Pompano Pier Fishing Reports 2008 "ONLY REPORTS"

[TAILTEASIN]

Just fish for snook and you can pick up some snapper doing that at Pompano but you have to know how to walk your bait the rite way!

[BoatlessFisherman]

Do the Pompano Bop
A special Snook walk with your bait and the rig and I like to refer to it as a Snook Dance, but it is a walk.

I can always tell a Pompano Pier rat from there ability to effectively use this methods and slay fish, Hats Off to ya

[TAILTEASIN]

If you could walk the walk then you talk the talk. It's all about patience I learned from one of the best when that pier still had the ugly blue light poles and the ring toss was the coolest thing as a kid at that pier!

[SnapperSnatcher]

at dania its called the veny walk with one once well depends on the conditions and a shrip.... works very good i use it in the winter time...

[JimmyTheJuke]

Fished last night and really nothing happening except for a few snapper. No bait after sunset. I gusess this is due to the new and improved lighting they have installed Looks as though bait will be scarce after sunset from here on. I was unprepared for the darkness and had great difficulty rigging and such. Thought I was at Deerfield for a little while there. General feeling is disgust at the powers that be for the light situation. Guess I need to find another location.

[bolo]

I never fished Pompano but Deerfield pier is pretty well light for a pier. If you cant see at night which 90% of us I recommend buying a light that attaches to your cap. It is a life saver. Daina is another pier that has decent lighting. Anglins has make shift lights. They were installing the lights and had a few on but its no longer on anymore.

Give it time as the bait will get use to the light and will come back.

[Cookinman]

Fished last night and really nothing happening except for a few snapper. No bait after sunset. I gusess this is due to the new and improved lighting they have installed Looks as though bait will be scarce after sunset from here on. I was unprepared for the darkness and had great difficulty rigging and such. Thought I was at Deerfield for a little while there. General feeling is disgust at the powers that be for the light situation. Guess I need to find another location.

Cap lights and a chumbag solve both issues. Gogs will be in soon and they are caught better W little to no light Nightime baitcatching is an art.

[Swordslayer71]

Cap lights and a chumbag solve both issues. Gogs will be in soon and they are caught better W little to no light Nightime baitcatching is an art.

I used to do commercial swordfishing and a little of baitfishing, and let me tell you Cookinman is dead on, when we used to go for gogs at night(granted we were well offshore) once we got them dialed in and figured out what they wanted is was awesome to just pull up stringers of gogs at a time on the sabiki, it really is an art,you just gotta dial it in, and once you do it's awesome

[bolo]

we did that way last trip in the tugas, fishing 15-20# spinners with 8 hooks tipped with squid and catching 3-4 pounds of gogs at a time and get rewarded minutes later with a 15lb mutton, priceless

or you can buy roofer's bestseller "100 ways to catch a gog"

Mister you got lucky with that 15lb Mutton. 20oz sinkers and we couldnt hold bottom. Still a great catch.

[bolo]

we did that way last trip in the tugas, fishing 15-20# spinners with 8 hooks tipped with squid and catching 3-4 pounds of gogs at a time and get rewarded minutes later with a 15lb mutton, priceless

or you can buy roofer's bestseller "100 ways to catch a gog"

Mister you got lucky with that 15lb Mutton. 20oz sinkers and we couldnt hold bottom. Still a great catch.

have to confess, I copied chris' rig

You sure about that? I remember a post on the FFF where Killula was the one who told you to change your rig.

[Swordslayer71]

So I had never caught a pompano before and figured today I would try and change that, but if I didn't oh well since it was such a nice day, within 30 seconds of being on the pier I see a couple bright flashes make my first cast, and catch my first pompano, ended the day catching about 50, all short by an inch or so, still tons of fun. Bait everywhere, saw one snook caught but broke off when he tried to flip it, and pompano if you could follow the school. I was using a doc's goofy jig and have a funny picture that I'll post later about how good that thing works. I love how yesterday I could say, nope, never caught a pompano, and today I can say, well I've probably caught about 50 in my lifetime. Best day fishing in a long time.Fished from 2:30-6pm

Double hookup on one jig

[DMJ]

Hey Guy's, My buddy Joe and I grabbed two dozen shrimp and headed to Pompano pier at sunset Monday. 4 short snook, 2 keeper margate,3 throwback muttons. Shrimp on various colored leaded jigs. Can someone bend the wind to the north please?

