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Caught my first pompano off the lighthouse last Saturday.

Delicious!

really, where at? we do lots of flats fishing but without a boat. and the first pompano we caught was at st.joe pensuila last mothers day.

Thanks for your response, fishing gal. Caught it between the bird rack and lighthouse at about 6ft. I lost two or three before I boated one. A snappy fighter and lotsa fun.

Cool report. I have caught many pompano in the surf at St. George Island using sand fleas, but never on the flats. One question, when you were on the flats were you on a grass bed or in a sandy area?

It was a grassy bottom, just north of the bird rack sand bar. I was fishing the edges of a 10 sq. yd. patch of floating grass and algae-looking mass. Throwing all kinds of plastic around it without any luck while the little lady started getting hits on live shrimp. I tried the shrimp and pompano started hitting.

Thanks for the response. Your description sounds similar to when I catch flounder on the flats. We usually notice a small sandy area that we went over or a hole or sometimes a muddy area in the middle of clear water. Thanks again, I always learn new stuff on this board.

As much as people study pompano you never know where you'll find one. Two winters ago (January!) I caught a 5 pounder well up a creek just west of the lighthouse on a CT & grub.
???? Yes, tasty.

That's good to hear Rascal. There's been two pomps caught from my boat at St Marks - one over grass on east flats with sure catch shrimp (no cork) and one on west flats with swa over sandy area. Neither were caught by me - so maybe there's hope yet. I know that was exciting!

Sea Gurl

I saw a few skipping over by the bar in front of Shell Point last Saturday. They were thick over there last fall.

How do you cook Pompano? I've tried grilling them with some of the same seasoning that I use for Trout and my wife didn't like them much. She thought the meat was too strong and oily?

Any cooking suggestions?

Dale Hollow

i also thought the pompano wasnt all that tasty, was kinda like mullet. we fried ours