

Richard Delarber of Thomasville, Ga. and Grant Cobia of Newnan had 6 trout and on BSB using live shrimp under a Cajun on Friday then had a limit of trout, one sheepshead Saturday and caught their largest trout on a Panhandle Moon Assassin 5" Shad.

11/17 Dave Bosch and Calvin and Peng Chee of Tifton, Ga. had their limit of trout on live shrimp under Cajuns and two reds( artificials) in 2.5 - 3 feet of water.

11/19 Ken Tutherow & Dave Dickens of Marietta, Ga. had a limit of trout with one 25" fish using live Shrimp under Cajuns in 3.5 feet of water.

That's it folks! HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Nov. 16-17

Wow, the trout are on fire as evidenced by the cooler of trout caught on my boat yesterday (November 11th) for Stone, his Dad, Jared and his Mom, Kathryn Singletary from Thomasville, Ga. who caught 15 trout weighing 32.2 pounds and four reds to 26" long.

Today, we had 15 trout with three over 20" long for Judge Jim Bean of Perry, Florida and his son Jamey. We had one red today and threw back over a dozen keeper trout while trying to find more reds? We had 13 keeper trout in under 2 hours this a.m. Water temps started at 60 degrees and climbed to 66 this afternoon. All these trout ate live shrimp under Back Bay Thunders. Judge Bean bought my One More Cast gift certificate at the Perry Chamber of Commerce Banquet Auction this past spring and had great timing waiting till November to come fishing!

Trout are eating just about everything you are throwing at them, we caught fish on Assassin 5" shads in Sand Trout and Stinky Pink & 4" sea shads in Panhandle Moon and Copper Juice, BAB fighters in Tennessee shad and silverblackback. Other boats used Gulp both bounced on jigs and rigged under Cajun Thunders.

Everyone should have caught a limit of trout the last two days? Here are a pile of reports thanks to Keaton Beach Marina.

11/5 Wiley Hencely and Chester Lee of Macon, Ga. had a limit of trout with two over 20 Inches long using Mann's Stingray grubs white with a pink tails. in 5 to 6 feet of water.

11/5 Sonny and Joyce Bethea with Rudy and Kathy Derring of Lee Florida had a limit of 20trout with 2 over 20" using Gulp and live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 3.5 - 4 ft of water.

11 /8,9.10/ 12 Robert, John and Tracey Setters of Tifton Ga. fished three days and had only one red on Thursday; BUT then had a limit of trout for Friday and Saturday using Gulp and Shrimp in 5 - 6 ft of water.

11/9 Duane Griner and Junior Berry of Keaton Beach had their limit off trout with one right at 22 inches while fishing with live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 1.5 feet of water.

11/9 Archie and Patsy Davis of Lee Florida had a limit of trout using Midnight tiger Gulp under Cajun in 4 - 5 feet of water.

11/9 Gary and Maryanne Rogers of Albany, Ga. had their limit of trout with 2 (two) 22" fish using live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 3 - 3.5 feet of water.

11/10 Ken Totherow, Fred Register and Danny Hill of K.B. Fl. had their limit of trout, one 21" fish and a 5 lb Blue using live shrimp under a cork in 3 -5 feet of water.

11/10 Charles Dilks and Bucky Keys of Warner Robins Ga. had a limit of trout a two BS using New Penny Gulp under a Cajun in 6 feet of water.

11/11 Matt Rogers, Billy Jordan and Rusty Baggetts of Thomasville, Ga. had their limit both Saturday and Sunday while using Nuclear Chicken and Pearl Gulp in 5 - 6 feet of water.

11/12 Sonny Bethea, Joey Miller and Mike Williams of Lee, Florida with Mark Bennet of La Nogalera Nuevo Leon Mexico caught a limit of 20 trout, Four BSB on live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 3 - 5 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report November 9-10

Water temperatures crashed down to 59 degrees, as of Saturday morning, then were back up to 70 degrees by Wednesday a.m. The trout didn't care too much for the added stirring up the water got as a result of the BLOW before the cold snap last week. We were just starting to clear up and then we got it in the teeth again?

Trout were sluggish, yet still ate smaller pinfish and took shrimp and Gulp under Thunders in 2- 5 feet depending on the tide you fished? I caught one red in four days of fishing; although we did hook, fight for ten minutes, only to lose a 50+ inch Red Bull Red on ten pound test for Ed Fenelon of Chicago, on Monday. We had limits for Ed Friday and 8 trout for two anglers Sunday. Monday, again we had a limit of trout and one 26" red. All our trout ate live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders.

Here are some reports From Keaton Beach Marina:

11/2 Ronnie, Nat and Tommy Combass of Madison, County Fl. had 6 trout and 4 BSB using a variety of baits cut, gulp and shrimp in 4 feet of water .

11/2-11/3 Rick and Terri Rutland of Hahira, Ga.fished two days for 5 trout and 2 BSB on Friday. Robin Blackmon of Nashville, Ga joined them on Saturday and this trio had 6 trout, one flounder and 2 BSB; again, using a variety of baits in 4 feet of water.

This report from Payne Hornsby of Thomasville, Ga. November 3 - 4

We caught 20 trout, 5 reds, 2 flounder, 2 black bass for the 2 days. I was fishing with Ben Smith from Phenix City, AL. Fog was an issue Sat morning. While waiting to clear, we caught pin fish and idled to some 4' water. Bite was slow until the fog lifted. Ben was successful with cut bait while I chose the pin fish and shrimp under a rattling cork. We were successful in the 4' - 5' water as the tide was going out and the larger fish were more active with the incoming tide in the 2 '- 3' range. Yes, we had a good time!

Payne

Keaton Beach Fishing Report November 2-3

Before the B-L-O-W I had Bill Blanton and his son William ( Will) out and we had a great day with 14 trout and six reds with two over the slot.( 27.5" and 30 ") We caught them all on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders in 3 - 4.5 feet of water. Will got jumped by the largest blacktip I have ever had on in 21 years of fishing at Keaton....'bout 8 ft. he jumped three times and spun, lasting all of four seconds and covered 70 yds. in the display! Quick and Gone!

These reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

10/25 R.G and Patsy Davis of Lee, Florida had 9 trout, one Spanish and 17 sand trout fishing in 4 feet of water with Berkley Gulp in the Pearl White pattern.

10/26 John Harwick and Jody and Caleb Tarno of Locust Grove, Ga. had 15 trout, Two Spanish and 32 sand trout while fishing Pearl White Gulp in 4 feet of water.

10/27-28 Darron and Lindsey Carter of Tifton, Ga. with Sharon, Alexis and Mike Bennett of Macon, Ga. had 8 trout, with one 23" and one 25" trout ( Big trout love the w-i-n-d) The Carters had their limit fishing Sunday, while using live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 2- 3 feet of water.

10/27-28 Ray Southerland of Adel, Ga. had his limit of trout, both days, with a 23" trout topping his stringer Sunday, while fishing with live shrimp under Cajun Thunders.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Oct. 26-27

Trout were on fire last week , at least for my charters, as we had 15,8,15,20 and 10 trout for the five day period with three days when our top ten trout weighed over 20 pounds. This included Thursday when I had Joe Barren, Tony Smith and Cathryn Singletary of Thomasville, Ga. who landed 20 trout, 4 ( four) over 20 inches long and their top ten weighed over 23 pounds! We caught our limits each day, with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders. Most of my charter's fish have come from 3 - 4 feet of water with a few coming out of 4 - 4.5' later in the higher New moon tides, we had last week.

Expect trout to begin to move into shallower water and respond better to soft plastics as the water temps cool down and shrimp migrate to the shallows. Reds have been trying to move and bunch up around the creek mouths anticipating cooler weather as well. The prevailing "east" winds of late have begun to clear the water color up a bit in some areas; yet floating grass is still making it tough for pluggers in most areas.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Tracey and Robert Steers of Tifton, Ga. had five trout to 20" and three reds while using live pinfish and Gulp under Cajun Thunders in 3' - 4' of water. 10/20

Roy Rhodes of Keaton Beach and Doug Holder of Trenton, Fl. had five trout and a 28" Spanish Mackerel fishing with live shrimp and pinfish under Cajun Thunders from

4' - 5' of water. 10/21

Ray Southerland of Adel, Ga. had 5 trout to 23" and 2 BSB fishing with live shrimp under Cajuns from 4 feet of water. 10/21

Keaton Beach Fishing Report October 19 - 20

Water temperatures crashed with 69 degrees as of Saturday, October 13th down from 80 degrees a week before? The trout balked Saturday, then turned it back up on Sunday; then really ate like crazy Monday only to go back down on Tuesday; disliking the North East 18K B-L-O-W. Water temps have stabilized somewhat with 72-3 early in the a.m. with 77 -78 in the afternoons. Floating grass is still preventing much topwater activity while Gulp and Live pinfish and shrimp under Cajuns and Back Bays remain the best way to get a limit. The sand trout catches of last week, have been very spotty and few caught any the last few days?

The trout didn't like the cool snap Friday eve. and responded by refusing to bite worth a dang on Saturday. By Sunday, they had recovered and I had Larry Brezinski of Chicago, Illinois out and we caught ten trout weighing 21.1 pounds including a 4.5 pound trout for Larry. His largest to date. We had 13 trout, a red and three BSB on Friday with Larry and his uncle, Dick Brezinski, both of Chicago.

Monday, I had Kay and Pete Giddens of Ocilla, Ga. out and we simply slayed the trout... taking 15 trout with the top ten weighing in at 25.5 pounds! Yes, we fished with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders. Oh and we threw back three more over 20" to boot with seven keepers total, released to fight another day! 3.5 - 4.5 was the ticket! I had two nice trout over 19" on Assassin's Cantaloupe Sea shad.

Here are some reports from the marina:

The Stinchcomb family from Cordele, Ga. fished 3 days to land 24 trout, 4 reds, two Spanish and a Bunch of BSB using New Penny Gulp and live shrimp under Cajun Thunders from 5 - 6 feet of water. 10/11,12 &13

Danny Owens and Richard Romine of Lake City, Fl. had eight trout to 23" and three reds to 26" and a Black Drum ( 21") using white Gulp both bouncing and under Cajuns in 3.4 feet of water Sunday. 10/14

John and Brenda Carter of Thomasville, Ga. with Randy and Theresa Bozeman of Hahira, Ga. had 12 trout to 22" and a 26.5 " red with a 17" flounder all caught while using Pearl White Gulp under a Cajun in 4 - 5 feet of water. 10/14

Janice Griffin, Phil Phillips and Bill Ricketts of Americus, Ga fished two days to land 23 trout and one flounder on Gulp Glow and a caught 30 Spanish on a 1/4 oz Rooster Tail ( I swear I just rewrite them folks) from 5 - 8 feet of water.

that's it!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report October 12 - 13

Trout were very cooperative for most folks over the weekend despite the reverse tides. Trout ate Gulp, Live shrimp ad Live pinfish under Cajuns and Back Bay Thunders from 3.5 - 6 feet of water . The water has yet to "clear up" but is trying to improve as of Tuesday. We could actually see the grass in 3' of water for the first time in a while out in front of Dekle Beach Today. Expect the better incoming Moon tides of this weekend to greatly improve the bite for everyone!

I had Cal Beanblossom of Sylvester, Ga out for a grand day on the Gulf and we managed a string of ten trout weighing in at 21.2 pounds! Cal's largest was a 4.6 pound beauty! All were caught on live pinfish under Back Bays in 3.5 - 4 feet of water.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Jules Hanaberger of Greenville, South Carolina with Grant Cobia of Newnan, Ga. & Richard DeLarber of Thomasville, Ga. had 34 trout ( largest was 21")and five BSB for three days of fishing while using live shrimp and pinfish under Cajuns from 4.5 feet of water. 10/ 4,5 & 6 /2012

Mark and Cathy Moore of Dublin, Ga. had their limit of trout to 24" using live pinfish in 4.5 - 6 feet of water 10/6/12

Chris Miller of Lake City Fl. and Cort Miller of Orange Park had 5 trout and one BSB using New Penny ZMan baits in 5 -6 ft. 10/7

Phillip and Will Sellers had a limit of trout 18 - 20" with two over 20", three BSB and one Big Sand trout using Pinfish, Pigfish and Gulp under Cajuns in 4 feet of water.10/7

that's it!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report October 5-6

Trout were simply on Fire this weekend especially for those who fished the Local Elks Club tourney Saturday. Everyone caught fish and most boats had their limit.

Although no one sent me any results, I do know that Aaron Portwood and Shawn Burney ( of Perry) won the top prize for the five fish slot.10.33 lbs won that category.

Congrats to you both! Aaron and Shawn fished live pinfish under Cajuns and Back Bays to win their prize!

My charter Saturday, of three from Tifton, Ga. had 13 trout and two reds with two trout over 20" and we fished live pins under Back Bay Thunders in 3.5 - 4 feet for our fish as well.

The floating grass is still tough especially on a west w-i-n-d but fishing with a Cajun OR a Back Bay simplifies the problem. Some folks are catching sand trout from Keaton both South and North, which is rare for this time of year? We usually see the sand trout in colder weather?

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Charles Brown, with three on board, had 12 trout and 30 sand trout from 15 -18" long using Gulp under a float? 9/30

Cameron Foskey of Valdosta, Ga. had a nice 20" trout using live pinfish under a Cajun Thunder 9/29

Robert and Tincy Setter of Tifton, Ga. had their limit of ten trout using Gulp and pinfish under Cajuns in 3.5 - 4 ft. of water 9/29

Kevin Will of Americus, Ga. had 15 trout ( to 19") for the crew of three on his boat and 17 sand trout, fishing with live shrimp and Gulp in 4 - 5 feet of water.9/29

Ronnie and Sandy Talent of Lake Park, Ga. had 6 trout and 4 rock bass using New Penny Gulp under Cajuns from 4 - 4.5 feet of water.9/28

Melvin and Anna Cruce from Lilburn, Ga. had their limit of ten trout using New Penny Gulp under Cajuns from 4 - 5 feet of water 9/30

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 9-22

Trout fishing has been Great out of Keaton Beach as evidenced by the results of last Sunday's Trout Shootout; sponsored by Kevin's Guns, produced by Brian Hurley of H20utdoors. Three of the top ten winning teams fished from Keaton Beach, out of a field of 42 boats with anglers fishing the entire Big Bend coast from Panama City to Steinhatchee. The largest trout was also caught out of Keaton.... a 4.82 pound trout!

Trout ate topwater stickbaits, lipped jerkbaits, live pinfish and live shrimp under Cajuns and Back Bay Thunders as well as Gulp. Most trout came from 4+ feet of water and the reds were just mixed in there with them, as the East w-i-n-d-s had them scattered off the hill. Water temperatures are down from the high 80's to 79-80 degrees making plugfishng much more fun.... if you can catch the floating grass gone?

Craig Bozeman and Pat Thornhill were down from Griffin, Ga and caught their usual limits of trout, while throwing lipped jerkbaits in 2 - 4 feet of water, Thursday through Sunday. ( Bomber Long A-s)

Here are a few reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Richard DeLarber of Thomasville, Ga. with Grant Cobia of Newman, Ga. had a limit of trout to 23" on the 15th; then Sunday they had another limit of trout, from 17" -19". This pair threw live shrimp and pinfish under Cajuns in 4.5 - 5.5 ft.

9/15-16

Tommy and Karen Dasher of Valdosta, Ga. with David and Jessie Mock & Nick Carter of Seattle, Washington had three trout from 16" - 18", and one 20" red while fishing with live pinfish and live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 4 - 6 feet of water.

9/16

Neil Kicklighter of Ashburn, Ga. had Judge Craig Poole with him Sunday, and they caught 7 trout to 19", two BSB and one 19" red using Gulp in 4.5 feet of water.

9/16

That's it!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 9/7-9/8

Isaac actually improved our water condition as it drew the cofffee-colored water back North and left us some very dingy although greener water at Keaton, Dekle & as far as Warrior. Trout seemed to go right back at it where they left off before Isaac came by.

Although this didn't help the scallopers much it was great for the trout anglers on the flats.

Trout fishing was GREAT over the Holiday weekend for my charters as we had 20 trout to 19" and two reds to 26.5" for Brandon White, Steve Lanier and Jackie Greenway of Greensboro, Ga. Saturday We used live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders to catch our fish in 4 - 4.5 feet of water. Sunday, I took a second crew out from the same Ga. area and we had 15 trout with three over 20" and one red for Carl Beck and Nancy Lanier. Again our fish ate live pinfish under Cajuns and Back bay Thunders.

Billy Pillow and I went Wednesday, Sept 5 and had a limit in under 2.5 hours and had 2 over 20" with a 26.5 inch red. All on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders in 4 - 5 feet.

here are a couple of reports from the Marina:

Tommie and Travis Blanchard of Leesburg, Ga had a limit of scallops on 8/25

Mike Frost of Valdosta, Ga had 7 trout on Gulp in 3 - 4 feet of water. 9/1

Don't forget the tournament this Saturday!

The Taylor County Development Council is sponsoring

first annual "Fall Trout Tournament."

Saturday, September 8th, launch anywhere, & weigh-in Keaton Beach only

Fish Safe light to 3:00 p.m or buy another hour for $20 pre-registered

.3 of a pound of weight, credit per team, for all attending the Captain's meeting

on Friday Sept 7, 6:30 p.m. at Keaton Beach Marina

$30 per person entry fee, several ways to Win!

Heaviest 5 trout legal limit: 1rst place $1000, 2nd $600, 3rd $300

Heaviest Trout $300 Heaviest Red $300 and several other prizes, including most spots on a red!

For More Info contact:

Perry Chamber of Commerce 850-584-5366

or Ashley Mock 850-8430566

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 8/24

Trout were tough on the days with no breeze; but as long as you could catch a drift, you could catch fish. Live Pinfish accounted for all the fish reported and everyone is using Back Bay and Cajun Thunders. Why not! they Produce fish! Four to six feet of water is the ideal place and reds are just mixed in with the trout for no particular reason or pattern.

Saturday, despite noo... breeze for 4 plus hours, I took Bill Young, Stacy Collins and Shane Davis of Albany, Ga. out and we brought back 10 trout to 22" and four reds including one with 27 spots on it! I would love to have caught that one, next Saturday, at the tournament. We fished live pinfish under Back Bay and Cajun Thunders to land all our fish from 4 - 4.5 feet of water.

Dave Bosch, Milton Johnson and Lee Honeycutt all of Tifton, Ga. went over the weekend and they had 14 trout and four reds using live pinfish under Cajun Thunders in 4 - 6 feet of water Dave said his best bite for trout was 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday (during the breeze which came up on the change of tide)

Jimmy Douglas and Jimmy Benefield of Homerville, Ga. went Wednesday 8/15 and had 8 trout and one 25" redfish. This pair fished with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders in 4 - 5 feet of water.

That's it, what with all the rain, not too many have ventured out the last few days?

Here's a Great Tournament coming up next Saturday!

The Taylor County Development Council is sponsoring

first annual "Fall Trout Tournament."

Saturday, September 8th, launch anywhere, & weigh-in Keaton Beach only

Fish Safe light to 3:00 p.m. or buy another hour for $20 pre-registered

.3 of a pound of weight, credit per team, for all attending the Captain's meeting

on Friday Sept 7, 6:30 p.m. at Keaton Beach Marina

$30 per person entry fee, several ways to Win!

Heaviest 5 trout legal limit: 1rst place $1000, 2nd $600, 3rd $300

Heaviest Trout $300 Heaviest Red $300 and several other prizes including most spots on a red!

For More Info contact:

Perry Chamber of Commerce 850-584-5366

or Ashley Mock 850-843-0566

Keaton Beach Fishing Report

Trout and reds have been very cooperative, for my charters, as we had 9 trout and one red for Beboe and Shawn McMurrian of Stockbridge, Ga. on 8/1

Todd Brown and his son Austin with Michael Bramlette all of Cleveland, Ga. took 14 trout and one red, Thursday, then 15 trout and two reds on Friday. We fished with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders both days.

I had Ben Swayze, and Billy Pearson of Valdosta, Ga. with Ben's bro-in-law Steve Cartmell of New Mexico, out Saturday and we brought in 15 trout to 20" and three red to 26.5" while fishing 4 - 4.5 feet of water using live pins under Back Bay and Cajun Thunders.

Sunday, Ricky Roberts from up near Homerville, Ga. way, had two of his grandsons out, Cade and Drake Roberts and the trio had 13 trout and four reds to 26.75 inches! again in 4 - 5 feet of water on live pinfish under Thunders.

The trout are still preferring to bite on offshore humps and ridges early in the incoming tide in 4 feet flooding; while the reds are taking live pinfish closer to the hill, later, with tide near the top. Find ballyhoo in your area to insure more activity from the trout. Smaller pinfish early in the tide seems to be the key to catching fish. The NEW Back Bay Thunders which definitely make a higher "pitch" sound are bringing trout up to feed in the heavily stained water we have experienced since T.S. Debbie went by.

Scallopers are still struggling, in the stained water to gather a few limits between showers, while most are bringing in less than a limit.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

John Bell of Atlanta, Ga. had a limit of scallops "in less than an hour" from Grassy and Dekle Beach? 8/2

David Bosch with Calvin and his Dad, Peng Chee, all of Tifton, Ga. had their limit of 15 trout and two keeper cobia all on live pinfish. 8/4

Hey here is a great Tournament coming up in September!

The Taylor County Development Council is sponsoring

first annual "Fall Trout Tournament."

Saturday, September 8th, launch anywhere, & weigh-in Keaton Beach only

Fish Safe light to 3:00 p.m or buy another hour for $20 pre-registered

.3 of a pound of weight, credit per team, for all attending the Captain's meeting

on Friday Sept 7, 6:30 p.m. at Keaton Beach Marina

$30 per person entry fee, several ways to Win!

Heaviest 5 trout legal limit: 1rst place $1000, 2nd $600, 3rd $300

Heaviest Trout $300 Heaviest Red $300 and several other prizes !

For More Info contact:

Perry Chamber of Commerce 850-584-5366

or Ashley Mock 850-8430566

Keaton Beach Fishing Report August 3-4

Our trout are still offshore and despite the lower water temps of 84-85 down from 87-88 degrees, the trout are still in 4 - 5 feet of water.

I took Beboe and his grandson, Dakota McMurrian of Stockbridge , Ga. out today and we put 10 trout and a red in the cooler the largest trout was 21" and the red was the same. Live pinfish under Cajuns were still the ticket.

From Keaton Beach Marina:

Ron and Carolyn Cadle of Live Oak, Fl. had 6 trout on 7/29 with two reds 18" and 24" while fishing Gulp in 4 - 6 feet of water

The Mill's and Daily's of St. Augustine Fl had 5 trout with one Gator 27" long , weighing in at 5 pounds and they used Gulp under a Thunder in 4 - 5 ft. as well. 7/29

8/4 Jr. & Mary Alice McGee and Jerry & Lynn Morris, all of Nashville, had a great day fishing. They caught one flounder, two reds, black sea bass, and trout. They fished again on Sunday and caught another flounder, trout, and sea bass. What a great two days!!! They were bottom fishing in 8-10 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report July 27-28

Trout fishing in July? Dang right...Sunday it was Hot, No breeze and with 107 degrees Heat index and I had three guys from Adel, Ga.out for their first trip with me. Blaine Warren, Ryan Schofill and Jason Dent brought in 18 trout to 21" and three reds all about 21" - 22" long. We probably caught 20 - 25 shorts and quite a few little sharks and a few catfish. They had a blast and lost a few pounds also, that is, in sweat? Our trout were in 4.5 - 5 feet of water. We caught them all on live pinfish under Cajun Thunders.

Saturday, I took Sheryl Roberts and Logan Toole of Gainesville, Ga. and we brought in 14 trout and a blue while fishing with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders. Sheryl caught her first-ever speckled trout and said she loved it! Our fish were in 4 - 4.5 feet of water.

Tuesday 7/24 I took Billy Pillow with me scouting and while I was catching bait he caught six trout including a 5 pound 25" sow on a live pinfish under a Cajun Thunder from 4.5 feet of water right on the dead low tide? I swear, you can't take him anywhere!( that he can't catch a fish)

From Keaton Beach Marina:

Chet Royals of Jacksonville Fl. and Cameron Foskey of Valdosta, Ga. had 2 reds, a 25"er and a 27"er, from 2.5 feet of water using "topwater" 7/22 They also had a limit of scallops from 5.5 - 6 feet of water.

That is one of the very few limits of scallops reported this last week as the darker, dingy water in 5 - 6 feet on out has prevented most from diving the deeper depths which produced more mollusks in early July.

Remember Be Careful out there and FLY Your Dive Flags ! IT's the LAW!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report July 13 - 14

Trout were biting, over the week of the Fourth of July, as evidenced by my charter July 5th, with Wayne and Ken Walker of Gainesville, Fl. who caught 15 trout and a nice 27" redfish fishing with live pinfish under Back Bay and Cajun Thunders. We caught most of our trout in 4.5 - 5.5 feet of water. The water temperature was 88 degrees on the way back from our trip?

I took a couple of nice trout that week on Stinky Pink, 5 inch Shad Assassins. I also gave a pack of Assassin Violet Moon 5" Shads to a young couple docked next to me and the young man caught a 19" trout, his best of five trout, on the baits on Thursday the 5th.

"Scallops!" was the cry, over the Holiday, though most folks found them wanting. Some limits were picked up, but the scallops are spotty and deep, again this year, according to the spotty reports I have gleaned of late from Keaton. I have not been in the water this year.

Here are a few ( albeit late, sorry, my bad) reports from Keaton :

7/1 Todd Rowand with Hunter and Abe Eakes of Albany, Ga had their limit of scallops from 7.5 feet near Grassy Isle.

George, Nellie, Kyle and Kyla Miguel of Perry, Florida had 3 reds from 21" - 27" from 3 feet of water on Gulp.

7/7 Randy Davis and Ralph Lumpkin of Ashburn, Ga. had 8 trout from 18 - 21" and a 21" red all on Gulp and live pinfish under Cajun Thunders from 4 - 5 feet of water.

That's It ...except to say... Y'all be Careful out there and FLY YOUR DIVE FLAGS! It's the LAW!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 29 -30

First, a quick note to Jerry Gerardi and those who are concerned or curious as to the present conditions at Keaton Beach.

I just spoke to Jerry Cawthon at Keaton Beach Marina and they have received no damage and experienced no flooding to Keaton Beach ( today is Tuesday 6/26 6:00 p.m.)

Now, how to proceed fishing after such a blow, you must first consider the conditions during the storm and then predict the results accordingly. The w-i-n-d-s held mostly from the east or southeast; then switched to the Northeast today and should hold that position through Wednesday. The east winds should have helped our floating grass situation at the beach ( by blowing most of it offshore) and actually made it easier to fish artificials and plugs. Northeast winds usually help clean the water up pushing dirty water offshore on each successive tide at Keaton.

Trout and reds are ambush predators and will be greatly advantaged by the redistribution of shrimp and baitfish on the shallow grass flats. I would also suspect, that they have had a hard time finding something to eat in the adverse combination of low light and high wind conditions, of late, and should be hungry and ready to eat!

"Water clarity" will be the next most important consideration and will only be evident once we get back on the water. I would expect the shallower water to be cleaner/clearer and the deeper say 8+ ft depths to be very turbid. If you are fishing soft plastics, go with larger, solid colors like White,Yellow, Limetreuse, & Pink and do not forsake some darker colors like Rootbeer or black-backed combos. I wouldn't expect much out of glittered baits now, as the stain and debris in the water will likely block most available light from getting to them. Assassin's Alewife, Limetreuse, Hot Pink, and Candy Corn will be great starting colors!

That said, realize "sound" will be your primary sense of attraction in, turbid or highly stained water. Use a Cajun Thunder or Back Bay Thunder in combination with whatever you choose to hang under it; live bait, cut bait, Gulp or soft plastic and expect to attract more fish regardless of the depth you choose to fish the flats. Use scents to enhance your artificial offering's ability to be tracked down in darker water. BANG shrimp is always on my boat! Shorter leaders under floats in turbid water catch more trout and reds!

Saltwater settles and clears up sooner than "fresh water" because the salt molecules take up the space where debris would be trapped in fresh or brackish water. Fresh water will hold debris and stain longer than brackish by default of more having space between molecules with no NACL molecules taking up any space. Move to areas with less creeks or rivers entering the Gulf and you should find cleaner water to fish.

Good Luck, BUT Remember! There will very likely be objects and trash FLOATING AROUND out there which could damage or SINK your boat, upon striking, so SLOW DOWN and use some common sense out there, until you assess the situation and the conditions! I found a dive tank floating in the Gulf, 3 weeks after the March '93 storm, which would have gone right through most hulls were YOU to hit it at high speed!

fishing report:

I had Roland and Valerie Gauthier of Ocala, Fl. out Saturday, and we managed 8 trout with two over 20" and two reds to 27" with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders.

Here are some reports from last week from Keaton Beach Marina:

Ron and Carolyn Cadle of Live Oak, Fl. had a limit of trout and 4 BSB using Gulp under Back Bay Thunders 6/23

Tommy and Dixie Osbourne with Nila and Jeff Burt of Waverly Hall, Ga. had 20 trout (with one 22 incher to top off the cooler) and three reds using live shrimp

& pinfish in 3 - 4 feet of water. 6/23

Dave Bush and Ray Ford of Camilla, Ga. had 7 trout, including a 22.5" fish and one redfish using live pinfish under Cajuns in 3 feet of water.

Scallop season? July 1rst? Yikes I'll leave that to the State's surveys, and the thousands of boats who will likely find what's there (or not there) soon enough?

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 22-23

Trout have been a bit tougher this week, after the East w-i-n-d-s subsided that is, The water temps are around 80 - 81 degrees and the ballyhooo is mostly pushed offshore and scattered. The reds are scattered also and had moved further offshore after the Nor' East wind of last weekend. Live pinfish is the preferred bait and rigging them under Cajun and Back Bay Thunders is the method.

We had 13 trout, Tuesday, for Monty Lewis of Thomasville, Ga and Bill Torrey of St. Simons Isle with live pinfish under Back Bays in 4 - 6 feet of water.

From Keaton Beach Marina:

Leon and Sherrill Gill of Live Oak, Florida had a limit of trout using live pinfish under Cajuns in 3.5 - 4 feet of water. 6/16

Tommy Dasher and Mark Jackson of Valdosta, Ga. had 6 trout and one redfish using live pinfish under Cajuns in 4 feet of water. 6/16

"Hey Pat, Here is what Julie and I had last week (6.11 thru 6.16) All on live pinfish under Cajuns or Back Bay Thunders from 3 - 5 feet of water.
Tuesday - 3 reds and a couple of trout ; Wednesday - 10 Trout with one over 26 1/2" ; Saturday - 4 Reds with 2 measuring 27" a 25" and a 19 1/2"
Thanks, Dion

short note: I gave Dion a Back Bay Thunder, only after he couldn't find any in town, and he reported catching three of his four reds on it before a fourth red took it away from him?

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 15 & 16

Haven't had a chance to get out there and had only one report from the Marina which was a limit of trout for a John Smith (from?) who used Gulp to catch a limit of trout.

I would fish in 4.5 feet of water with a live pinfish under a Cajun or a Back Bay Thunder and fish the incoming tide and look for stained water. This will not be hard to do with the recent rains and w-i-n-d-s we have experienced?

HEY! Don't Forget these two upcoming tournaments on Saturday!

First, I'll be fishing for Emily in this fine charity event:

Rocky's Benefit Tournament for Perry's Emily Coker

will be held Saturday, June 16th

Safe - Light to 4:00 p.m weigh-in at Rocky's Hiway 98 west

Entry Fee is $40.00 per two-man team.

Any additional contributions will also be donated to Emily

Prize amounts will be determined by the number of entries etc.

