BoatlessFisherman

I went to Dania today to try and get my first Pompano. Arrived at about 5:15am left at 1pm. Managed to get four and lost several others. They were comming over the rail pretty steady from about 7am to 11am. I had old frozen, thawed and re frozen fleas. They did not work so well. Still four was not bad.
At first light it was a total zoo. I ended up leaving the crowd and went to the outside edge, not as much action but at least my line was in the water and not wrapped up with several other people that really did not care about anyone but themselves. Reminded me of the blue runner craze last fall only worse. They all left about 9:30 or so though. After that it was mostly all regulars that knew how to cast and what to do if you hooked a fish.

by solofish » Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:06 pm Dania

Nice haul, seems like things are picking up. My son and I got to Dania round 8am Saturday morning. We used some frozen fleas I got at anglers bait shop, on light tackle, with egg sinkers. Didn't get a single hit, and we snagged on almost every cast. The wind/current kept taking my line back toward shore and pissing off some of the other fisherman nearby. I didn't have any pompano rigs, but a few people were pulling pomps out every 5 mins it seemed.

by beertiki » Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:06 pm

Intoduced myself to one member, but cant remember their name, i am awful at remembering names. I do remember the fish - one pompano on shrimp, lots of bluefish on lures, watched one pomp get 1/2 eaten by the bluefish.

by Chief Wahoo » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:36 pm

My son and I rubbed elbows with the other pompano catchers from about 9 till 2. Took some pompano and bluefish. Our cooler wasn't filled like the others below but we'll enjoy more than one night of fresh fish. We're still learning the fishing tricks and for this we're grateful for the tips from Anglin's anglers.

Despite a few tangles, which we've got to expect and accept, it was an enjoyable and memorable day. The folks fishing Anglins are cool customers. Enjoy your harvests! Cheers!

by released » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:09 am

by james380 » Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:55 pm

I didn't want to get up at 4 to make it down there in time for first light and of course I'm kicking myself because the beach didn't produce shite.

by Cookinman » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:43 pm

Awesome time putting new faces W some names and hangin W old friends doing what we love to do. Rebel, yes, that was me, next time I will know its you , Bruce, Pat, nice meeting you guys in person....

Good friends, good eats, suprrisingly everyone was in very a good mood despite the crowd, with the exception some Sumo Wrestlin' lookin dude who cut my bottom rig with his bare teeth while his pal reeled in a trophy 1# bluefish...

He did, however snag the line and help me retrieve the lead at least though....

by DMJ » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:54 am

Hey Guys, could'nt handle fishing in that weekend slaughter that I saw going on, I deal with masses of people all week. Raked a few fleas early Mon. got to the pier about10 and there were only about a dozen pomp fishermen. Plenty of room for all. Limited out by 1pm as did most everyone there and then it shut down. Stayed till 6 and called it a day.

by BoatlessFisherman » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:34 am

Ok what will happen over the next week.

From the Noaa report

Weds - Thurs wind looks wrong still could be some fish, I think Snapper

How long will Pompano be around ? This is a hard call the reason for it being trough is we had serious cold water and this could mean delayed time in the return so we may get a few weeks.

Whats in store for May ====TARPON YES its Tarpon time with those Big toothy critters the Great Hammerhead following behind, Snapper the Mangroves move in under the pier when the Micro Bait shows, Yellowtail Snapper, Hogfish and some nice size ones at that last year I saw a 14lb Hog caught and there will be some others fishys that will make an appearance Muttons and Cuberas.

by crashmister » Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:57 am

Got there just before 7. Water was flat and clear. Saw one nice blue that had been caught earlier. Started working Gogs with no luck. Kept changing colors of gog bugs until white and blue started catching em. Got 4 and it slowed down. Saw a few thread Finns come up on Sabikis but that was it. Left about 10.

by bolo » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:08 am

Live report. Water clear, ripping north current. Wind blowing out ese. Haven't seen anything worth reporting.

by Xpierrat » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:47 am Dania

Sat AM report

SSE winds 13 to 15 water still somewhat clear but looks to be clouding up with the wind....overnight there were just a few fish...also weeds were bad but seem to be gone this AM....A few Mac's on the T in the AM but no Pomps as of 9 AM

by levosgien » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:31 am

This morning conditions were good but only few pomps were caught as well as skme bluefish...maybe things will get better later today.

