I was on the hunt for Texas Pompano, and if you want them you need distance, that means Breakaway.
We hit the beach just after dawn and found plenty of dead fish on the north end of the beach (in the first 10 miles) from the latest bout of red tide. Once we passed the 10 mile marker, everything was clean and green.
I had my south head on and kept heading that way until I was in the 40’s and found a bar that I could cast over to target the POMP. When I go looking for POMP in the fall, I especially like the cold clear days you get after a front has gone through.
The wind was light and from the dune to the beach, “offshore”, which will always assist with the distance needed to get the big numbers when after Texas Pompano. You can catch them close but if you want good numbers you need distance. We did really well catching mostly good size, 4 to 5 pounds, and filling the ice chest.
Some of what we were using included:
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