Three ways to win:

Heaviest five (5) slot-trout 15"-20" per team

Heaviest Trout one per Team

Heaviest Redfish one per Team.

pre-register with Ashley at Cox Electronics in Perry

Contact Ashley @ 850-843-0566

Also,

The 3rd Annual Nauti-Girls Ladies Fishing Tournament

is coming up on June 16, 2012.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes for redfish and trout, a prize for most spots on redfish,

Special prize for the largest ladyfish, plus boat bonuses for largest red and trout caught with no "boat boy" ( male) on board

and this year they added a mystery fish contest.

For More information (and tickets) contact River Haven Marina & Motel 352-498-0709 , Sea Hag Marina, 352-498-3008,

Tackle Outlet-Jena 352-498-5424, & Good Times Motel & Marina, 352-498-8088.

Weigh-In will be at the Good Times Marina (Jena) from 12:00 noon to 4:30 p.m.. Captain's meeting and silent auction at "The Riverview House" on Friday June 15, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.. Tickets may be purchased at Captain's Meeting.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 8 - 9

Trout were very cooperative last week, until the recent howling w-i-n-d-s stirred the grass and water up something fierce and although the fish are out still there; they are harder to catch. The New "Back Bay: Thunder is calling up trout despite 18 - 23 knots we fished in Monday and Tuesday of this week. Live pinfish and Gulp are taking nice fish, as is Assassin's five in Shad Assassin's all fished under Cajun or Back Bay Thunders. Depths from 3 -10 feet with 3' - 5' being the best!

Friday, I had Steven and his son-in-law Matt Williams and grandson Slade Williams of Dallas, Ga . and we brought in 20 trout, with two over 20" and a nice redfish. We caught all our fish on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders from 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water.

Monday, I took Jared Singletary and his buddy, Bubba White of Thomasville, Ga and they had 14 trout with two over 23". The largest was landed on a 5" Shad Assassin in the "Sand Trout" pattern under a Cajun Thunder. This rig accounted for three of our trout. We were fishing in 16 - 18 knots most of the day.

here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Ken and Susan Arnold of Keaton Beach had 9 trout with 2 over 20" from 9 - 10 feet of water using Berkley Gulp. 6/2

Ron and Carolyn Cadle of Live Oak, Fl. had nine trout to 23" and two BSB using Gulp under a Cajun in 4 - 6 feet of water. 6/3

Jimmy Douglas of Homerville, Ga. slipped off again, on Sunday and brought Wade and Daniel Spivey with him and managed to catch 15 trout on live pinfish

under Cajuns from 5 - 6 feet of water. 6/3

Joann Dalton, with Danny and Jerry Lott had 12 trout and 4 BSB with New Penny Gulp from 7 - 8 feet of water. 6/3

HEY! Don't Forget these two upcoming tournaments!

First,

Rocky's Benefit Tournament for Perry's Emily Coker

will be held Saturday, June 16th

Safe - Light to 4:00 p.m weigh-in at Rocky's Hiway 98 west

Entry Fee is $40.00 per two-man team.

Any additional contributions will also be donated to Emily

Prize amounts will be determined by the number of entries etc.

Three ways to win:

Heaviest five (5) slot-trout 15"-20" per team

Heaviest Trout one per Team

Heaviest Redfish one per Team.

pre-register with Ashley at Cox Electronics in Perry

Contact Ashley @ 850-843-0566

Also,

The 3rd Annual Nauti-Girls Ladies Fishing Tournament

is coming up on June 16, 2012.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes for redfish and trout, a prize for most spots on redfish,

Special prize for the largest ladyfish, plus boat bonuses for largest red and trout caught with no "boat boy" ( male) on board

and this year they added a mystery fish contest.

For More information (and tickets) contact River Haven Marina & Motel 352-498-0709 , Sea Hag Marina, 352-498-3008,

Tackle Outlet-Jena 352-498-5424, & Good Times Motel & Marina, 352-498-8088.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 2 & 3

Trout fishing couldn't get much better as we had limits for my charters for six straight days; including a fine finish of the run with 16 trout for my crew Ryan Hall, Brandon Lowen and Judd Bentley of Hawkinsville, Ga. of which the top 10 weighed 29.6 pounds! We also had two reds to 26" and a couple of blues. The trout bite was best from 5:15 p.m. til 6:25 p.m. Judd took top honors with a 26" 5.1 pound trout, while Brandon threw back a 30" red! We caught them all on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders!

I took Brian Stone, David Sills and Chris Davis of Adel, Ga. out Friday and they also landed 16 trout and two reds caught on live pins under Back Bays.

Thursday's crew from Havana, Fl. Kathy, Parker, and Lexie Lee had a great box of fish with 19 trout to 24" ( 4.4 lbs.for Kathy) and two reds to 26.5" (Lexie) The Lees had never fished for trout and reds and had a Blast in Keaton Beach! All our fish were caught on live pinfish rigged 28" under the New Back Bay Thunders! Our top ten weighed 27.5 pounds!

Wednesday, I had Cole and Sharon Croft of Perry, Florida and they landed 13 trout and a red ( Cole) on live pins under Back Bays. Sharon threatened Cole early to "Skunk him" and he responded by catching "most" of the fish. Ask Sharon for the actual score?

Water temps were up to 85 degrees(yikes) and catfish and sharks were plaguing some folks who wouldn't move away from the "whiskers and fins" as we call them on my boat. I saw pilchards on the surface Thursday and Friday for the first time this year. Many other boats who fished south also reported seeing schools of "white bait" on the surface. This is late for our pilchards, but I am glad to see them anyway! The floating grass has it next to impossible to throw a treble hook on anything and even jigging is tough in many areas. The Cajun Thunder and jig-n-grub combo is most folk's choice now, to be able to fish in these conditions. My best depth continues to be 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water.

HEY! Don't Forget these two upcoming tournaments!

First,

Rocky's Benefit Tournament for Perry's Emily Coker

will be held Saturday, June 16th

Safe - Light to 4:00 p.m weigh-in at Rocky's Hiway 98 west

Entry Fee is $40.00 per two-man team.

Any additional contributions will also be donated to Emily

Prize amounts will be determined by the number of entries etc.

Three ways to win:

Heaviest five (5) slot-trout 15"-20" per team

Heaviest Trout one per Team

Heaviest Redfish one per Team.

pre-register with Ashley at Cox Electronics in Perry

Contact Ashley @ 850-843-0566

Also,

The 3rd Annual Nauti-Girls Ladies Fishing Tournament

is coming up on June 16, 2012.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes for redfish and trout, a prize for most spots on redfish,

Special prize for the largest ladyfish, plus boat bonuses for largest red and trout caught with no "boat boy" ( male) on board

and this year they added a mystery fish contest.

For More information (and tickets will be available soon) at River Haven Marina & Motel 352-498-0709 , Sea Hag Marina, 352-498-3008,

Tackle Outlet-Jena 352-498-5424, & Good Times Motel & Marina , 352-498-8088.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Memorial Day Weekend

Trout have continued to please most folks fishing out of Keaton Beach as we have had limits most days this past week on my One More Cast charters.

Live pinfish rigged under Back Bay Thunders have taken most of the trout; while Cajun Flash Jigspinners have taken most of the reds. The trout are still liking the 3.5 - 4.5 ft depths while most of the reds are around 3 ft deep.

I would expect the Memorial Day weekend to yield a bunch of great fishing , however I would be very careful for the boaters who don't go out that often... who may just be out there this weekend.

Saturday, had Terry and his son Daniel Haney of Valdosta, Ga out and we had 14 trout fishing with live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders in 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water.

Sunday, I took Tya and Shane Camp of Hahira, Ga. out and they caught a beautiful mess of fish including 15 trout, with three over 21" long, Two reds to 27" a 20" flounder and a bluefish.....They caught all the trout, one red (Tya) and the flounder( Tya) on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders; and the 26" red on a Cajun Flash Spinnerbait with a Cantaloupe tail.

Monday, I had Jared Singletary and his pal, Wayne Dodson of Thomasville, Ga and we caught 13 trout, two blues, a red and a flounder all on live pins under Back Bay Thunders from 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water. Tuesday, we had 11 trout including a 5.6 pound trout for Michael Wallom of Chassahowitzka, Fl. and his son Scott Wallom of Albany, Ga. We caught two reds, one on a Cajun Flash jig spinner with a Chicken-On-A-Chain Assassin Sea shad tail, and the other with the 11 trout using Back Bay Thunders with live pinfish from 4.5 - 5 feet of water.

Can't say enough about those BACK BAY's ?

Hey, here are a few reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Danny Ellison had five friends on his boat the "Beats Working" and caught a limit of 25 trout with four over 20", one Spanish, 2 flounder and 10 BSB. This crew was tossing Gulp at them in 4 - 8 feet of water. 5/16

Seth Harper and Eric Slaughter of Perry had 4 reds 24" -27" and five trout to 20" from 3 feet of water on Spinnerbaits and Topwater baits. 5/19

Dennis Nixon, Rylin Waters and Peyton Hilyer had 9 trout, with a 22.5 inch topper w/two over 19" using New Penny and Goby Gulp from 3 - 6 feet of water . 5/20

Dave Bosch, Peng & Calvin Chee of Tifton, Ga. had a limit of trout and one red, using live pinfish under Cajun Thunders from 3 - 4 feet of water Sunday. 5/20

A couple of upcoming tourneys to remind you about!

First,

Rocky's Benefit Tournament for Perry's Emily Coker will be held Saturday, June 16th

Safe - Light to 4:00 p.m weigh-in at Rocky's Hiway 98 west

Entry Fee is $40.00 per two-man team.

Any additional contributions will also be donated to Emily

Prize amounts will be determined by the number of entries etc.

Three ways to win:

Heaviest five (5) slot-trout 15"-20" per team

Heaviest Trout one per Team

Heaviest Redfish one per Team.

pre-register with Ashley at Cox Electronics in Perry

Contact Ashley @ 850-843-0566

The 3rd Annual Nauti-Girls Ladies Fishing Tournament is coming up on June 16, 2012.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes for redfish and trout, a prize for most spots on redfish,

Special prize for the largest ladyfish, plus boat bonuses for largest red and trout caught with no "boat boy" ( male) on board

and this year they added a mystery fish contest.

For More information (and tickets will be available soon) at River Haven Marina & Motel 352-498-0709 , Sea Hag Marina, 352-498-3008,

Tackle Outlet-Jena 352-498-5424, & Good Times Motel & Marina , 352-498-8088.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report May 18 -19

Trout fishing has been Grand all week, as evidenced by my One More Cast trips.

Friday, I had Jim Ball, Wesley Norris and Dan Burch of Albany, Ga. who caught 16 trout with four over 21" and four reds to 26" all on the New Back Bay Thunders. We fished 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water for this fine box of fish.

Saturday, I took Alexis Burkett of Perry, Fl. with Zach Lonski of Mayo, Fl. and we brought back 12 trout, with three over 20", a three ft. Blacktip shark (Alexis) and a red, Zach's first ever! We caught our fish on live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders in 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water.

Billy Pillow and I had ten trout in under 2 hours, Tuesday 5/15 while using live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders ( now available from Big Bend Outfitters in Perry) Billy did manage two tout on Bite-A-Bait fighters before he started using live bait. We also caught two reds, one 25.5" & one 24" long. They ate the live pinfish as well in 3.5 - 4 feet.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

offshore:

Mike King, Chris Waters, Tracy Walker and Greg Teasly, all of Thomasville, Ga. had 11 red grouper. 5/11

Jordan Dale and Wayne Butler of Keaton Beach had 3 reds and 4 Trout 5/14

A couple of upcoming Tournaments to announce:

First,

Rocky's Benefit Tournament for Perry's Emily Coker will be held Saturday, June 16th

Safe - Light to 4:00 p.m weigh-in at Rocky's Hiway 98 west

Entry Fee is $40.00 per two-man team.

Any additional contributions will also be donated to Emily

Prize amounts will be determined by the number of entries etc.

Three ways to win:

Heaviest five (5) slot-trout 15"-20" per team

Heaviest Trout one per Team

Heaviest Redfish one per Team.

pre-register with Ashley at Cox Electronics in Perry

Contact Ashley @ 850-843-0566

Keaton Beach Fishing Report May 11-12

Trout were very cooperative for the past week eating Assassin Sea shads, Live pinfish, topwater plugs, Gulp and Cajun Flash spinnerbaits in 3 -5 feet of water. Red took live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders as well as Thunder-Spins and Cajun Flash spinnerbaits from 2.5 - 3.5 feet of water. Some mackerel were caught as were a few flounder and black sea bass.

Wow a lot to report on this week including the final results of the Perry Optimist Club Fishing Tourney last Saturday:

Largest Trout Jim Carter - 5.65 lbs 2nd Largest Trout Steven Thomley - 5.30 lbs 3rd Largest Trout Debbie Evans - 5.05 lbs

Largest Redfish Jin Rowntree - 7.65 lbs) 2nd Largest Redfish Donald Campbell - 7.35 lbs

Largest Cobia Ben Pike - 36.60 lbs

For complete results with all "children's and under 18" categories visit the Perry Optimist Club website

We had limits of trout Thursday and Friday for Johnny Jackson and George Clark of Opp, Alabama with three over 20" each day. Saturday we had a GREAT Box of fish on One More Cast for Teresa and Cliff Buckalew of Alpharetta,Ga. with 12 trout, two over 4 pounds, (we caught five over 20" and kept 3) and had three reds with two over 26" long. We fished live pinfish under Back Bay Thunders in 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water to catch these fish. I caught one red and one 18" trout on the Cajun Flash spinnerbait with a gold blade.

Monday, I took Mike and Mary Huggins of Ft. Walton Beach, and we landed a limit of 15 trout to 24.5 " with two over 20" and three reds to 25" all on live pinfish all under Back Bay Thunders. Oh, one red ate a Thunder-Spin copper blade with a Chicken-on-a-chain Assassin Sea shad.

Here's a report from my friends Dave Bosch & Peng Chee of Tifton, Ga. and Bil Gburek of Pennsylvania.

Fished from May 2nd to May 6th with Bil from PA and were joined on the 4th by Peng from Tifton, GA. Caught limits or near limits of trout and reds each day with a smattering of sea bass and a single Spanish mackerel. Water temps ranged from 76-80 on the 2nd to near 84 on the 6th. We fished in depths from 2 - 7', with most of the trout caught in 4 - 5' and most of the reds caught in 3 - 4'. Picked up some nice trout in the 26+" range and several (too) large reds. Fished pinfish, plugs, Salt Water Assassins including the three reds Peng caught on the New Panhandle Assassin sea shads, and Gulps for the trout and spinner baits with Salt Water Assassin Chicken-on-a-chain sea shads for the reds. Most of the trout were picked up on pinfish, but Bil had some great success on the 6th with his teaser / plug combo including a nice flounder on Friday. Bil hooked up with a large ray that he played with (or should I say it played with him) for a half hour or so until we got it near enough to the boat to figure it out.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

5/6 seems Jimmy Douglas slipped off from Homerville, Ga. again and went fishing with ole Frank Smith and T.C. Griffin to land a limit of trout on live shrimp and Gulp from 3 - 5 feet of water. Oh, they had one 19"red as well.

5/7 Justin Fender, Johnny Thompson and Gary Crawford of Douglas, Ga. had six nice reds, one flounder and 3 trout and jumped a 100+ pound Tarpon while using New Penny Gulp in 4 - 5 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report May 4-5

A little about my fishing this week, then I will make some predictions as to the winning fish and weights in the tourney?

The Gulf water temps are up to 83.6 degrees as of Wednesday, May 2nd! Yikes that's warm. We had a couple of trout on topwater this a.m. We landed four reds to 7 pounds on Cajun Flash and Thunder-Spin Sinnerbaits with Assassin Chicken-On-A-Chain sea shads.

Saturday, I had Michael, Tyler and Hudson Mimbs of Macon, Ga. out and we brought in a fine box of fifteen trout, with four over 20" and two over four pounds, all on live pinfish rigged under the New "Back Bay" Thunder (Precision Tackle's latest product) This LOUD Thunder is great for dirty water or high W-i-n-d-s or just for folks who want a different pitch "pop". Hudson took top Big Fish honors with a 26" red though Dad had a 25.5 inch Trout. All our fish were in 2.5 - 4.5 feet of water.