by rshields » Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:24 pm

The bluefish. Keith and I were walking towards the surf and saw a nice little school of mullet balled up and were contemplating what might be under them. Another fisherman said, "there is a big bluefish under them." We didn't see it, but Keith casted a spoon beyond the school and reeled it in. On the way in, he snagged a mullet and immediately got a hit on the mullet/spoon combo. He faught the fish for a bit whilst I jogged and got a net.. Result below...

by ergue » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:38 pm

I was there from early in the morning until 7 P.M. In the last five hours a few pomps (no more than five) came over the rail. The afternoon belonged mostly to the macs, however, they were mostly in the 15-17" range.

by kenknight86 » Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:07 am Dania

I was there yesterday from 7:30 am to about 6 pm. There water was crystal clear during the morning and darken a bit about 4 pm. A lot of bait. Caught 4 macks. Heard lots of complaints about the no trolley rule. This about my 3rd time out there, I've always done bottom fishing.

by fishnfool73 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:14 am

No pompano since Sunday , cudas and runners summer is here.

by BoatlessFisherman » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:55 am

Solid Pomps this Morning, everyone that was there limited, the best part was there was only 8 or so guys fishing. But at 8:30 or 9am they shut down the Bite was from Day break until then

They also came in last night before dark.

by Xpierrat » Sat May 01, 2010 12:07 pm Dania

Okay May 1st AM report.....
Wind S/SE @ 14 or so.....water good color, approx 2 foot visibility if that.

Solid Pilchards around the tee..... some occasional Pomps, a few Mac's and a couple of Blues were observed this AM..... you PM bite may vary, but you can probable count on the bait if you are looking for some.

by GO4EM » Sat May 01, 2010 3:08 pm Dania

Before I hit the 8am trip on the Sea Legs I stopped by to see a few people at Dania pier. There were pilchards at the T so I grabbed my bucket and got a few dozen with my cousin. While I was there I seen a few pompano come up as well as a spanish mackeral. My cousin said he landed another one and a few people got cut off alot. Nice to see the bait and great to see some macks! Did not see any snooks but I didn't look real hard and only had limited time.

by fishaddict0916 » Sat May 01, 2010 6:41 pm Dania

I was out there from about 2pm to 5:30....pilchards were stacked under the T, which is what I went out there for, so I loaded up on those for tomorrow. While I was there, I saw a couple nice macs come up as well as a mess of bluefish. While I only had my ultralite rod with me, I couldn't resist hooking into a couple blues while I was there.....they're fun on an ultralite!!

by GET THE NET!!!! » Sat May 01, 2010 11:39 pm Dania

While I was there today I went 0/7 on macks with 3 cutoffs and the other ones just came unbuttened. Saw a few bluefish caught and very few pomps, there was tons of bait at the tee and I saw my buddy Dan get a decent snook in the surf.

by hoser » Sat May 01, 2010 7:54 am

I was there yesterday. I missed the morning run, and "pusherman" aka boatless fisherman let me know all about what I missed.

They showed up again in the afternoon around 1-ish. I managed one, and probably say 10-15 caught then. There was also an evening "run" with about 15-20 caught.

I didn't fish the evening run, as I kept swimming mullet after mullet out since around 3pm. I caught nothing on the mullet

by West Coast Fisherman » Sat May 01, 2010 12:50 pm

Lol I had a feeling that would get on here.

I ended up with 3 pomps using a jig. Had a mac cut me off and saw one caught all day. Pomps and bluefish came through in the evening. Nothing much off the tee with the exception of 2 gummies.

by Xpierrat » Sun May 02, 2010 10:16 am Dania

4/2 AM report

Wind still out of the SE speed unknown ( some clown hit the wind speed whirly thing with a sinker on a cast and broke it)

Saw some Macs a few Blues and a fair bite of smallish Pomps from sun up till 9 or so when I left.

by token angler » Mon May 03, 2010 12:41 am

Hello all... first time posting... Fished the pier from 5 -10pm today and my mission was to catch a few macks for a upcoming Bahamas trip... Report was hit or miss and I definitely got the "miss" part of that... Caught 1 pompano though and lost a snook before I even knew he was hooked... Will be around the pier for the next 3 weeks... Would be nice to put a few faces next to names..

