Keaton Report February 1 2 2019 Well it is February and wouldn’t you know it it is cold as February. last Saturday folks who went caught fish late in the last few hours of the day. The Griggs boys were down from Phenix City Alabama and caught their limits in less than an hour on Paul Brown originals in 2 ft. of water. Where?...... well I guess you...

Keaton Report December 21 –22 Short and sweet! Trout are biting Water temps are 60 – 62 degrees this past weekend and first of the week. Trout are responding to lipped hard jerkbaits suspending baits Candy Corn Sea Shads by Assassin and a few on shrimp under Cajuns. The forecast of ever-warming air temperatures; mid 70’s through Christmas and beyo...

Keaton Report December 8 –9 2018 55 degrees is tough to fish when it is the first time they have been that cold since last winter. 57 was the turning point or should I say “turn on” point last Friday when I had the McCulloughs from Tennessee out and we fished 6 hours for three fish then in less than an hour we put 10 in the boat and threw back two...

photo cutline; blake bass 2855 Blake Bass( 5 Y.O.) with his first – ever speckled trout 5/28/19 Keaton Report May 31 June 1 2019 Trout fishing couldn’t get any better than last week as I had limits on all my charters despite Gulf water temps from 86 in the a.m to 88.5 degrees in the afternoons. Saturday was the exceptional day with a limit of 20 t...

Keaton Report June 7-8 2019 It is with Great sadness that I write a report tonight as I just now found out today that Travis Beach past owner operator of Keaton Beach marina from 1993 – 2014(?) passed away on May 20 2019. I had seen Travis in his golf in the ramp parking lot the week before; then decided to take him some trout fillets after a solo...

Keaton Beach Report April 26 –27 2019 Trout were better the first of the week when hi tides were mid-day and as the tide moved up into the afternoon the bite moved with it. Sunday I limited out while scouting from 1:08 to 2:02 catching a 19” 2- 18” and 2 - 17” trout and a 15 inch flounder. By Tuesday that bite had moved to 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. We mana...

Keaton Report April 19- 20 Trout fishing was great last weekend if you could get away from the maddening crowds...Yikes most of these folks have no idea how to fish for Speckled Trout. They simply don’t “get it” that you can’t drive a boat on top of trout and then expect them to bite. I counted 82 boats doing a full panoramic count around the boat...

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