OPTIMIST's Tourney predictions:

Largest Trout will come from Econfina, this year with 6.3 lbs. bringing home the BIG Money?

Second largest trout will come from Keaton Beach around 6 pounds even.

Largest Redfish will most likely be weighed in, in Steinhatchee, from around Rock Creek and just break 8 pounds.. let's say 8.1 lbs!

Second largest from Econfina and I'd guess 7.8 lbs.

Largest Cobia will be from Keaton Beach and hover around 40 pounds... let's say 41.4 pounds.

Good Luck and I hope everyone will turn out, Support and Fish in this Fine community charity event!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report April 27 - 28

Trout were doing great before this last front hit us and I imagine will be slowed up a bit, when this w-i-n-d lets up and we get back at 'em. Our fish were eating live pinfish under Cajuns and folks were limiting out with Gulp both bounced and rigged under Cajun Thunders. 3.5 - 5 feet seemed to be the best depth and most folks fished North that caught fish?

Last week, on Wednesday, I had Ed Fenelon of Chicago out and he landed a 45.7 pound cobia! Outstanding fish for Ed seeing how he's 84 years of age and been looking for that big ling for ten years now! Ed is headed back home to prepare for some Canadian fishing for Northerns, Walleyes and Lake Perch....You Go Ed!

Ed and his buddy Ronnie Casas also of Chicagoland had seven nice trout with me on Tuesday, in three hours time, despite 19 knot w-i-n-d-s. We caught them on live pinfish under the new Back Bay Thunders from 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water. We never got past Jug Isle as the w-i-n-d had trout turned on near the beach.

Saturday, Jim Wison, with Bruce and Brandon Watford, all of Albany, Ga. had 13 trout, a 26" redfish( Brandon) and a nice Spanish fishing with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders and the New Back Bay Thunders from 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water. We were able to fish 4.5 hours before the storm hit!

Joe Lemming was down from middle Georgia, with a crew of three, and they limited out on trout, two days this week, using Topwater, Gulp and Assassin's new Panhandle Moon Sea Shads.

here is a report from Keaton Beach Marina:

Ron and Carolyn Cadle of Live Oak, Fl. had their limit of ten trout using live pinfish and Gulp under Cajuns in 4 - 5 feet of water. 4/21

Steinhatchee fishing tournament Results. The Steinhatchee Community Projects Board actually had over 100 souls who braved the weather Saturday and managed to bring in some fish. No record breakers, but at least we were able to award prizes in all our categories. Mark White of Silver Springs had a nice 7.55 redfish to take 1st place in that division, Joyce Hunt had a 6.65 for a second place. Bryan Clark's 13 spot redfish won the spots prize. Don Campbell of Steinhatchee knew where that last sheepshead was hiding, and LeeRoy Medero of Brooksville,Fl. managed to find a red grouper under some rock.

James Holcomb brought in a respectable 2.8 # flounder, and Chandler Altman of Jacksonville, found a 4.55 trout to pick up 1st place. Ashley Mock from Perry was in 2nd place with a 4.45 pounder. Everyone seemed to have a good time despite the weather. Jean Ridgeway

DON"T FORGET ! Ladies Nauti-girl tournament in Steinhatchee is to be held on June 16, 2012

Keaton Beach Fishing Report April 20 - 21

Trout are being cooperative for most folks who fish 3 - 5 feet of water. Live pinfish rigged under Cajun Thunders and Assassin 5" Shad Assassins are taking great trout like the 24.5 inch fish we landed Tuesday, with Jim Hill and his daughter Robin Stabell of Savannah, Ga. The sow trout ate a Stinky Pink 5" Shad bounced in 4.5 feet of water and was one of three over 23" we had in a limit of fifteen trout taken on live pinfish and I caught two trout on Assassin's NEW color Panhandle Moon (a good looking bait ...go to my One More Cast Facebook page to see it?) I rigged a Panhandle Moon Sea Shad 18" under a Cajun and fished it in 2.5 feet of water. Third cast an 18" trout, 3rd cast I ever made with this NEW Bait! five casts later I had another 17" keeper trout!

Saturday, I had Tim and Jarred Blanton of Lee, Florida with their Uncle Ronnie Fraise of Tennessee, and they landed 20 trout with three over 20" all on Live pinfish under Cajuns!

Monday, we had a limit of trout for Betty and Phil Poole and her nephew and we caught our largest trout on a Precision Tackle, Cajun Flash spinnerbait with a Cantaloupe Sea Shad for the tail!

I saw four different boats today ( Wednesday ) with limits of trout, despite the 19 Knot w-i-n-d-s and the threatening rains coming in! Topwater, jerkbaits, Assassin New Panhandle Moon sea shads and Gulp were all taking limits. I saw Perry Bozeman and they had 12 trout for three on board and this crew from Griffin, Ga. never throws anything unless it is a hard jerkbait!

here are a couple of reports from the Marina:

4/13

Archie Davis of Madison, Florida had a limit of ten trout and one Spanish Mackerel for he and his buddy using White Pearl Gulp in 4.5 feet of water.

4/14

Randy Davis, Ralph Lumpkin, and Chuckie Brown of Ashburn, Ga has a limit of trout, 3 BSB, one Spanish and 2 blues fishing with chartreuse and white Jerk Shads in 4 - 5 feet of water.

Let's Go Fishing!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report April 15 -16

Trout were on fire..... until........the water temp crashed 11 degrees in two days, due to the front that went thru? Yep, it went from 80 degrees Thursday to 69 degrees on Saturday morning?

Yikes! We went from limits of trout for four straight days to four keeper trout for a seven-hour tour Saturday? I had the same exact crew as on Friday as well, so it wasn't angler error or failure...I take the blame but mother Nature sure helped. Those who caught fish, did so late Saturday, after the water started back out.

Sunday, things picked back up where I'd left them and we had 17 trout for Jerry Griffith, J. Wanner and Pat Parker of Macon, Ga. We had three over 20" for this trio and we caught all our trout on live pinfish rigged under an oval Cajun Thunder. We fished 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water Sunday, as well as most of the week. I met Jerry and J.V at the Perry Ga. Ga. Wildlife Fishing Show I did in February. This is the third group to come and fish with me as a result of working a booth for the first time in this event.

I expect the trout to go right back at it and feed well this weekend as water temps restabilize and more and more ballyhoo show up on the flats. plugs are catching a few trout but Gulp and Assassin five inch shads did the trick when live bait wasn't.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

4/4 Bob McDonald of McDonough, Ga. had 4 trout and one Spanish using 3" Gulp in 5 feet of water.

4/5 Richard Wiggins of Atlanta, Ga. caught a 55# cobia ( I saw a picture taken on his boat) nice ling Rick!

4/7 Junior and Jake Berry with Duane Griner of Keaton Beach had 15 trout, 6 BSB and were fishing with Pearl white and Natural Gulp in 7 - 8 feet of water.

4/7 Roy Stanley of Athens, Ga. caught and released a 50 lb 7 oz. redfish while using Gulp in 7 feet of water ? I would love to see a photo of that red Roy? wait... I will PAY to see a photo that red Roy! Now...please email me and let's get that Photo!

4/7 Jerry Grant, Gary Sawyer and Jeff Kerr of Columbus, Georgia had 11 trout, 3 Spanish and one red on Gulp in 5 feet of water.

4/8 Ron and Carolyn Cadle of Live Oak, Fl. had a limit of trout and one Spanish using Gulp and live pinfish under Cajuns in 4 - 7 feet of water.

4/8 Art Neisler and Ginsie Degange had 7 trout including a 25" fish for Art and a BSB one New Penny.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report April 8 - 9

The trout are liking the stained water up north...unfortunately so are the sharks and catfish? It is weird how you can move a couple hundred yards and move away from the "whiskers and fins" club? We had another 27" trout on Tuesday, for Lynn Hamilton of Ocala, Florida fishing with her son Lucas on board One More Cast. This pair brought in a limit of trout with three over twenty inches long, including the 27" , 5.7 pound trout which ate a 2" pinfish in 2.7 feet of water? We also had a nice 18" flounder, three Black Sea bass and one Spanish. Most of our trout came from 4 - 4.5 feet of water until the last four which were less than 3 ft.

The water temperature ( today is Wednesday April 4th) was 80 degrees today at 5:00 p.m. at the end of the Jetty?

Wednesday, I had James and Karen Grier of Lee, Fl. out and we caught 15 keeper trout with three over 20" a redfish ( Karen's First) and one Spanish. The Griers fished 3.5 - 4.0 feet of water, with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders, to catch their limit. We also took two nice trout on Assassin five inch Stinky Pink Shads.

Richard and Peggy Romine with their daughter, Sonya along had 15 trout Tuesday bouncing grubs. Sonya had a 25" trout for top honors! Richard said they fished 3.5 -4.5 feet of water.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

3/31

Buck Poucher. Jerry Smith of Statenville, Ga. with Sky and K.J. of Barney, Ga. had 18 trout, 3 flounder, one Rock Bass and one Spanish from 3 feet of water on Gulp.

4/2

Kerry and Patty Dinkins of Cairo, Ga. had seven Trout and one Spanish using Pearl White Gulp ( I know this 'cause I saw them buy seven more bags of Gulp, Tuesday Afternoon)

Keaton Beach Fishing Report March 30-31

Trout were on fire over the weekend in the high w-i-n-d-s as evidenced by my trip, Saturday, with Wayne and Donna Walker of Gainesville, Florida. The Walkers are long time members of the Gainesville Offshore Fishing Club and have fished with me several times in the past. We went out in very questionable weather, had one quick shower, then despite some ugly looking clouds had five hours to fish without being threatened by rain. It only took two hours and 45 minutes for them to put our limit of fifteen trout in the boat! Donna had a four plus pound trout which was 23.5 " long and all our trout were caught on live pinfish under Cajun Thunders. We fished from 4 ft. to 2.5ft. very quickly I might add. Oh and threw back a couple dozen shorts in the process as the trout were all on the feed. One cast would yield an 8" trout; then the next cast would be an 18" trout! We went looking for reds after getting our limit of trout only to catch and release another 9 keeper trout while failing to find a red?

Tuesday of this week, I had Ed Fenelon of Chicago, Illinois and Billy Pillow of Perry, Florida out and they managed to catch a limit of ten trout, with live pinfish under Cajuns, including a 27" 6 pound trout for Ed! I landed a couple of nice keepers on Assassin's Stinky Pink five inch Shad Assassins. We fishes 4.0 - 5.0 feet of water .

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

3/24 Chuck and Jarrod Rigoni of Valdosta, Ga. and Greg Parker of Perry, Florida had a limit of trout from 4 - 7 feet of water using a variety of baits.

3/24 Steve and Jake Weeks of Adel, Ga had a limit of trout fishing with New Penny ( gulp) in 4 - 5 feet of water .

3/25 Mike, Michael and Amanda Delk of Tifton, Ga. had 13 trout and one redfish using live shrimp and Gulp under Cajuns in 3 - 5 feet of water.

3/26 Pedro Antonio and Bid Peacock of Perry had one hogfish, a limit of sheepshead and a 34 inch long King Mackerel with some blacks and Grunts using live shrimp and fiddler crabs from the Steinhatchee Reef and offshore in 30 ft. of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Mar. 23-24

Larger trout were moving out to 3 - 4 feet of water to join up with the smaller fish and the general populations of trout as evidenced by most reports. Mixed catches of keepers and shorts were the rule by Tuesday. My charter had 20+ shorts and 13 keepers from 3.5 ft., to 4 ft on Tuesday, using live pinfish and Assassin Five inch Shad Assassins in Stinky Pink and Purple Moon. Monday, Billy Pillow and I had 10 trout with Billy catching 6 of our trout on Bite-A-Bait fighters in Copper Stopper, Tennessee Shad and Real Doll.

I put four of our trout in the boat from 5.5 feet of water with Assassin's Five inch Shad Assassins in Purple Moon.

Mike O'Field is up from Homosassa and had his limit of five trout on Monday in 2.5' -3' using DOA white CALs and Slurp Newpenny under a Cajun. Then Mike had another limit Tuesday, using the same baits; but had to move out to 3 '- 3.5' feet.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

3/14 Tim and Hannah McNutt had a limit of sheepshead on Fiddler crabs.

3/14 Daron and Lindsay Carter of Tifton, Ga. had 9 trout with 2 over 20" and a 25" red using Goby New Penny Gulp

3/16 Craig Howell of Enigma, Ga. had his limit of five trout, using Cotton Cordell Redfins, in 4 feet of water.

3/17 Craig and Chance Howell of Enigma, Ga had 31 Rock bass and two pink mouth grunts offshore; then came back inshore to catch 9 trout on Cordell Redfins from 4 feet of water.

3/17 John, John Jr. and Nancy Strickland had a limit of fifteen trout and one flounder from 4 feet of water on Gulp.

3/18 the Stricklands had 12 trout and a Spanish, on Sunday, w/same baits and depth.

3/18 Jimmy Douglas and Frank Smith of Homerville, Ga slipped off and came to Keaton to catch their limit of trout, one Spanish and Two Reds on Gulp from 3 feet of water.

3/18 Arlene Favors, Adrien and Andrew Peters, Bill Green and Heather Bowen all of Madison, Fl. had 18 trout and 4 Spanish using New Penny Gulp in 6 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report March 9-10

Big trout were the ticket for the days you could stand to be out there this week at Keaton.

We had three over 22" including a nice 5 pound trout for Glynn Barnes of Jacksonville, Florida on Friday. Glen Oakes was along and caught his gator on a Sugar and Spice Gulp while my 23" trout ate a MirrOdine (EC) #27. All our trout and six reds (we threw back two) came in out of 1.7 - 2.3 feet of water. Glen took the most trout on the Gulp while I lost a hawg on a five inch Assassin Shad in "Stinky Pink" and had one other keeper on it. Glynn's five pounder 25+"er took a Storm Chug Bug off the surface in 68-69 degree water. We found 70.2 degrees later but did our best in the mid-morning( 9:30-12:00 noon) while the sun was in. Once we could see our shadow, the super shallow bite was done. Oh we had one red ( our largest) on a live pinfish under a Cajun Thunder.

Glynn also fished with his buddy Glen Oakes the day before our charter, and they brought in 6 trout and 4 reds. Two of their trout were over 24" although they didn't weigh'em ( I saw the photos and I'd say they were both around five pounds )

A report from two guys who were taking their boat out at the county ramp, Monday, said they had two over 25" and released another at 27" ! They earned those bites in that w-i-n-d. Like I always say if you can hang out there, the big ONES eat it up in the w-i-n-d!

From Keaton Beach Marina: Frank ? , Kevin Nugent, Keith Purvis and Scott Souther of Barrien County(Ga.) had 14 trout on Gulp in 5 feet of water and 35 sheepshead from offshore on 3/2/12 .

North Florida Gulf Fishing Club will hold their annual Keaton Beach tourney Saturday morning. This is a members only event

Hurrah! March is finally Here!

The water temp was 63+ degrees, everywhere I fished, from Dark Isle all the way to Yates Creek. I saw 65 degrees in the canal at my slip. The water is very clear from Piney Point to Jabo and just starts to pick up some color there.

The trout have been a bit more cooperative with more shorts than keepers active of late.

Catch the bite "on" and have some fun with Berkley Gulp shrimp, especially in the new "pumpkin/chartreuse", Assassin five inch Shad Assassins( we did well on "Stinky Pink") and Bite-A-Bait fighters in gold and copper patterns.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

2/18 Cornell Silvera of Keaton Beach and Eddie Spencer of Tallahassee had 8 trout while throwing Cordell Redfins, Zara Spooks and Paul Brown "corkies" in 2 - 2.5 ft.

2/17-18 Jeffrey Key and Bill Penn of Milner, Ga had 13 trout from 3 feet of water using live shrimp.

2/25 Russell Bagget, Joe Willingham and Matt Roberts, all of Thomasville, Ga. had 2 trout while fighting the w-i-n-d and chill, Saturday from 3.5 feet of water, using Gulp.

2/25 Seth Harper and Mike Wild of Perry, Fl. had 3 trout throwing Catch 2000's in 2- 3 feet of water.