by rshields » Mon May 03, 2010 9:28 am

Token Angler; welcome and thanks for your first report.
Went out yesterday from 1PM through 7:30PM pretty slow throughout the day. Did hear about monster shrimp the night before, some guys shrimping a figure 8 and landed a full bucket through Sat night. Had a few people waiting for the sun to go down and setting up for a night of shrimping. The day was slow but the pomps came in about 6 or so and some got their limit in the frenzy which lasted about 35 minutes or so. I landed two and lost three on a jig. Did not have my pomp rig and I was jiggin a goofy on my 50 cobo and an 8 1/2 ' fenwick, not an ideal set up but managed to land two. Did see a school of bigger 12-20 lb Jacks crashing through the bait but did not get a chance to throw at them. Winds SE Current heading north nice color in the water. Good day and great weather for the tourists and all.

by ricky9 » Wed May 05, 2010 10:58 am Dania

went yesterday to catch bait(success) in the meantime soaked some lines (failure).
did see some macks pulled over before sunset on the north side of the tee. stayed before the hut, water looked real fishy but no big numbers coming up

everyone seemed cool and respectful except this one skinny cuban guy with sunglasses and. He started harassing an asian guy for getting tangled with him when he was the one that came between us and threw out a free lined bait like it was all good.

by mmcauliffe » Sun May 09, 2010 8:54 am

Fished Anglins today from just before 4:00am to 7:00ish trying to catch some bait...nothing, handful of fishermen up and down the pier and at the T, but nobody was getting any action. Then, just as I was getting ready to leave, the Moonies went crazy for about 5 minutes and that was it lol.

Water was very clear, current was headed south, seas were about as flat as they get.

I saw a manatee swimming next to the pier near the hut and a Tarpon was crashing bait between the hut and the shoreline on the south side, closer to the swim buoys than the pier.

You guys didn't miss anything this morning.

by Lomax aka ZEBCO » Mon May 10, 2010 9:53 am Dania

by hoser » Mon May 10, 2010 7:43 pm

Fished today. No bait, I caught nothing. Canal water came in around 4-ish.

by BoatlessFisherman » Mon May 10, 2010 8:07 pm

Summer Time is Here target specific species

Try for Mangroves under the pier, Cut fresh sardines or Live Shrimp

Yellowtail Snappers are around also, live shrimp

Toothy Critters are around medium size baits

Tarpon live bait if you can get them

Cudas and a Tube lure works well

Seen a couple of Porgys come up the last couple of days.

Things will get better around Broward as the summer settles in

by malibuminix » Tue May 11, 2010 10:10 pm Dania

Lot's of Big jack's-lots of decent size mack's and a guy hooked a nice Tarpon.And a lot's of people.Almost forgot about the blue fish.

by Lomax aka ZEBCO » Tue May 11, 2010 11:01 pm Dania

More Bluefish after you left and a handful of Muttons. Some Pomps inshore in the eve.

The bait is solid. Fish are getting fat.

by Lomax aka ZEBCO » Thu May 13, 2010 12:11 am Dania

Pompano are still around. A bit less on Bluefish and Macks today. Consistent good size Jacks and a nice Permit over the rail. Tarpon settling in, like the one that turned my long shank into a reverse circle hook after a few jumps. Snook around the T late in the day. Muttons were snoozing on this day.
And bait is thick. Like Shakiras' azz.

by Chimera21 » Sat May 15, 2010 4:43 am

Went out today (well, yesterday, Friday evening) for the sundown bite. Caught 4 good sized moonfish off of freelined live shrimp (kept the biggest) - then passed the shrimp around so everyone near could have a go as nothing much else was biting!

After that bit of fun, hauled my gear up for a snapper lesson from Mr. Boatless Fisherman himself, got a lot of good advice and two hours later hooked and landed my first snapper! Mangrove, just barely 12" nose to tailtip. I was Very Excited. Pulled up two Margates after that, about the same heft as the snapper, and called it a night around 4am. Bite wasn't bad on the outgoing tide where I was (right before the T, north side, casting under the pier.). Lost two other fish, one which felt pretty big before my knot failed (need to practice)

by GET THE NET!!!! » Sun May 16, 2010 12:28 am Dania

Fishing was pretty slow today some jacks, a few macks ,and a couple of tarpon jumped in the morning. Me and bryan targeted snook, I went 0/6 (this hasnt been my best weekend) and bryan went 1/2. Baits solid at the T and a few small baits up by the surf

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by Lomax aka ZEBCO » Tue May 18, 2010 11:31 am Dania

by Jordan » Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:13 pm

Report from saturday..

