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Thanks for your detailed report. Kind of fun vicarious fishing for me.
Get you free descending devce from 'Return em Right'
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What is the name of those small striped fish in the picture?

It's the sunscreen. Something about it they don't like.

I think it was a couple years ago someone on this forum pointed me to this for the seasonal biting flies out right now. I was under attack Friday and remembered I had some Australian Gold on board. It really works, stopped 95% of the landings on my legs that were driving me crazy. I got mine on Amaz...

I liked being able to hide on my favorite spots. :lol

I enjoyed your report!

Where should I meet them? Sandy beaches like mashes sand's, bald point, ochlockonee shoals?

I have caught 2 random pompano (not Jacks) the last couple of months near St Marks. Caught fishing with a float for trout on flats near a channel. The same areas I have fished for years and never seen a pompano. I wondered if others have caught them and how best to target them in our area.

Been there, sorry. Your drift might have prevented success, but one time I retrieved mine with the fish still on by making multiple casts with a heavy treble hook bait to find the line and then the rod. Your short line with the fish at the net probably would have limited this technique though.

Today was a pretty day, so I took the boat out exercise the motor and check a few spots. Some small seabass here and there. But to answer the question asked here, the answer is Nothing.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ah87/JLB5591/wakulla_1-18-21.jpg pasted the photo link, not sure it will...

Whoda thought it. I rarely expect anything other than pelagics at a public reef. I pounded my way out to Rotary Reef in significantly greater than the 1-2 foot waves predicted Sunday morning to see if any Cobia were still around. South wind, water was 78 degrees with about 7-8 feet visibility. I had...

Navionics has an app,as long as cell service is good. A hand held GPS such as Garmin will be more reliable

In case anybody is wondering, here is the link to the C-Tower. Others can be found from the map on the site.

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page. ... tion=sgof1

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They repaired and we now have working NWS weather buoys for the C-tower, Pensacola, and Tampa off shore stations for your planning / monitoring.

Great report, I felt like I was there!