2/26 Joe Willingham and Matt Roberts of Thomasville, Ga. had four trout on New Penny Gulp Sunday.

2/28 Matt, Cindy and Luke Chastain, with Keith Parks all from Talking Rock, Ga. kept 11 trout and one flounder from 2.5 - 4 feet of water deadsticking New Penny Berkley Gulp.

That's it from Keaton Beach see you on the water!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Feb 24

At last, the last of February! Am I tired of this weather or what? Give me some Sunshine and Let's Go Fishing!

Mostly, very few had gone ( fishing) and caught even less. Those who fished over the weekend,

hardly caught anything or had a couple of short trout and one or two keepers. Reds didn't do much better.

Jerry Cawthon, owner/manager of Keaton Beach Marina said the Gulp shrimp in Pumpkin/chartreuse

caught more than anything else over the weekend.

I also heard some folks were catching trout on Assassin Five inch shads in shallow water,

last week, when it was a bit warmer?

I hope to be back at it this Sunday and will fish a couple of days, next week, and hope to have a better report to give y'all!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Feb. 17

Hey, I was out of town, last weekend, and the weather has taken the anglers off the water as of late, but here are a few reports

from a week or so back from Keaton Beach Marina:

2/2

Ronnie and Donnie Woodall of Lake Butler, Florida had their limit of ten trout and four reds on February 2nd using "topwater"

2/4

Pat Barbaree of Perry, Fl. had four trout to 20" fishing in 2 feet of water with live shrimp.

Larry Hendricks of Tifton, Ga. with Ronnie Godwin of Eatonton, Ga. had a limit of 10 trout to 18" using New Penny Gulp in 3.5 ft. of water.

2/6

Tommy and Herman McDaniel of Tifton, Ga. had 8 trout to 18 " in 2 - 3 feet of water using New Penny Gulp.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Feb. 3-4

Trout have been strange as of late..trying to adjust to the rapid fluctuations in water temperatures.

One day folks are catching fish on plugs in 1.5 - 2.5 feet of water, then the next day they can't find a fish?

The "bite" seems to be lasting only an hour or slightly longer on most days. The falling tide is the best as

warmer water from the shallows energizes trout into feeding.

MirrOlure's Catch 2000's and Paul Brown Originals series ( corkies) have taken most of the fish of late.

Jack Turner of Warner Robins came down, last Friday, and fished five hours on Friday and longer on Saturday

with his brother Terry from the Mobile area. After no fish shallow on Friday, and same early Saturday, Jack decided to try deeper water

at the last of the falling tide? He put an Assassin Sea shad on a three foot leader under an Equalizer

and caught 3 trout including a 19.5 inch fish? Only fish they caught for the trip.

Hey, This weekend February 3 - 5 I will be at booth # 202 in Perry Ga. at the Ga. Wildlife Great Outdoors Show, ( @ Ga.Nat. Fairgrounds)

Come by and register to win a Free Fishing trip with me & One More Cast guide service or with Ed Thomas of T.G.I.F. charters

and a night's stay at Keaton Beach Marina and Lodgings!

Show HOURS: Friday 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. ; Saturday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Jan. 20

This report from Keaton Beach:

1 - 7

Billy Persons, Kyle Warner, and Chase Williams had 9 trout with 3 over 20" with three reds using flukes in 2.5 feet of water.

1 - 8

Patti and Dennis Mixon of Live Oak, Fl. had 8 trout on Gulp and Rapalas in 3 feet of water.

Junior and Jake Berry of Keaton Beach with E.L Sprayberry of Ashburn, Ga. had 7 trout with three over 20" using electric chicken Catch 2000's
Steve Henley and Joe Smothers of Valdosta, Ga. had a cooler full of BSB fishing in 30 feet of water offshore.

Mike King and a buddy both of Thomasville, Ga. had a limit of trout Monday Jan 16.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Jan. 6-7

Well, the trout were fickle Wednesday, when the first cold front went thru, ( It was very, very cold Wednesday a.m.) recovered a bit on Friday... then got downright belligerent Saturday in the calm, no -wind situation... then recovered again... somewhat, by Sunday and Monday?

Here are some reports from the marina:

12/29-30/11 Ed & Brock Revels, Spencer Ensley and Justin Watson all of Adel, Ga. had a great after Christmas get-away with 19 trout on the 29th and 20 trout on Friday with one flounder. This crew fished live shrimp under Cajuns and a MirrOlure Catch 2000 in 2.5 - 3 feet of water.

12/30 Josh and Parker Guy with Travis Arrington of Fitzgerald and Tifton, Ga. had 13 very nice trout, with 3 over 22" and two reds "using everything and anything" for bait in 1.5 - 2 feet of water.

12/31 Darby Hall and family of four from Coolidge, Ga. had four reds & 5 trout using pinfish and shrimp under Cajuns in 2 - 3 feet of water.

12/31 Offshore: Jane and Curt Pylant of Sycamore, Ga. had black sea bass, pink mouth grunts and 2 red grouper using cutbait and pinfish for bait.

1/1/12 William and Edna Kincheloe with three grandchildren onboard, all of Albany, Ga. had 15 trout using a "silver topwater " in 2 - 4 feet of water.

1/2/12 Edna caught the trout of a lifetime, on Monday, when she landed a 27" 6.5 pound sow trout on the same..Yep.."silver topwater"

1/1/12 Matt and Cindy Chastain and Brenda and Danny Reid of Talking Rock, Ga. had 8 trout, Sunday, using a "copper colored soft jerkbait" in 4' - 6' of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Dec. 30-31

Trout fishing had tailed off somewhat, following the cold front Wednesday, after the warmer than usual start earlier in the week. Trout were still hitting plugs like Bite-A-Bait Fighters in Copper Stopper and Gold patterns as well as Cordell Ripplin Redfins. 1.5 - 3.5 feet seemed to be the ticket for the pluggers, while live bait under Cajuns took good fish to 4 feet earlier in the week.

I had Don Cook and his son, Adam Cook, of Perry, Fl. out Monday and they managed 12 trout and a nice 25" red fish( Adams best ever) The largest trout a 25" sow, Don landed on a Bite-A-Bait fighter in Copper Stopper. The Cooks caught the balance of their fish on live shrimp under Cajuns in 2.5 - 3.5 feet of water.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

12/22

Josh and Allen Boyd of Tifton, Ga. had 7 trout and one BSB using New Penny Gulp in 2 - 4 ft. of water.

Teddy and Debbie Fletcher of Sycamore, Ga had their limit of trout, and two reds, using live pinfish under Cajuns from 3.4 feet of water.

Charlie Harris and Charles Ray of Valdosta, Ga had 7 trout, and one red, using a Ripplin' Redfin in 2 feet and New Penny Gulp in 4 feet of water.

Glyn and Rachel McAllister with Zach Suttles, all of Douglas, Ga. had 13 trout using "Cotton Cordells" in 3 feet of water.

12/26

Larry Bailey and Bill Varn of Franklin, North Carolina had 9 trout using MirrOlure's Catch 2000's in 2 - 4 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 12/23/11

Trout fishing was Grand this week as trout ate Bite-A-Bait Fighters, Cordell Redfins, MirrOlure's Catch 2000's, Saltwater Assassin's Copper Penny Slurp, as well as live bait and Gulp under Cajuns.....in other words just about anything ! The water temps have dropped ( as of today 12-21) from 63 degrees Saturday to 57-8 degrees. Trout should continue to take baits worked slowly, especially the BAB fighters, Catch 2000's and MirrOdines, if the Gulf water temperature stays in the 55 - 60 degree range.

Saturday, Billy Pillow and I fished with Bite-A-Bait fighters in 2.5 - 3 feet of water to land 12 keepers, of which we kept 10. Most of these fish were 18"- 19" Billy had top honors with a trout over 23" which ate the Gold pattern BAB fighter. We had a lot of company or we could have gotten done much sooner. We fished from 1:00 p.m. 'til 4:00 p.m.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

12/16-17 Neil Kicklighter & family of Tifton, Ga had 6 trout and 2 reds to 24" then,

the next day, had a limit of trout on Saturday fishing with Gulp "gobies" in 2.5 to 3 feet of water.

12/16-17 Craig and Will Howell, also of Tifton, Ga. caught 2 trout, an 18" and 21"er, one red and a nice flounder in 3 - 4 feet on Gulp Gobies

then on Saturday had 7 trout and two blues in 3 - 4 feet of water on the same baits.

12/17 Charles Ray & John Martin of Valdosta, Ga. had a limit of 10 trout and two reds fishing Cordell Redfins in 2 - 4 feet of water.

12/18 Archie and Patsy Davis of Lee, Florida had 6 trout and a flounder fishing with Gulp, rigged under a Cajun Thunder, in 2 - 4 feet of water.

12/20 Larry Carter and two friends from Lake Park, Ga had 15 trout and 2 reds fishing with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders in 2 - 4 feet of water.

12/20 Danny Sweat, Drew and Coby Pyrz ( pronounced "pierce") ? with Don O'Steen of Boston, Ga had 8 trout, a flounder and a snagged mullet while fishing Bass Assassin Slurp in the "Copper Penny" pattern while jigging in 2 - 3 feet of water.

that's It! except for .....

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report December 16 -17 2011

Trout have responded well to the warmer weather this week and are taking a little of everything....plugs, both topwater and suspending baits, Gulp, and live bait under Cajuns. Expect the weekend to hold some grand fishing if the current trends hold up. Oh, and a breeze would be nice?

Friday, I took Ken and Dale Cooper of Valdosta, Ga out and we brought back 15 trout and two flounder caught on live shrimp and live pinfish under Cajuns from 2.5 - 3.5 ft. of water.

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

12/9 -12/10 Arty Delcheieko of Perry, Fl.. had a limit of trout and a redfish, both Friday and Saturday. Arty was throwing "topwater" in 1 - 2 feet of water.

12/9 Bob Pease, Harry Montivedeo, Rick Free and Ben Free of Athens, Ga. had 20 trout, to 24" and four reds, to 27" fishing with Yozuri suspending baits and New Penny Gulp from 2 - 3 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Dec. 8-9

Hey, remember prez. Bush's crew ( Texas oil money ) telling y'all there was no global warming? you ate that stuff up.... along with that WOMD bull.

Anyway with the water temps in the Gulf acting like a yo-yo, the trout don't know which way to go... in or out ....shallow or deep? I would say most folks are doing their best in 3 feet of water on live shrimp and pinfish rigged under Cajuns. Cordell Redfish and other hard jerkbaits are catching some good trout, as well, if you can catch a breeze, that is. Assassin's Root beer Sea shads are also taking some fish. Keaton is THE place to fish now, as Gulf water temps are back into the lo sixties and going up!

Jimmy Douglas took a couple of other guys ( all from Homerville, Ga.) out and they had a limit of trout Sunday, fishing with live shrimp and pinfish under Cajun Thunder in three feet of water. Jimmy said their better fish came on pinfish. They limited out in under three hours!

Here are the reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

12/1-2 Eric and Carol Bortolozzi of New Smyrna Beach, Fl. had 3 trout( one 25") and one flounder in 2 ft. of water while fishing with Assassin Root Beer Sea Shads under a Cajun Thunder. Then Friday they had a 27" red on the same rig....and I saw Eric, Sunday, and he had five nice trout... I guess on the same Assassin Root Beer bait.

12/2 Bob Emmett, Ron Bailey and Clyde Mathis of Thomasville, Ga. had a limit of 15 trout(one 24 inches long) and two 24" reds to go with them using Cordell Redfins in 2.5

feet of water.

12/2 Randy Davis and Geno Hasty of Ashburn, Ga. had a limit of trout and one "HUGE" Black Sea Bass and caught and released a 40" red, while fishing with live shrimp under Cajuns in 2.5 - 4 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Dec. 3

Trout fishing was great before the w-i-n-d and rain hit Sunday and Monday. Live pinfish and shrimp rigged under Cajuns, topwater plugs, and Berkley Gulp have all taken fish over the Thanksgiving weekend. Water temps in the Gulf had dropped from 72-73 degrees to 62 - 63 degrees by Monday and will probably be in the upper 50's by the weekend.

Jimmy Douglas of Heritage Home Builders in Homerville, Ga. took Frank Smith, MaryAnn and W.C. Burkhalter out with him Saturday, and they limited out on trout with 20 fish over 16" with four over 22" Jimmy fished in 3.5 - 4 feet of water with live Pinfish and Shrimp under Cajuns. This crew also had one keeper red and 11 black sea bass. Jimmy had a 40+ inch long red on only to lose it to "popped line" ( an event occurring when patience and drags are too tight) They also lost a sow trout "around five plus pounds" Both fish left taking the entire Cajun Thunder rigs with them!

Here are some reports from Saturday's fishing from Keaton Beach Marina:

11/26 Pat and Jay Thornhill of Griffin, Ga. had their limit of trout using plugs in 3 - 3.5 feet of water.

Wyatt Haney of Quitman, Ga. had his limit of trout and two flounder on New Penny Gulp in 2.5 feet of water.

Ed and Jace Newton of Tifton, Ga. had 6 trout and 6 black sea bass using topwater plugs and Gulp in 3.5 ft.

Ray Southerland of Adel, Ga. had a limit of trout to 25" and 6 black sea bass in 3' - 4' of water using live pinfish under Cajuns.

Eric Slaughter took Aunt Punk and caught their limit of trout and two reds on topwater from 2.5 feet of water.

11/27 Eric S. went out again, this time, with Vince Freeman and caught reds releasing three over 30" and keeping a 26" and 24"er. again on plugs.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Nov. 22

Trout, Flounder, Reds, Black Sea Bass everything is biting at Keaton Beach! Water temps were back up to 72 degrees this week which is phenomenally high for the week of Thanksgiving? If we get the promised rain this week it should greatly improve the too clear water conditions of late? I caught and released a 44 inch red approximately 30 pounds light, Sunday, caught on an Assassin five inch Shad Assassin and 10 pound test Trik Fish line. Zach Cook of Woodstock, Ga. had a 31 " red while fishing with me Wednesday 11/23.

We have had some great charters this past week, on board One More Cast including a limit of trout for Carl Beck of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Carl Sheffield of Athens, Ga. whose top ten trout weighed a whopping 28.5 pounds on 11/18/11 in 18 - 20 knot w-i-n-d-s! They caught them on live pinfish and live shrimp under Cajuns in 2.5 -3 ft. of water.

Monday, I took Jared Singletary of Thomasville, Ga. out with Robbie Green and Jason Loper and we had 20 trout with four over 20 inches long with one redfish, flour bsb and two flounder ( one19") We fished live shrimp and pinfish under Cajuns in 3-4 feet of water.

Tuesday, I had Zach Cook and Nathan Alexander of Woodstock, Ga out and we landed 15 trout with three over 21" long and a 25.5" redfish. We fished live pinfish under Cajun in 3.5 - 4 feet of water.

Wednesday this same pair had 13 trout, a bsb and three reds (we kept) & two more, including a 31"er, we released.

here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

11/18-19 Justin Fender of Douglas, Ga. with Jerry Landrum, Anthony Stallings and Roger Henderson of Tennessee had 15 trout one flounder and a 26" red while bouncing New Penny Gulp in 4.5 feet of water.

11/19: Robert, Tracey and John Setters from Tifton, Ga. had 11 trout from 2.5 -4 feet of water using live pinfish and Gulp under Cajuns.

Robert and Peggy Stokes with Bobby Proctor of Madison, Fl. had 10 trout and a bunch of bsb from 5 ft. with Gulp.

11/19-20 Randy and Theresa Bozeman of Hahira, Ga. with John and Brenda Carter of Thomasville, Ga. had 6 reds, 14 trout, two flounder ad 8 bsb while fishing with Gulp in 2.5 - 6 feet of water.

Jimmy and Rhonda Stone of Tifton, Ga. had 3 reds, to 21" and 4 trout fishing with new Penny Gulp from 2 - 4 feet of water.