Went from 8am-9pm..long day. Right when I got there tommy netted up some mullet and pilchards for us and gave me some bait for my 14/0..thanks aggain. 14/0 ended up getting hit by a nurse after a few hours. Almost no snapper bite besides a few grovers under the pier just couldn't get the muttons or tails to eat anything out on the reef. Some pomps came through in the surf and we jigged up a few all shorts though. Some macks, runners, and yellow jacks. Saw a few tarpon but they wouldn't eat. Snook were stacked in a group of like 20 but wouldn't hit anything I think someone hooked up with a cig but that was it. Houndies were RIDICULOUS and it was hard to keep them from eating a live bait or a jig..for bait there were pilchards, mullet, a few gogs (wouldn't bug at all), some cigs and ballyhoo. Before we left connor caught a huuuge nurse on his 3/0 like no joke 7-8ft. What a pita.

Not what I hoped for the day but still good to be out.

Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:20 pm

I caught a just legal grover and a mac on pilchards. Adrienne caught a nicer grover on a pilchard as well.

Bait was plentiful - macs and grovers were around. I also saw a juvi pomp caught.

Great day fishing with friends and family.

On a down note, somehow a kid's avet reel was stolen off a rod while we were fishing. Not sure how it was done, but it was stolen from right under our noses while the rod was sitting on the center rack.

by santa809 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:40 pm

today the lady fish are thick at anglins, and lots of snook were hiting a live lady fish

by Jordan » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:06 pm

Lots of lady fish and runners.. some macks, a lot of mullet at the T.

Connor caught a cero and I ate it for dinner tonight, first time i've ever eaten a mack, it was damn amazing.

Not much really going on yet, saw a few sharks and what not. Oh yeah and I caught a turtle on the only damn gog I could get today.

by xdescrubx » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:25 pm

This is my first official post (lurking for a while)!! On that note I was there saturday from around 530 pm till about 3 in the morning. I got there too late, my brother-in-law slowed us down, so we had no good live bait. So we started catching ladys and cutting them up (never done that before, worked well). We fished the north side of the "t". We were getting blue's all night, and one mutton (keeper). The blue's were tearing our lines up. Lost alot of hooks, but got em back when I started cleaning the fish (the blues make awsome smoked dip). I had something really big that almost ran my spool out, whatever it was went into the rocks and broke the line. Seen snook being caught. One guy/kid got something that ran him from the halfway to the "t" and back, but the fish won that one. It was the best night I have had there in months. Oh, by the way, If you were there that night, I got that funny looking 3 wheel cart. My father-in-law, brother-in-law, and I usually go saturday nights.

by DMJ » Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:58 am

Thanks Xman, that's probaly why I sleep with a cat! Fished today from10am till dark, mostly inshore. A couple of nice spainish on livies, a few bluefish, one keeper mutton and a few runaway skates. These were caught by a group of us not just myself.

I haven't fished Anglins in a while...what is the parking situation like? Still free in the lot next to Burger King? Also, what is the rod limit?

by PhishingPhanatic » Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:25 pm

Went to the pier from 5:45 to 10:45 this morning, it was dead. Flat calm, clear, no wind, and a north current. Gogs, pilchards, ballyhoo and mullet were around. All I brought home was about 2 dozen hoo's to freeze for bait. The boatless crew was out and about, saw James, Denny, Rob, Chris, Keith and JordanConnorSharp and his crew, good company at least since the fish sure weren't cooperative.

by Jordan » Sat Oct 02, 2010 5:55 pm

Good to meet everyone today .. We got skunked except for the mogan ray connor caught, i'll post a few pics later.

Conditions were changing when we were leaving, current was switching southbound and the wind started to pick up..

by BoatlessFisherman » Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:54 pm

Well
First two Keeper Pompano came up today, along with Macks and a couple of nice size Macks, Bluefish, Small Jacks and Mangroves.

Still waiting on some real wind.

by s1smokeone » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:47 pm

fished from 830am to 1230pm

caught about 6 undersized mangroves and a bluefish

i couldnt get a mac to hit my pilchard but i did see about 10 macs come up and a couple bluefish

wind was starting to pick up as i left

by GO4EM » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:48 am

When I was out on the pier, I saw some who I thought was James ...sure enough it was Russ.

