Drifted for about 20 minutes, and Cindy had a HARD hit. She worked it for about 5 minutes and boated a Jack Cravelle. I went ahead and put the 15 incher in the chest, because I have heard if you filet just the meat above the backbone, then marinate it, it is not too bad. Gonna report back on that one.
Then a little lull with no bites, I was wondering if the trout were gonna be out that deep (8 to 10 ft). As the day went on, I got the answer....NO!
Next hit was on my rod, and it was a hard hit too. I was thinking cobia, because it was all up under the boat, and pulling down hard. Up came a big surprise. I first said another Jack, but nope, a 15 inch Pompano!
I was feeling pretty good and thinking the day might not turn out too bad after all. Next hit was Cindy's rod, and up came a nice 15 inch flounder! We were stuck on 15 today...
After that, the wind died to nothing, the bite stopped, and dark clouds began to move in. The rain started about 5 pm and got hard, so we headed for the hill.
Not a lot of fish, but good variety!
Dubble
PS: Any good ideas on the pompano? I have heard that you just gut 'em and cook em whole...