11/22 Charles Backes of Lake Park , Ga. had his limit of five trout fishing with New Penny Gulp under a Cajun Thunder.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Nov 18-19

Trout are eating a little of everything, with fish being caught on Assassin plastic, Bite-A-Bait fighters, live shrimp and pinfish under Cajun Thunders, Gulp both bounced and under Thunders.Gulf water temps were back up to 66-68 degrees Tuesday,Yet will probably drop back down this weekend. 2 - 4 feet seemed to be the best depth on the flats.

Tuesday, 11/15, we had 15 trout with two over twenty and an 18" flounder for Bion Williams and John Harrington of Valdosta, Ga. while fishing with live shrimp and pinfish under Cajuns in 3.5 - 4 feet of water. Our water temperature was 66 in the canal this am. and 68 this afternoon. We fished in the fog with no breeze whatsoever.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

11/11 Ray Plunkett of Dixie,Ga. Mike Grinek and Troy Murray of Thomasville and John May of Colquitt, Ga. had 8 trout and 4 bsb using New Penny Gulp and White Gulp in 4 - 6 feet of water.

11/12 Sonny Bethea, Mike Williams and Larry Alderman of Lee, Fl. had 15 trout and 3 flounder while using Gulp Shrimp in Glow and Molting patterns from 3 feet of water.

11/13 Shannon Vick, fishing with Blyan Martin and Chris Cannington of Adel, Ga.caught a 30 lb black Drum ( unusual for Keaton Beach) using a four inch New Penny Gulp!

11/13 Charlie Harris and Ben Winters of Valdosta, Ga. had their limit of trout with one 26.5" trout to anchor their stringer.This duo also had a 27" red. They were fishing in three feet of water with white pearl Gulp under Cajun Thunders.

Offshore: Jason Witherspoon, Harold Dasher and Scott Nobles of Valdosta, Ga had their limit of gag grouper with one red grouper and a bunch of bsb using cigar minnows and squid in 20 - 25 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report November 11-12, 2011

I still love the w-i-n-d, as I took Johnny Jackson his son, Nolen and his soon to be son-in-law Blake Odom, all of Opp, Alabama out Saturday and we brought in 20 trout, three reds and eight BSB. in 20 Knot w-i-n-d! Oh, and Nolen caught a 27", 6.3 pound Gator Trout on a live shrimp under a Cajun.( the largest trout caught on board One More Cast ...so far..this year!) I had carried shrimp with us; but these guys were using pinfish and I couldn't get them to try the shrimp....so when things slowed down a bit in the afternoon, and the tide was at a standstill, I asked Nolen to try a shrimp? Boom! the 6.3 hit the first one he cast out. I didn't have to ask him to try them again and he fished mostly live shrimp Sunday, while the rest used live pinfish. ( all rigged under Cajun Thunders) Sunday, we hit it again and caught another 20 trout, four reds ( three for Nolen) and two black sea bass. The w-i-n-d was down to 15-18K early and 8-10K late. I had two of our trout including a 20.5 inch long fish, Sunday, on Assassin's Pink Ghost sea shad.

Ed Thomas of TGIF charters had a limit of trout and reds for his two guys, down with the Jacksons from Opp, Alabama, Cale and George Pierce both Saturday and Sunday as well. He was using live pinfish Saturday and shrimp and pinfish under Cajuns on Sunday.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

11/5-6 James Murphy and Michael Adams of Adel , Ga. had 5 trout and 7 Big BSB on Saturday, then Sunday, they managed 6 keeper trout."different kinds of jigs" is what they were fishing with. 3 - 6 feet was the depth.

11/6 Phillip and Kyle Sellers with Jesse Knight all of Rentz. Ga. had 8 tout and two reds using live shrimp under Cajuns in 3 feet of water.

11/5 Jimmy and Rhonda Stone and Mike Ellis of Tifton, Ga. had 7 trout and six BSB from 3 feet of water using live pinfish under Cajuns.

11/6 Jimmy Stone and Mike Ellis had their limit of trout using New Penny in 2 - 4 feet of water.

here is a report e-mailed to me:

"Hey Pat,
Had Ray Toler and his two sons, Brett and Daniel down from Sandersville(Ga.) Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, we had a limit of 20 trout, 12 BSB and one red. The trout were caught on a combination of mostly live pinfish and Saltwater Assassin 5" eels in the electric chicken color. The redfish was caught on a Thunder Spin, tied up 18" under a Cajun Thunder in 6 feet of water. Hey, I didn't rig it. I was just driving the boat.
Sunday, in four hours, we had 18 trout and 2 BSB. These trout were caught mostly on live shrimp, and after a tip from you Saturday nite, Saltwater Assassin eels in the Candy Corn color. For the two days we had 8 trout over 20 inches. Thanks," Mike Johnson, Macon, Ga.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report November 4 - 5 2011

Wow, I love the fronts of October and November as they bring us some great fishing, if you can hang out there? The trout didn't move really...but the man, the water did? Most folks gave it up and went home; especially after fighting it out there Saturday? I guess? This weekend should see great fishing, well for plug fishing anyway, as the floating grass should be blown away after this week's w-i-n-d-s. Expect the cooler water to have fish "ready to fight" when they do hit and slow down your presentation until you match their new metabolism?

First, though, before the front Friday, I had John and Leigh Turner of White, Ga. with their daughter, Heather of Sherman Oaks, California and we brought in 18 trout with two over 20" and kept four of five keeper reds! We had bites everywhere we fished and caught a lot of short trout as well as those we kept. We fished 3.5 - 4.5 feet of water with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders. Everyone who fished caught their limit or close to it.... it was "allie allie in free" day! Oh and one of the prettiest days I have ever been on the water! Keaton Beach...Hard to BEAT!

Saturday, it blew 15 - 18 knots out of the North-Northwest and I had Bill Torrey of St. Simons, Ga. along with his son, Sam Torrey of Atlanta, Ga. with Monty Lewis of Thomasville, Ga. and we caught 20 trout and four BSB. We fished 2.0' to 4.0' feet with live pinfish and pigfish under Cajuns.

I had this same crew with me Sunday, and despite 40 degrees temps with 20-25 knot W-i-n-d-s, we went out around 10:00 a.m. and caught some beautiful trout with four over 20" with two of those over 22" When it was all over, around 4:00 p.m. we brought in 15 trout and a Spanish. The water temp had dropped around 8 degrees from Saturday and 10 degrees from Friday?

From Keaton Beach Marina:

"Archie and Patsy Davis of Lee, Florida had 8 trout, I red Sunday the 25th, while fishing with "Pumpkin Chartreuse" under a Thunder. ( I have no idea what "pumpkin chartreuse" is?

here's a report emailed to me Monday,

"Pat, Just a quick note, my neighbor Rick Schmitz and I went out Saturday, endured the wind and had a great day 2 Reds, 9 Trout we caught close to 25 Trout all on top water in 1 to 2 ft. of water. I went out Sunday around 11:00 a.m. fished until 2:00 p.m. caught close to 20 Trout with Pin Fish under a Cajun & released all I caught, I was just having a blast. ( from) Bill Slaughter, Valdosta & Keaton Beach

By the way Bill's boat was the only boat we saw Sunday......most folks turned tail and ran home, afraid to fish in the 20-25 knot w-i-n-d Sunday?

Keaton Beach Fishing Report October 28-29 2011

The cooler temperatures, which dropped the Gulf's water temperature down 10-15 degrees in a couple of days, slowed the trout for some folks; yet gave others a better focus of where to search and they brought in some fine trout caught on plugs and Assassin plastic, as well as Gulp, over the weekend. I saw two boats with limits of trout, including Dion Knight who had a limit of trout and one red for he and his wife, Julie on Sunday. They fished live pinfish under Cajun Thunders to land their fish. I fished, while I caught bait Sunday, and in less than two hours had five trout, also on live pinfish under Cajuns, from 3.5 - 4 feet of water.

The water temperatures had come back up five or so degrees, on Monday, from Saturday morning's low of 67 degrees; so I would expect some great fishing this weekend if the conditions are favorable.

Saturday, Cal Beanblossom and Glen Ford of Sylvester, Ga. had a limit of trout in 3 - 4 feet of water, despite motor problems, and caught fish on Bite-A-Bait fighters( including two over 20") and on live shrimp and live pinfish under Cajuns.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

10/22 Patricia and Durl Baldree of Lenox, Ga. had 9 trout, 2 blues and 8 BSB fishing with Pearl White and New Penny Gulp in 6 -7 feet of water

10/23 Jim Parker and Ben Auldig of Thomasville, Ga. had their limit of ten trout and one redfish while fishing with live pinfish and New Penny Gulp under Cajun Thunders

in 3 - 4 feet water.

10/23 Jason and Tracey Henely of Gray, Ga. had 10 trout, 11 BSB and 3 Spanish bouncing New Penny Gulp in 6 - 7 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 10/21-22/2011

WOW!!! What a great Week! We caught fish all week on my One More Cast charters on a little of everything, but mostly on live pinfish under Cajuns. We took trout and reds on plugs and on Assassin Sea shads bounced on an 1.8 oz. Pro Elite jig head. We caught trout, reds, black sea bass, blues, Spanish Mackerel & flounder, for the cooler and threw back sail cats, hard head cats, ladyfish, sharks, lizardfish, and a short cobia as well.

I had limits of trout for my charters on 7 of the 8 days I fished and we had seven trout and 18 black sea bass on the off day! Reds were plentiful early last week and scarce by Monday of this week? We are catching a bunch of nice Black Sea Bass to 13' as well. 4 - 6 feet seems to be the best for me.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

10/12 Tom Vafias and Steve Henderson of Tifton, Ga. had 10 trout on" gulp soaked baits" "straight" in 5 - 6 feet of water.

10/14 Pat Barbaree of Perry Florida had one trout 2 reds one keeper on live shirmp c&r a 30" red also.

Mike Mash of Perry Fl. had 5 trout and a red from 3-5 feet of water using live pinfish under a Cajun.

Craig and Sherry Fletcher with Bill Wright, all of Keaton Beach had 11 trout and two reds using live shrimp under a Cajun Thunder from 3 - 4 feet of water.

10/16 Karen and Eddie Brown, of Tifton, Ga. had a Pompano, 9 trout and 12 black sea bass fishing with glow Gulp in 5.5 feet of water.

offshore:

10/15The Crumps of Valdosta,Ga took 1 grouper and three hog fish and had a Big Pile of BSB and Pink Mouth grunts from 50 feet of water

that's it! Let's Go Fishing!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report October 14-15 2011

I wish I had all the results of the Elks Tourney, but alas I simply wasn't able to collect them up in time.

I can however give you one, or rather two, of the winners... as Billy Pillow and I won the red-trout portion of the tournament? I was as surprised as anyone, as I didn't think 9.4 pounds was going to be enough to win the thing? Billy and I decided to fish the tourney two weeks ago and when we saw the 20 - 25 knot forecast, decided to only fish for the 5-slot trout category figuring plugging for BIG trout and reds would be tougher than tough in those conditions! Did I mention it was an East w-i-n-d? Well Billy caught trout all day including a 19",18",17" and a a few 16" trout and I finally contributed a 19.5 inch trout with bait (after throwing plugs of all descriptions for over three hours without a keeper.) Reds ? Reds were easy as Billy caught a 26" red after an hour or so of fishing and quickly added another 23 incher. He threw back three more keeper reds and I actually caught and threw back another 24" red. We had less than an hour 'til the tide was to stop and Billy brought in a 24+" trout. So, we quit at 1:30 as the w-i-n-d stepped it up to 25 knots when the tide flipped. We weighed in around 2:15 p.m went home to watch football, then found out later we had actually won the red-trout and came in fourth, with 9.6 pounds, just out of the money, in the five slot-trout category? Billy threw back a dozen 15+ inch trout, during the day, to go with the nine keepers we brought in? We had a great time and got a bonus of winning some coin to boot. By the way, We caught all our fish on live pinfish under Cajun Thunders! Every last one of them! Thanks to the Perry Elks Club and to Keaton Beach Marina for the Tournament!

"Fished with Milt Johnson Fri (10/7) and Sat (10/8) morning. Got blown / rained out Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Caught a limit of trout and a few BSB Friday. Saturday we picked up 4 red fish with 2 that we kept and a few nice trout. Had several trout in the 15-16" range. Milt picked up a nice 29" red early on a MirroMinnow, I believe in the "18" color. Picked up a blue, couple of trout, and several ladies on the same lure. Most of the trout fell to pinfish, but we also picked up a few on New Penny Gulp all under a Cajun. Our bite Friday came in 5'-6', Saturday in 3'-4'." from David Bosch of Tifton, Ga.

I took Larry and Stephen Cook of Powder Springs, Ga. out Tuesday ( 10/11) and we got their limit of trout and three reds ( we threw back three more keeper reds) Larry caught the largest trout on a Bronze Renegade, and two reds on an electric chicken Renegade, but the balance of our fish came from live pinfish rigged under a Cajun Thunder. we fished from 2.5 - 4.5 feet of water on the rising tide.

Peng Chee, also of Tifton, Ga. with his buddy Robert Wright of Lubbock, Texas. ( Heck fire folks, I thought "Lubbock" Texas was just a made-up name from Hollywood?) fished Tuesday, October 11th and had his ten trout while fishing with live pinfish under Cajuns from 4.5-5.5 feet of water.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

10/5-6 Bobby Whitehead and John Hardwick of Tifton, Ga. had 16 trout to 19' using Gulp in 6.5 feet of water.

10/5-6 Ken McMillan, Bill Ivey, and Zach Goss, of Atlanta, Ga. had 30 trout to 22" for their two-day limit. They also landed a 38" red they released... reluctantly.. all while fishing with Assassin's Electric chicken sea shads and Gulp in New Penny.

10/8 Drew Ruttinger and family had 7 trout to 21" using pinfish and live shrimp under Cajun Thunders in 4 - 7 ft of water. (sorry, I do not know where the Ruttingers are from? But I would bet it wasn't Lubbock, Texas!)

Now, some very sad news.

Mrs. Vera Shiver of Mayo, Florida passed from this grand green earth Sunday,10/9/11. I miss her already and will always remember her boundless energy, her extraordinary memory, her marvelous cooking, her remarkable endurance, her immutable patience, her amiable attitude, her steadfast spirit, her gracious generosity and as Joyce said immediately upon hearing the sad, sad news, "her warm and wonderful smile."

" Vera, the world is a smaller place now, without you in it, oh and by the way, How does St. Peter like your biscuits?"

Keaton Beach Fishing Report 10/7-8/2011

The trout have been taking Assassin Sea shads, DOA shrimp, Berkley Gulp and live shrimp and pinfish under Cajuns from 3 - 6 feet of water. Offshore grouper, grunts, and black sea bass have all been cooperative.

here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

9/29 Mike O'Field of Homosassa Springs and Ray Carlile of O'Brien, Florida had their limit of trout while fishing with Assassin Cantaloupe sea shads and live pinfish under Cajuns in 3 - 6 feet of water.

9/30 Mike O'Field used a White DOA Shrimp and Assassin Sea shads to land four trout from 3 feet of water.

10/1 Jacob Pope, Gabe Stone and Natalie Davis of Monticello, Fl. had 9 trout, a flounder and several black sea bass using live shrimp and Gulp under Cajuns in 3 - 4 feet of water.

10/2 - 3 Bill and Mark Harrison of Winder, Ga. had their limit of trout, both days, throwing a bone "Spook" in 4 - 6 feet of water.

offshore:

9/29 Ray Horn John Block and Paul Hudson of Gainesville Florida had three keeper red grouper, some Big Black Sea Bass and a slew of pink mouth grunts from 37 -62 feet of water on sardines and squid.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report October 1

Trout fishing picked up nicely, over the weekend, at least for those fishing the top of the incoming tide.

Saturday Ray Carlile and I had nine trout to 24.5 "and two keeper reds while fishing with live pinfish under a Cajun in 4 - 4.5 feet of water.

We caught them all in under two hours

I took Jimmy Douglas, Sammy Tolle and Matt Rodgers all of Homerville, Ga. out and we brought in 17 trout, three Spanish, two reds, and five black sea bass. We had three keeper trout taken on FishBite's Extreme Release pink Jerkshads under a Cajun, while the balance of our fish came in on live pinfish and pigfish rigged under a Cajun. We fished 4-5.5 feet of water. we had two Spanish and three blacks after two and a half hours then caught most of our fish in a two hour period in the second half of the incoming tide.