Dammit, I'm glad you did not have your Skunk Ape kill tag on you.

Saw more keeper Pompano today than all week, I counted about 12 and I believe 10 were caught before i got there. They are still catching, just got a call.

A few spanish, Bluefish, snapper are hitting and I think they are moving in now. Oh Little Kings Yesterday and today a good many, what else Ladyfish and Spinuritas.

Looks good out there.

Going to go and try to get a new battery so I can do some live video feeds this weekend.

Monday.... Fished 7-12 Got away with a few macks again. The ceros are smaller and the spanish are bigger. Had to work for them again. Getting your bait past the houndies is the biggest challenge.

by BoatlessFisherman » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:55 am

Alot of Mullet yesterday, like a broken stretch about 10 miles long.

The largest group was about 1/2 long solid no breaks

Bluefish and more bluefish, few Spanish, Ladyfish, Spinner sharks, Decent size Mangroves

by dave c » Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:10 pm

caught these guys along with 10 or so shorts that went back on thursday between 11 am and 1 30 pm. hope these photos download

by BoatlessFisherman » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:53 am

Boca Jetty Rat wrote:Cool meeting you guys today. Thanks for the jig Rob and letting me copy your pier pomp jigging style (I've never jigged for them before). I'll somehow pay you back for the jig. Bluefish blitz all morning. Now I gotta go to work for 8 hours.

by fishnfool73 » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:30 pm

It is normal for the bluefish and the rest of the gang to be down here right now. They all follow the mullet run.

by Jordan » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:43 pm

bluefish bluefish bluefish today.

I got a bunch of jacks and got cut off by blues, connor got a few blues and two macks.

Mullet was getting DESTROYED...as I had to leave : (

Good day today.

by BoatlessFisherman » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:47 pm

FYI

Yes a lot of Blues are being caught but they are smaller, We will see a much better Bite on the next blow if it happens in the next week, Macks have not moved in thick yet they will come.

Don't get me wrong compared to three weeks ago the bite is GREAT but it will get better if all goes as planned.

We are waiting on the 3 to 7 Pound Blues and the 2 to 4 lb Pompano and the Mack Daddys at around 3 to 6lbs.

Spinners should also move in thicker this next week or so on a good hard front with a good NE BLOW and a chill to the air.

Come on down Nor Easter, Please fish Gods give us an Arctic Blow, this is a big wish, but you never know.

What did I see this morning in the water?
Bluefish a good many, Jacks GALORE, a Cobia on the smaller range heard of a bigger one out by the Tee, a couple of schools of Monstrous Tarpon 6 to 8 per school, a couple of Spanish Macks, Bullet Bonita, a couple of Nice Mangrove Snapper that were caught.

by crashmister » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:20 am

Was out this AM from 6:15 to 9:15. Water was pretty clear and flat. Lot's of bait but fishing was very slow. As was the current. High point of the morning was a small Manta about 7' crusing the pier. Saw 1 snagged mac and a small pomp. Both went back.

by !^LUIS^! » Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:54 pm

Went out last night, the bite was non-stop. i Ended up with a few mangroves (keepers) and a mak. Has anyone on here heard of brian who used to fish the pier his user name is surferbrian?

by fishnfool73 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:38 pm

What pompano action ? Shouldn't be anymore In real numbers until the wind blows and the lake becomes an ocean again.

by Rayman67 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:10 pm

I went this afternoon 5pm to 7pm. Wind was blowing, current ripping south but anal water. There was bait in the surf on the south side (dines, pilchards and greenies) I soaked some fleas on the north side 2 lights west of the hut and got 1 sand perch and Phil got cut off free-lining the greenie on the south side. The only oter fish to hit the deck was a 11" bar jack south west of the hut.

by Jordan » Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:31 pm

Connor fished tonight and got a bunch of blues, he had a gotcha fly out of a blues mouth, and hit him square in the dome. Split his head open.

by bluemack » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:42 pm

by Jordan » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:04 pm

Report from yesterday- fished from 8:30am-5:30pm with kevin

Started throwing a gotcha and an xrap right when we got there but got nothing. Moved out to the T for the rest of the day. It was tough to get bait all day, I mean really tough. I was sabiking around the weedlines that came through and I caught a skipjack, not realizing it was a skipjack, I grabbed it. Needless to say i'll never do that again.

