Onshore
02-14-2008, 01:40 PM
Couldn't sleep this morning and was up before 4 AM. Putted around the apartment and was off to fish about 5:30. After a quick stop at the Wildcat for Fleas, it was south on A1A to Ponce deLeon beach where I set up to fish.
I got the big rod out with a Flea and a Gulp imitation and before I could bait up the other one, had a fish on the first. Turned out to be two Catfish. I got those off and re-baited and cast out and got the other rod baited and in the sand spike when I had a hit on both rods. Set on the big one and reeled in two more catfish on the other one.
As soon as I tightened on the big one I knew I had something much bigger than catfish. Well, it turned out to be a small cat and a BIG Pompano. The Pompano took the plastic flea.
That fish went 5.7 lbs. on another fisherman's scale. That's a big Pompano according to my Florida Bible which says 6-7 lbs. is exceptionally large. In the next hour I got three more cats, an undersize pompano a Florida bluefish and a pretty big Jack Crevelle - just under 9 lbs. on that other guy's scale. All in all, a pretty good outing - best I've had in the surf since December.
Now I have four really nice fillets in the fridge and my friends from New Hampshire coming for Pompano Almondine for supper tonight.
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I got the big rod out with a Flea and a Gulp imitation and before I could bait up the other one, had a fish on the first. Turned out to be two Catfish. I got those off and re-baited and cast out and got the other rod baited and in the sand spike when I had a hit on both rods. Set on the big one and reeled in two more catfish on the other one.
As soon as I tightened on the big one I knew I had something much bigger than catfish. Well, it turned out to be a small cat and a BIG Pompano. The Pompano took the plastic flea.
That fish went 5.7 lbs. on another fisherman's scale. That's a big Pompano according to my Florida Bible which says 6-7 lbs. is exceptionally large. In the next hour I got three more cats, an undersize pompano a Florida bluefish and a pretty big Jack Crevelle - just under 9 lbs. on that other guy's scale. All in all, a pretty good outing - best I've had in the surf since December.
Now I have four really nice fillets in the fridge and my friends from New Hampshire coming for Pompano Almondine for supper tonight.
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