Here are a few reports from Keaton Beach Marina.

9/23-24

Mack Willis and Bucky Crenshaw of Sylvester, Ga. had their limit of trout for two days, while fishing with Assassin's Candy Corn and New Penny Sea Shads from 4 feet of water

9/24

Debbie and William Gaskins of Warner Robins, Ga. had 6 trout over 18" fishing New Penny and Pearl White Gulp under a Cajun Thunder from 5 feet of water.

Randy Davis, Davis Jones and Tyler Walker of Worth County, Ga. had 6 trout using live pinfish under Cajuns in 4 - 6 feet of water

Jordan Dale of Keaton Beach had 2 trout from 7 feet of water using Nuclear Chicken Gulp.

9/25

Jordan Dale and Austin Amundson had 2 trout over 20" using topwater in 4 - 6 feet of water.

Mike O'Field of Homosassa Springs, Fl. came up for the week and started off grand with a limit of trout from 4 - 4.5 feet (with trout one over 20") using Assassin's Cantaloupe Sea Shads. Then Tuesday, Mike limited out again, this time with Assassin's Cantaloupe and the NEW "Pink Ghost" colored sea shad in 3 - 3.5 feet of water.

That's it!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report September 24-25 2011

Trout have begun to be more cooperative of late with limits getting easier to come by. Live pinfish and Berkley Gulp took most of the fish at Keaton last week from 3 - 6 feet of water. A few reds also came in, which is more than we had been seeing after the two storms early in the month stirred the water up.

Saturday ( 9-17) I took Tom Kisamore of Perry,Fl. with Lavon and Anthony Shiver of Thomasville, Ga. out and we brought in 15 trout, two Spanish, a blue and an 8 -9 lb. Jack Crevalle. The jacks were busting bait, under the birds, with the blues and we lost quite a few rigs tossing live pinfish under Cajuns at the foray. We caught our trout in 4 - 6 feet of water.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

9/13 Charlie Spivey, and Junior Berry of Keaton Beach, Fl. had a limit of trout using Cherry Seed Gulp in 8 - 10 feet of water.

9/16 Ron and Carolyn Cadle of Live Oak, Fl. had 5 trout, 4 rock bass and two reds with Gulp in 4 - 5 feet of water.

9/17 Mike, Michael and Amanda Delk of Tifton, Ga. had 5 trout, 3 reds to 24" Oh, and one red was caught on a size #12 hook while trying to catch pinfish!

The rest of the Delk's fish came in on Gulp in 3 - 5 feet of water.

9/18 Bill Rodgers, Larry Whitt and Michael O'Grady of Moultrie, Ga had 20 trout to 19.5" Friday and Saturday, using live pinfish under Cajuns in 3 - 6 feet of water.

Scallop Season ends Sunday.......with a whimper.....

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Sept 16 -17 2011

We had some nice trout; but found the reds scarce since Saturday, as I took Joyce's Dad, Dick B. and cousin Larry Brezinski of Chicagoland out fishing three days. We had 11, 9 and 10 trout for the trips and couldn't round up a red for the three days? We caught all our fish on live pinfish under Cajuns in 5.5 - 6.5 feet of water on the rising tide. Most days we couldn't beg a drift for three hours in the a.m. and managed to salvage our days in the afternoon with a little breeze finally.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

9/9 Travis and Dallas Ingram of Tifton, Ga. had their limit of trout with one over 20" and a nice Spanish Mackerel, while using Renegade plugs in less than 7 feet of water.

Lonnie and Charles Combass, of Jasper, Florida tried live shrimp and cut bait in 4 - 5 feet of water and bested 8 trout and a couple of rock bass.

Tom Vafias and Steve Henderson of Tifton, Ga caught 19 trout, with two over 20", a 22" redfish and a rock bass fishing with Gulp Nuclear Chicken and New Penny in feet of water Friday and Saturday.

9/10 Paul Wilson and Family from Valdosta, Ga. had 11 trout and 3 reds using live pinfish under Cajuns in 3 feet of water Saturday.

Theresa and Randy Bozeman with Dana Williams of Hahira, Ga. had 12 trout, a dozen or so black sea bass, 2 reds and one Sp. Mackerel all using Berkley Gulp New Penny in 3 - 5 feet of water.

Jim and Ginger Hightower of Valdosta,Ga. hung a 100 plus pound Tarpon and fought in 40 minutes ( on a 4" gulp shrimp under a Cajun) from 6 feet of water

9/11 Champ and Tammy Klein of Ormond Beach, Fla. had a 20" blue in 4 - 5 feet of water using Pearl White Gulp.

Haven't seen many scallops this week?

Keaton Beach Fishing Report September 9 -10

Well... o.k. H. "Irene" not "Emily" sorry for the mistake last week?

Not many folks got to do much over the holiday weekend at Keaton, after Saturday anyway, due to "T.S. Lee" however Ray Carlile of McAlpin, Fl. and I fished Friday and caught 8 trout in four hours with one just over 24". Believe it or not, at one time (for over an hour) we had no w-i-n-d whatsoever, despite a NOAA forecast of 15+ knots? We caught all our trout in 4.5 - 5.5 feet of water, from 1:45 p.m. til 4:00 p.m. using live pinfish under Cajun Thunders. No reds, however we didn't fish the hi tide, which was just after 6 p.m. Friday.

This report, albeit brief, from Dave Bosch of Tifton, Ga. who fished with Cheng and Calvin Pee, also of Tifton. "Fished with Peng and Calvin. Wound up with 10 trout and one nice Redfish. Had a few more good-ones escape our hooks. We had our best bite on the rising tide, in the afternoon in 4' of water, on pinfish and Cajuns."

Here are two reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

8/28 The Walker Wainwright Family of Reynolds, Ga. had 18 trout from 4 - 8 ft. of water while using Gulp.

8/29 Junior and Jake Berry of Perry, Florida had 5 trout and 5 Black Sea Bass from 7 - 8 feet of water bouncing Berkley Gulp

That's it this week ...maybe next week's weather will allow us to fish and scallop at Keaton Beach!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report Labor Day Weekend 2011

This "Last Hurray" or as many would have it be ( not I) i.e. Labor Day Weekend is instead, just the beginning of Great Fall fishing for me and my One More Cast charters.

Reds have begun schooling up already, as last week witnessed several boats, including mine, releasing multiple reds after catching their limit. Trout fishing was still good despite high winds on the outer edge of H. Emily.

Friday, I took Billy Pillow, of Woods 'N Water Fishing Team fame, out and we brought back 8 trout with two over 20", a 24" red and two Spanish. The w-i-n-d was blowing around 10 - 12 miles an hour most of the day. We caught all our fish in less than 2 hours while coming up empty earlier in the tide.

Reds were blasting our Cajun Thunders and the baits under them Saturday, as Ray Carlile and I caught and released four reds, with one just over the slot, in less than an hour's time. The trout turned on during the same drift, as well, giving us a limit in less than 45 minutes! Ray's largest was a 24" trout which ate a pinfish in 5.5 feet of water. We were fishing with live pigfish and pinfish under Cajuns in 15 -18 knot w-i-n-ds, Saturday and the fish were loving it! We lost one rig entirely to the reds and another Cajun rig? well they just released the red( broke him off) and mangled the Cajun up like you ran over it with the truck! When you have two over-the-slot reds tugging on both ends of your rig something has to give? We had already kept two reds up to 26" on another drift and moved over to a hump just to check things out, when the school of larger reds attacked! It's a blast!

Scallopers were disappointed with murky waters associated with the Northwest and West w-i-n-d-s up to 18-20 knots over the weekend. Things should lay down nicely and the water clear up considerably by Labor Day Weekend and the Gulf waters at Keaton Beach will yield a bunch more scallops, albeit from 5 - 8 feet of water still.

Remember to be SAFE!

oh and FLY YOUR DIVE FLAGS! It's the LAW !

Keaton Beach Fishing Report August 26 - 27

Between showers a few folks have gone fishing. A few more were scalloping.

these two reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

8/18 Keith and Lisa Hodges of Valdosta, Ga. had 8 trout one red and 5 black sea bass using New Penny Gulp in 5 ft . of water

8/19 Keith & Lisa had 6 trout and one red on New Penny Gulp from 5 feet again on Friday.

I went scalloping twice this week and the scallops are larger and the meat ( muscle) is larger as well. Best yield I can recall.

Joyce and I got our scallop limit Tuesday 8/23 from 3.5 - 5.5 feet of water. We saw an 18" flounder and a 25" - 26" red, while we were snorkeling and that is only the third red I have swam up on in 20 years of scalloping off Taylor County's coast.

The scallops were delicious, bacon/wrapped on a bamboo skewer; then grilled with a very light coating barbecue sauce on them?

What a great finish to a great day on the water from Keaton Beach. Very few boats out there, what with school started back up in Ga. and Fla.

That's it.....Remember to fly your dive flags! IT"S THE LAW!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report August 19 - 20

Trout fishing has improved this past week with the rains and cooler weather knocking the water temps down and the higher tides and stronger currents adding oxygen to the equation. Live pinfish under Cajuns seemed to be the ticket for success in 4 - 6 feet of water. A few reds were caught mixed in with the trout; yet bit in 3.5 - 4 ft.

Last Thursday, I had Billy Pillow on board and he landed 8 of our 10 trout in just over and hour on two drifts. I managed two of our trout. We caught them all on live pinfish and pigfish under Cajuns in 5.5 - 6 feet of water.

Friday, I took Jared Singletary of Thomasville, Ga. out with Hartley Holton and Alan Davis of Horseshoe Plantation of Tallahassee and we brought back ten trout, a red and a couple of Black Sea Bass. We fished with live pinfish and pigfish under Cajun Thunders in 4.5 -6.5 feet of water. Hartley jumped a Tarpon on a little 2.5" pinfish while searching for a red; but it sawed through his thirty pound leader in less than 10 minutes?

From David Bosch of Tifton, Ga.

"Fished Saturday (8/13) with Peng and Calvin (Chee also of Tifton) We wound up with a limit of trout and enough scallops for an appetizer.

fished topwater plugs 'til I got aggravated with the grass, got some interest early... but no hookups. Fished Gulps off the bottom for a while, finally had to give them what they wanted (pins under Thunders). Did cut a few open and they were full of shrimp. I guess from the full moon and nighttime shrimp feast? Did our best in 4' - 5' slightly stained water from around 1 - 3 (p.m.) last of the rise. Caught one short red out there, which caught us by surprise. Water temps still 87-92(degrees)" DB

Billy Pillow and I fished Tuesday, August 16 and had 10 trout from 6.5 - 5 feet of water, all on one long drift from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. while fishing with live pinfish and pigfish under Cajuns we had two trout almost 20" long. Then we left that spot and tried for a red, the first bait Billy threw out, on a shortened Cajun Thunder rig (24" total vs. 38" we were using earlier) in 3.2 feet of water yielded a 21" trout, which I shook off the hook. My second bait yielded a trout near 4 pounds and that one too, I shook off. Then Billy caught another trout over 20" and he shook it off the hook without handling it as well. Finally, after a couple of catfish, he hooked up and landed a 21" red ; so one more bait each and we quit to go catch bait for my Wednesday charter. Oh yeah, we had three keeper black sea bass from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. at another spot.

Scallopers are still "deep sea diving" in 6 -10 feet of water for scallops yet finding the size of the shells and the meat is larger (this to be expected from an organism which only lives an average of 12 -16 months) now that the scallops have made it to August. If a scallop egg was deposited on the flats in early June of 2010, then it would be would be 14 months old about now. Smaller scallops picked up earlier in the year were probably late-bloomers and were "born" in September 2010 and were only 10 - 11 months old when harvested in June or July 2011. 4 months is a long time, if you only live to be 12-16 months old.

Let's Go Fishing!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report August 12 -13, 2011

Thursday, Billy Pillow and I ( Billy mostly) had 9 trout and three black sea bass fishing with live pinfish under Cajuns from 6.5 - 4.5 feet of water.

Friday, I had Jared and Shannon Larson on board and they managed 8 trout and a black sea bass. We also fished with live pinfish and pigfish under Cajuns in 5 - 7 feet of water.

here are two reports e-mailed to me this week

"Pat, My name is Mark Moneyhan and I am from Perry.(Florida) Saturday, August 6, 2011, my grandson, Mark Alan, and I were trout fishing off Keaton Beach in 10.5' of water. We were fishing with Gulp's New Penny 4" and 3" and Gulp's Pearl White 3". We started catching fish at 9:50 a.m. We caught 39 trout with 9 keepers and 17 sand sharks from 18" to 24". We also caught 3 black sea bass, 2 sail catfish, 3 hard head catfish and 3 grunts, all on 4 packs of Gulps. We straight line fished jigging off the bottom with no floats. We quit fishing at 2:45 p.m. and the fish were still biting. Total fish landed - 67." Thanks, Mark Moneyhan

Great report and Great Fun too I imagine!

Hey Pat, Took Jason and Lisa Adams of Warner Robins, Ga out Saturday, August 6th. 93 degree + water temps. No wind. Caught 13 trout, including Jason's big 26-1/2" 4.8 lb gator. Sunday, couldn't get a bite. Oh, everything on Saturday was caught on live pinfish in 6 feet of water, of course. Thanks, Mike Johnson (Macon, Ga).

Here are a couple of scalloping reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

8/4-5 John Morris of Ga. had a limit of scallops fro his boat for two days from 5-6 " of water on lo tide.

8/5 Lovie Marino of Jacksonville, Florida had a limit of scallops for his crew in 8 feet of water.

Keaton Beach Fishing Report August 5 - 6 2011

Trout were a bit sluggish, until the top of the tide, for Jason and Kim Johnson of Tallahassee, who fished with me Saturday and landed 9 trout and a black sea bass despite a 105 degree heat index and no breeze whatsoever, for over three hours! We fished live pigfish and pinfish under Cajun Thunders to land our fish from 5.5 to 6.5 feet of water. The best bite was from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. I caught two trout on Precision Tackle's Cajun Flash spinnerbaits with a copper blade and an Assassin "cantaloupe" colored sea shad tail.

The reds have been tough to find despite the high tides of this past weekend. Reports of some out-sized ( over the slot) reds being seen and caught earlier in the week came from a few sources; but I have yet to run into this school/schools of fish. Trout will continue to like the last two hours of the incoming tide for their best feed period.

here are some scallop reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

Jay Crosby of Withlacoochee, Ga. had a limit for those on his boat from 8 feet of water. 7/30

Raymond Nadenik of Crescent City Florida had a limit of scallops on his boat 6 -8 ft. 7/30

Kamp and Cooper families from Green Cove Springs, Florida had their limit of scallops 8 ft. 7/31

Keaton Beach Fishing Report July 29-30

Trout fishing slowed ,with the slimmer tides last weekend, yet should pick up this week as we approach the new moon on Saturday night.

I had eleven trout, a Spanish and three Black Sea bass for Zack Cook, Nathan Alexander and Makensie Bruce of Woodstock, Ga. Wednesday, July 21. We caught our fish on Live pinfish & pigfish under Cajun Thunders from 5.5 - 6.5 feet of water.

"Hey Pat, went on a trout/scallop trip sat. Had my son Michael and grandson, Bailey on board the Hammer knocker III. We had seven trout and one Spanish by 12:00. Largest trout was 24 in. Had a boat limit of scallops in 45 minutes in seven foot of water."
Thanks Mike King( Thomasville, Ga.)

The Cadle family of Live Oak, Florida, reported to the marina, they went offshore on 7/24 and brought back pinkmouths, black sea bass,& a flounder while using cut bait and pinfish for bait.

Here are some scallop reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

7/21 Devogt family of Valdosta, Ga. had their limit of scallops Thursday and Sunday

7/21 Shane Kelly family of Ft. Myers had a limit of scallops from 6 feet of water

7/22 Koller and Faloon families of Orlando had their limits from 5 - 6 feet of water

7/22 John Cone family of Lake City had 4.5 gallons of scallops and a ton of fun from 4 feet of water.