Kevin put out a little dork jack on the bottom and got this bruiser runner. It fought so hard we thought it was gonna be a mutton..

by bluemack » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:24 am

by !^LUIS^! » Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:05 pm

Went out last night. Nice and windy got 1 mutton 15 inc. a few blues. better than a great days of work.

by rshields » Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:50 pm

Two pomps in the Am, both Short on Saturday

by Cookinman » Mon Nov 01, 2010 11:31 am

Not Much to add to Rob's Report - Nice seeing some fellas for a change

Made the best out of a bust of an AM....

Kieth ended up goin home w a few keeper snappers -
Mt lil bro ended up a very nice flounder - he couldnt believe how it was filett's...lol
I had a decent mack ( for fall '10 lol )
a 12 or 14' grover and a fillettable Mojarra for the mixed bag we ended up with.

by Jordan » Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:02 pm

Fished today from like 930am to 530pm

Not much going on tough to get bait once again. Managed a few ballyhoo and I bugged up one single gog all day, pod was moving like crazzzyyy. We caught a bunch of short yellowtails and grovers, with one keeper grover. Some guys were nailing the grovers with live shrimp. We ended up with 5 big runners for blacktip baits. Will post up a pic later.

Cold front this weekend..pompano?

by one more cast » Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:44 pm

Fished from 2pm till about 4pm (playin hookie from work) managed to jig a few nice pomps.....couple real nice fish . Tight lines

by crevalejack » Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:02 am

Went fishing today Nov. 7 @ 5:00 am till 12:30 p.m Finally got my pompano limit also got mackerel and bluefish..

by Dparker21 » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:53 pm

went fishing from 1pm-4pm today...........plenty of ballyhoo about, and caught the biggest scaled sardine to date. Pomps caught all day long just beyond the sandbar, and mullet run still in effect 3-4 large schools passing through. Great overcast day with winds howling out of the north. pomps and jacks is today's report.

by hoser » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:37 am

went fishing wednesday nov. 11. caught one pompano, and that was just as I was planning to leave in the evening. overall very slow day.

by rshields » Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:41 am

Yesterday from 6:00Am through 3:00Pm. Winds shifted NE in the Am water was clear but clouding as the day progressed, canal water came in about 1:00PM. Macs caught on bottom rigs w/hoos, pomps were hit and miss all day but little shorties. School of tarpon came through- a pod of about 20, they had their GPS on and did not slow down. Huge hammer crusing the South side,she made an apperance starting in the afternoon. Hoos fairly easy to get chumming and bikis, then they got scarce after 1:00. Greenies crusing by, winds were steady at about 8-12 NW and switched to NE at about 10:00. I heard a huge school of pomps came through after I left but their crusing through on every beach and pier-have to be at the right place at right time. Heading out this morning.

by gatorkong » Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:33 pm

No school for the kids yesterday so decided to take them fishing. We went from about 9:30 am to 3:30pm. Wind really picked up just before we left. Ended the day with 5 lookdowns(moonies), 2 mangrove snappers (1 nice 13.5 inch and 1 - 11 inch) and so many small jacks we lost count after the first 30. The jacks were great because they kept the boys busy. Also caught numerous houdies.
A nice aside is my 4 yr old's friend happened to be there with his dad. We were able to let his friend and his siblings catch some fish. The dad said he had only ever been fishing 3 times in his life. So it was nice to share fishing with people with little fishing experience. The funniest part was the sister loved catching fish the most.

by Rijkaard » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:49 pm

solid bluefish and pompanos for the most part of the day, limited out on both, pomps were hitting both jigs and baits (shrimps, fleas), some really good size ones in the mix, small blacktips around hitting gotchas too, few scattered macks, saw a 6-7 lbs margate, a nice flounder and a nice hogfish caught too, really good day overall

by angrylobster » Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:42 am

pomps, blues, awesome looking water, and some pro fish dude named rob with a hat. he needs to give me lessons. Just sayin..

by Cookinman » Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:15 pm

Rob about summed it up -

Wrist hurts from the easily 100 9-10 inch pomps that we jigged, flead or shrimped up...lol

Brought home a mixed cooler of Bluefish for the smoker and Mackeral for the grill. Great to get out and bend a rod, and bent they stayed most of the day !

by goodolmikey » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:27 pm