pompano

Saltwater Inshore Discussion
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when is the best time of the year to catch them?

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Around here not a lot fish for them, but Late Summer is best in the surf just past the foam. Sand Fleas if you can get them work best or a small piece of peeled shrimp on a #1 /#2 hook. Very hit and miss for me. South end of Edisto and off Otter Island have only caught a couple over the 1# mark. Nothing like the big ones around Florida.

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They catch them in Fla Ga & NC. They skip right over SC - In my opinion, its because of all the beach re-nourishment. When they do that it kills the sand fleas . If you don’t see sand fleas , you will not catch pomps. The only place I’ve ever done well is Bulls Island surf. One day I caught 5 over 5lb each. The surf at Bulls has sand fleas everywhere.

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thanks.

gene todd

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quote:
Originally posted by natureboy

They catch them in Fla Ga & NC. They skip right over SC - In my opinion, its because of all the beach re-nourishment. When they do that it kills the sand fleas . If you don’t see sand fleas , you will not catch pomps. The only place I’ve ever done well is Bulls Island surf. One day I caught 5 over 5lb each. The surf at Bulls has sand fleas everywhere.

I remember about 40 years ago catching them for Dad on Edisto Beach, last time I was there I was trying to find some to show my daughter and did not get one Sand Flea.

I’ve never seen a Pompano in S.C. over 2#. Good job!

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quote:
Originally posted by natureboy

They catch them in Fla Ga & NC. They skip right over SC - In my opinion, its because of all the beach re-nourishment. When they do that it kills the sand fleas . If you don’t see sand fleas , you will not catch pomps. The only place I’ve ever done well is Bulls Island surf. One day I caught 5 over 5lb each. The surf at Bulls has sand fleas everywhere.

Just dam

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You can wear the little ones out against the rocks at Edisto.

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Some years we do year well for them in MI…Some years not so much.

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Pawley’s Island and garden city beach. Tore them up on those beaches back when I was a student at coastal Carolina. Mid to late August was best

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Pawley’s Island and garden city beach. Tore them up on those beaches back when I was a student at coastal Carolina. Mid to late August was best