IOP 4/30/16

Saltwater Surf / Pier Fishing
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On the beach about 10:45, incoming tide, light wind from the left with mild surf. Pretty slow catching. Fished fresh shrimp and chunk bait. Lots of small “nibbler” bites. I suspect baby Blues and tiny Whiting. Managed a handful of average to small Whiting, a few baby Bluefish (under 6"), the first Southern Ray of the season and 1 respectable, REEAALLYY lucky Pompano. All were caught on shrimp.

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Wow nice pomp! We spent our day on Folly losing bait to nibblers non stop. Really slow day for us

1860 G3 DLX

Carp Crusade Bowfishing

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That’s a gorgeous fish. Your ray is about the same size and the one I had today. Mine was feisty whipping it’s tail around. Did you let the pomp go?

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Originally posted by Walkman

…Did you let the pomp go?

Yes…:imp: If I would have caught another one, it would not have been so lucky. I don’t carry a “fish” cooler. Only a soft sided cooler for drinks, but a few fish have fit in the bottom.

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Good morning Mr. Parker. Last outing for me I had a constant nibbling going on myself, I wasn’t sure what it was. I sat this weekend out:frowning_face: It seems the sharks are in full swing now, I know their your favorite:smiley: better gear up:smiley: Nice solid day for you Sir, and even cooler that you landed the very elusive and rare pompano.:sunglasses::sunglasses::sunglasses:

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Haven’t had any sharks the past few days. Lots of whiting about a foot in length though. Would love to catch a pomp again. That was the first fish I caught here in the Surf haha. maybe one day… probably not though as I don’t usually use their bait of choice

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good stuff, sir. I caught a stingray the same size yesterday at Litchfield Beach. The only thing that i caught, but at least i got something :slight_smile:

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Originally posted by runbabyrun

Good morning Mr. Parker. Last outing for me I had a constant nibbling going on myself, I wasn’t sure what it was. I sat this weekend out:frowning_face: It seems the sharks are in full swing now, I know their your favorite:smiley: better gear up:smiley: Nice solid day for you Sir, and even cooler that you landed the very elusive and rare pompano.:sunglasses::sunglasses::sunglasses:

Yeah, I got machine gunned all day. I caught a few tinny Blues and 6" Whiting, one double hook up. Last weekend I landed a pup Sharpnose, and yes the Sharks are coming…I CAN’T WAIT!!!:clown_face:…to catch my first “grown” shark so I can clean and store the big gear until the fall.:smiley: