Pompano
 

Caught the last hour of the outgoing tide today. Made five drifts just inside the inlet and whacked a healthy Pompano on each one.
The big one was 17" (3 1/2 lbs) on the Boga Grip..................Good eats for sure :p

BTW: My shoe is size 11

Dang!,that will make a pompously Gucci dinner;)
nice catch!

I want Pompano.

Fleas or shrimps???

Nice catch Chuck!:cool:

Jigs

Like "Doc's goofy jigs"?? One word for them....yum!!!

Nice catch. :)

Hi Don

Yes, I used Docs Yellow / Pink but I added a 1" Green Chartreuse Glup Minnow for an appetizer. I was getting tapped just about every cast.......

Take care

hmmm how do you plan to cook them?

Nice work Chuckles!

Been meaning to try that Gulp. How do you like it?

Cheers,
GFS

Fried or broiled?

Really, I did manage to get some in my mouth and I'm not impressed. I'm not really sold on their products just yet. I do have some Gulp eels I would'nt mind attaching to a big feather and sling it to some cobs :eek:

I don't use it often but find Gulp is a very effective bait in SD bays and beaches. 3 inch shrimp is a killer for shortfin corvina (our version of the sea trout/weakfish, etc.). Their sand fleas are excellent for surf-fishing CA corbina or surf perches.

Buying it in the canisters for 20 clams is the best deal and dropping swimbaits or grubs in the juice for a few days will improve your catch. They will outlast most plastics probably 2 or 3 to 1.

Just don't let the bait dry on your hook.
Berkeley is hiring some pretty good chemists.
The stuff should probably be banned from tournaments;)

Nice pompano Capt!

I've been running a 60 Searay out of Hobe Sound for the last couple of winters. I took the owner over to the inlet in his new toy (27 oceanmaster) and we caught a bunch of bluefish. I had no idea there were bluefish in florida.

Did you see the tugs lining up the dredge pipes? About time...That inlet is horrible. I shit myself a couple times going through there over the summer. I did hear on the VHF that a 74' ran aground last week. You really need to hug that south jetty and green daymarker or your screwed.

I will have to steal your fishing advice and drift for some pompano on the next trip down. Have any sailfish advice?

All tourists know them as Mud Sharks and inedible.

Since the net ban, our fishery is getting better. They need a Herring thought up North.

Ground up for our ocean.

Topside up,
GFS

Nice work there Capt!!

strick

On this side of the state they call those "Silly Willy's" ...:D

Hey Capt., I ran into Doc the other day, he's still kicking along at around 75 years old. Amazing how many jigs he has in the back of his pick up truck!!