7/23 Heidi Hess family of Tampa had a blast scalloping in 5 feet of water

Remember to FLY YOUR DIVE FLAGS! It's the LAW!

Keaton Beach Fishing report July 22-23

Boy, we have caught great fish with some great folks all week.

Sunday, I had Roy Pate and Ann Chambers of Moultrie, Ga out and we had a great trip with eight trout, three black sea bass and two reds. Roy had a 27" red and Ann caught her first-ever redfish!

Tuesday, I took Nathan Alexander, Makensie Bruce and Zach Cook, all of Woodstock, Ga and we caught nine trout, a red, three blues, four black Sea Bass, and two mackerel. Makensie caught her first-ever speckled trout, a whopping 24", 4.2 pound beauty! We had four trout over 20" as well. We fished live pogies, pigfish and pinfish under Cajuns in 4.5 - 6.5 feet of water to land this menagerie of fish.

The following folks ( as well as quite a few more, whom I don't have names) had limits of scallops for three days straight while staying at Keaton Beach Marina:

The Onsgard family & the Keen family from west Florida, and the Johnson family from Central Florida.

Scallops continue to stay deep with most folks getting them from 6-10 feet of water.

Remember to Fly your Dive Flags ...It' the LAW!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report July 15th

You gotta catch the weather right and then you can get some trout....Thunderstorms have kept most off the water and then afterwards, the lack of any breeze whatsoever has taken the bite away the rest of the time. Fish with live pinfish under Cajun Thunders in 5 - 7 feet of water for best results.

We had some w-i-n-d for just under an hour Monday and caught a nice 19" and 23" trout for our trouble Monday, then struggled with no breeze for the remainder of the day. We caught our trout on live pinfish under Cajun in 5.5 feet of water.

Here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

7/8 Bob and Laney Stetson & Michael Logan of Lakeland, Florida had 12 trout after picking up their limit of scallops in 6 -7 feet of water

7/8 Paul and Macie Gunn of Tampa, Fl. had their limit of scallops from 7.5 - 8.5 feet of water

7/10 The Leander Family of Live Oak had their limit of scallops from 5 - 6 feet of water

7/10 Dennis and Trey Wright with Mark Hawke and Will Bush of Albany, Ga. had 20 trout and one 21" red while using live pinfish under Cajun Thunders

in 5 feet of water from 7:00 a.m. til 9:30 a.m.

Scallop Report: As of yet, the scallops remain out deep with most folks, who are limiting out, diving down in 5 -10 feet of water to the "south". Perhaps the warmer-than-usual water temperatures have kept the scallops well offshore of their regular hangouts?

Remember: If you do go, Fly YOUR Dive Flags! It's the LAW!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report July 8 -9 2011

Trout have been a bit tough with the hot Hot HOT water temps of late, what with no afternoon rains to cool things off a bit. I haven't seen a redfish in six trips? But the mullet are two miles off the hill jumping in 6 - 7 feet of water! I guess also looking for some relief from the heat? Live pinfish fished in 5 - 6.5 feet of water, under Cajun Thunders, continue to catch the most trout for my charters. Some folks are bouncing Assassin plastic in Electric Chicken, Cantaloupe, and Sand Trout patterns in 6 - 8 feet of water and landing some good trout to 24".

I took Billy Pillow with me on Thursday, June 30th to scout the trout while I caught bait and he landed 6 keepers to 20" in under an hour and a half on live pinfish under Cajuns.

Friday, I had eight nice trout, six blues and a black sea bass for Sam Tawfik of Irmo, South Carolina who was treating his wife's 88 year old Aunt Jessie to a day of fishing. She had a blast and we caught some fine ones!

Saturday, we had nine trout despite shortening our day to four-and-a-half hours, as one of my clients got a little too hot? (He forgot his hat) Folks you have to take this heat seriously and wear a hat and drink one bottle of water-per-hour to stay hydrated!

Here are some scallop reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

The Russ Knight boat from Perry, Fl. had their limit Sunday 7/3

Jay Ricketson's boat of Perry Fl. had their limit as well. 7/3

Jimmy Frostick boat, also of Perry, had their boat's limit as well. 7/3

The Sean Tobin family from Winter Park, Florida had their limit on Sunday and Monday.

Hey, I didn't hear of any injuries or fatalities and I think that is outstanding

considering how many folks were down at the water this past July Fourth Weekend!

Congratulations...and Stay Careful out there..

....and Remember to Fly your DIVE FLAGS! It's the LAW!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report July Fourth Weekend!

Well, the thunderstorms not withstanding, folks still managed to fish and scallop throughout last weekend and on through the week. Live pinfish fished under Cajuns are still catching my charters trout while the fish seemed to have moved on out to 6 - 6.5 feet of water. Some Spanish and black sea bass are mixed in with the trout while blues, sharks and catfish keep you on your toes as well.

I took Jared Singletary from Thomasville, Ga. out with a party of three, Monday and we brought back 12 trout, a five pound Spanish, and a couple of black sea bass. Bo Taylor jumped a 90 -100 lb Tarpon and had him on for almost two hours. The 10 lb. test line finally parted, but Bo said he got the best of the old tarpon anyway!

Scallop Report: John and Leigh Turner had their daughter, Lindsey, and her husband Jody Campbell, all of Auburn, Ga. out for scallops over the weekend and they got their limit both days. Jody reported they took three hours to find two gallons; then found a good bunch of them and finished their limit, 6 more gallons, in under an hour, Saturday. Then Sunday this group had their 8 gallons in just over an hour. "South" is all I know of as to where?

Seems "South" was the key as no one reported having found many scallops around Keaton and Dekle Beach proper. I saw a dozen boats around Dekle, Sunday...but I can't say if they were having any success? Most of the folks who had a limit were scalloping below Grassy Isle, like John and Jackie Moody of Ocala, who got their limit, for three days, from Sat.- Mon. "down south"

July Fourth Weekend will be a circus here at Keaton, BUT don't think you have to be a clown...there will be enough of them already!

Slow Down and don't be in such a hurry with so many folks ( and children) in the water. Give plenty of distance to pass by snorkelers

and stop 100 yds. before you think you need to. Boats don't have brakes!

And Remember!

FLY YOUR DIVE FLAGS! It's the LAW!

Be Careful and Watch out for those Thunderstorms!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 24 - 25

Trout were easier last week, what with the tide between the moons this week and with very little tide flow. Trout are somewhat lethargic as water temps continue to go up and the west winds pin the HOT dark water against the hill to the North. I saw mullet jumping 2 miles offshore, Tuesday. Guess they are looking for some relief from the heat as well? Live pinfish and pigfish continue to catch trout rigged under Cajuns and fished in 5 - 7 feet of water. A bunch of tiny, baby sharks including 10' - 12" blacktips are making live bait a chore of late...as are Sailcats! Not many reds being caught, at least not reported anyway?

We had 12 nice trout Saturday, for Billy and Amy Pearson of Valdosta, Ga with a 4.6 lb trout 24.5 " long for Billy. We fished live pins and pigs in 4.5 - 6.5 feet of water. Man it was hot as we had zero breeze for the first three hours!

here are some reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

6/18 Kellie Young of Perry, Fl. and 2 trout( 25" and 18") using live pinfish under a Cajun Thunder in 12 ft. of water.

6/19 Champ and Tammy Klein of Ormond Beach, Florida had 6 trout using Gulp Pearl in 6.5 feet of water.

6/19-20 Mike Johnson and Pamela Skimmer from Macon, Ga. had their limit of ten trout each day using live pinfish and shiner tails under Thunders in 5 feet of water .

6/19-20 Enoch and Clyde Johns of Wray, Ga. had their limit of ten trout, both days, in 4.5 - 6.5 feet of water using live pinfish under Cajun Thunders

Here are the results from Rhoda Moehring, organizer of the Nauti-Girls tourney, held last week in Steinhatchee: "Well the Ladies took off again on Sat. and fished the day away. Here are the winners: Redfish: 1st. Manny Altman 6.85#. 2nd, Rebecca Durden 6.35# and 3rd Debbie Evans 6.30# Madonna Otto won most spots on redfish with 4 spots. Trout: 1st. Place Manny Altman 5.95#, Jennifer Walko 3.85 # and 3rd. place Elaine Huss 3.50 # plus boat bonus. Redfish boat bonus was Debbie Evans. Largest Ladyfish Sherry Riddle 2.30#."

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 17-18, 2011

Trout were cooperating nicely 'til Monday and the front? or whatever that was, came through, shut them off for us, then, Tuesday things cranked right back up. Trout are eating live pinfish rigged 32" under the larger 2.5" oval Cajun Thunder Floats fished in 4.5 - 6 feet of water. Blues, flounder, black sea bass and an occasional Tarpon will also take your live fish offerings in Keaton Beach waters. The floating grass is making it very difficult to throw any artificials for trout. Thunder-Spins and Cajun Flash spinnerbait continue to take keeper reds in 2-3.5 feet of water right on top of the hi tide. The copper bladed spinnerbaits have taken more fish as of late.

Saturday, I took Sonny Lockhart of Warner Robins, Ga. out with his son and daughter-in law and we caught 11 trout, with three over 20" long and one black sea bass. We fished live pinfish under Cajuns. We were needing more breeze most of the day.

I had 15 trout and one nice 24" red for Tya and Shane Camp of Hahira, Ga. on Sunday, while using live pinfish under Cajuns in 4 - 6 feet of water. Tya caught the red on a Copper-bladed Thunder-Spin spinnerbait with a Cantaloupe-colored Assassin Sea Shad. We had three trout over 21" long as well.

I then followed that trip with only three measly trout for six hours fishing on Monday. The Northwest w-i-n-d came up and sat on us around 12-15 knots and everything just shut down.

But, then Tuesday, we used live pinfish under Cajun Thunders, again, to land 12 trout, (three over 20") an 18" flounder, three Black Sea Bass and one Blue for Bill and Melinda Blanton of Tallahassee, Florida. Bill jumped a 90 -100 pound tarpon for three spectacular jumps and about a 5 second show! We caught our trout in 4-5 - 5.5 feet of water.

Here are two reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

6/8 Jimmy Douglas, Sonny Rigdon and Merrin Bennett of Homerville, Ga. had 15 trout with three over 20" from 4.5 - 5.5 feet of water using live pinfish under Cajun Thunders.

6-11,12 Two father and son teams, George and Parker Davis with Rob and Zachary Jamison, all of Woodstock, Ga. had 16 trout and 24 black sea bass while bouncing Gulp in 7 feet of water on Saturday and Sunday.

that's all!

Hey! Don't Forget the second annual Nauti-Girls Ladies Fishing Tournament is THIS Saturday, June 18, 7:00 to 4:30

$30.00 entry fee. Weigh-in is at the Estuary in Steinhatchee.

Prizes include, Top three Trout : $350, $250, $150 as well as identical prize money for the top three reds.

Hey the Redfish with the MOST SPOTS wins $200 !

$100 BONUS for all prizes won on boats with Ladies ONLY on board

Captains Meeting for the Ladies is at the Estuary Dock, Friday, June 17, from 6:30 -9:30 p.m. admission with Tournament ticket only.

for more information: contact Rhoda Moehring at moehring@bellsouth.net

or call Sea Hag marina at 352-498-3008 or River Haven Marina at 352-498-0709 for tickets and information!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report June 10-11 2011

Trout fishing has been Speck-Tackle-Lure !

Wow! We had 20 trout weighing 44.8 Pounds, Saturday for J.P. Johnson, Wade Miller and Seth Dozier of Tifton, Ga. Their first trip out with me! J.P landed his largest trout ever, a 4.4 pound gator 25" long and Seth caught his largest ever, a 26" , 5.2 pound Sow Trout ! Both these fish ate Live Pigfish under Cajuns in 4.5 - 5.5. feet of water right on top of the hi tide!

Monday, I took David Ellis, his 12 year old grandson, David Ellis with his Uncle Don Ellis of Gainesville, Fla. out and we caught 16 trout with four over 20" long The rain shortened our trip, but we had a great box of trout! We caught them all on live pinfish under Cajuns in 4 - 5.5 feet of water.

Tuesday, I had Keith Humphrey and Tony Giddens of Lakeland, Georgia out and they also caught their largest-ever trout with a 23" trout for Keith and a 22.5" fish for Tony. We had 15 trout with three over 20" and a nice 24" redfish (Tony's first) caught on a Thunder-Spin spinnerbait, with a cantaloupe Assassin Sea shad tail in 3 feet of water. I actually caught one 18" trout bouncing the same color, cantaloupe, while Keith and Tony caught the balance of our trout on live pinfish and pigfish rigged under Cajuns in 5.5 - 6.5 ft. of water.

Hey Pat , went offshore, Friday in 65 to 75 ft. On the Hammerknocker II . Had a boat limit of snapper,(three on board) all were 22 to 30 in. Four red grouper to 24 in. Was finished fishing by 12:00. Thanks, Mike King ( Thomasville, Ga.)

Hey Pat, While fishing up there this weekend, catching our limit (trout)Saturday, we managed to hook onto a tarpon, about 5 foot. Fought him for 45 minutes or more on 10 lb. line , not sure who was wearing out more , but he managed to break the line. Dion Knight

These reports from Keaton Beach Marina:

6/4 John Keglor of Valdosta, Ga. had 2 trout a 26" and a 27.5 " fish ( wonder which one did he release?) using an Assassin Candy Corn sea shad in 7 feet of water.

6/4 Andrew Castardi of Marietta, Ga. had his five trout using "mullet tail and shrimp his largest trout was 25"

6/5,6 Mike Johnson, Robert Pic and Jeff Johnson of Macon, Ga. had 30 trout for two days of fishing using live pinfish under Cajun Thunders from 4.5 - 5 feet of water.

Hey! Don't Forget the second annual Nauti-Girls Ladies Fishing Tournament is Saturday, June 18, 7:00 to 4:30

$30.00 entry fee. Weigh-in is at the Estuary in Steinhatchee.

Prizes include, Top three Trout : $350, $250, $150 as well as identical prize money for the top three reds.

Hey the Redfish with the MOST SPOTS wins $200 !

$100 BONUS for all prizes won on boats with Ladies ONLY on board

Captains Meeting for the Ladies is at the Estuary Dock, Friday, June 17, from 6:30 -9:30 p.m. admission with Tournament ticket only.

for more information: contact Rhoda Moehring at moehring@bellsouth.net

or call Sea Hag marina at 352-498-3008 or River Haven Marina at 352-498-0709 for tickets and information!

Keaton Beach Fishing Report.... June 3-4

Well, the trout fishing couldn't get much better as Ed Thomas, of TGIF charters and I , on board One More Cast, had a split charter of five guys from Opp, Alabama, we shall just call them " Jackson party" over the Memorial Day Weekend.

We fished the Jackson party, both Saturday and Sunday and had limits of trout for the guys, each day, on both boats. Ed had one nice red on Saturday, yet neither of us found a red Sunday. I imagine the reds are back up in the creeks as we have had no rain, in so long, they could probably prosper way back up the creeks?

Anyway, Ed had his 3 over 20" each day and I had 4 over twenty inches long, each day, with the trout limits. We had 20 trout weighing in at 42.8 pounds for our heaviest catch on my boat for Sunday. Ed's boat had a 26" trout on Saturday! All these trout were caught on live pinfish under Cajun Thunders from 4 - 6.5 feet of water. We had three black sea bass, on Saturday and two on Sunday; while Ed had a 5 pound Spanish on Sunday. It doesn't get much better than that!

Great fishing, with some great guys from Opp, Alabama!

Here are a couple of reports from Keaton Beach Marina;

5/29 (four day report)

Nelbin and Ana Cruz of Lilburn, Ga. had their limit of 40 trout 10 each day, using New Penny Gulp in 5 -6 feet of water.

5/21-22-23 Jonathan, Wilford and Lee Sisson of Gainesville, Ga. had 10, 15 and 15 trout respectively for the three days they fished while using White Gulp , X-Raps and Live pinfish under Cajun Thunders in 6 feet of water.

Red Snapper Season will have started Wednesday, June 1st, and that will be the Rage... I'm sure.. but I'll be catching up trout and reds just the same!