[Cookinman]

Can someone bend the wind to the north please?

...lol I'm with you.

How did the pier look?

[DMJ]

What-up-Cookin, Have'nt meet you but I'm sure we have seen each other at Anglins. The pier looked good, no fences,clean,3ft. high pole lites down the middle of walkwaybut no lites on the water yet. I think I'm going to try again today even though the water will be dark. See you around. I'm in the stonecrab buisness so I have 8 days of freedom left. Come-on wind!

[Cookinman]

What-up-Cookin, Have'nt meet you but I'm sure we have seen each other at Anglins. The pier looked good, no fences,clean,3ft. high pole lites down the middle of walkwaybut no lites on the water yet. I think I'm going to try again today even though the water will be dark. See you around. I'm in the stonecrab buisness so I have 8 days of freedom left. Come-on wind!

It is blowin pretty decent straight outta the east today here in Boca - Good news for the offshore guys - thould bring some nice weedlines east, making for short Dophin Runs.....I had lunch W my brother today so no pier for me.

Is it cool to bring small kids to pomp yet? I mean, little construction and the railings - Were they small spaced or larger spaced like at Anglins?

Thanks DJ !

[DMJ]

I'M HEADING THERE RITE NOW. GET BACK TO YOU LATER. 2:50PM

[BoatlessFisherman]

So I had never caught a pompano before and figured today I would try and change that, but if I didn't oh well since it was such a nice day, within 30 seconds of being on the pier I see a couple bright flashes make my first cast, and catch my first pompano, ended the day catching about 50, all short by an inch or so, still tons of fun. Bait everywhere, saw one snook caught but broke off when he tried to flip it, and pompano if you could follow the school. I was using a doc's goofy jig and have a funny picture that I'll post later about how good that thing works. I love how yesterday I could say, nope, never caught a pompano, and today I can say, well I've probably caught about 50 in my lifetime. Best day fishing in a long time.Fished from 2:30-6pm

Double hookup on one jig

Awrsome report and Thanks, sorry i did not see it until now, your going to love catching 2 to 4 lbders, can you say HOOKED

[Cookinman]

Thanks DJ !

[DMJ]

HEY NOW, FISHED THE POMP FROM 3 TILL 7PM . 1 APX.4LB BONEFISH ON POMP. RIG W/ SHRIMP ON TOP FLEA ON BOTTOM JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BEREAKERS INSHORE NORTH SIDE. 3 MOHARRA TO TAKE HOME. NOT MUCH ELSE GOING ON. I MUST HAVE HAD THE BEST DAY CUZ THE OTHER 8 PEOPLE OUT THERE TIGHTENED UP ON MY SPACE WHICH IS OK. COOKIN- I MEASURED 6INCHES BETWEEN THE UP AND DOWN SLATS WITH ONLY A COUPLE MISSING WEST TO EAST.2 X 5 ACROSS THE BOTTOM ALL AROUND. LIVE WELLS ARE UP ON THE SHORE. U SHOULD BE OK! GOING TO TRY AGAIN WED. NOT MUCH BAITWISE AS FAR AS I SAW. I'M BETTING IT'S BETTER TO BE NORTH RITE NOW TILL STUFF GETS GOING!

[Cookinman]

HEY NOW, FISHED THE POMP FROM 3 TILL 7PM . 1 APX.4LB BONEFISH ON POMP. RIG W/ SHRIMP ON TOP FLEA ON BOTTOM JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BEREAKERS INSHORE NORTH SIDE. 3 MOHARRA TO TAKE HOME. NOT MUCH ELSE GOING ON. I MUST HAVE HAD THE BEST DAY CUZ THE OTHER 8 PEOPLE OUT THERE TIGHTENED UP ON MY SPACE WHICH IS OK. COOKIN- I MEASURED 6INCHES BETWEEN THE UP AND DOWN SLATS WITH ONLY A COUPLE MISSING WEST TO EAST.2 X 5 ACROSS THE BOTTOM ALL AROUND. LIVE WELLS ARE UP ON THE SHORE. U SHOULD BE OK! GOING TO TRY AGAIN WED. NOT MUCH BAITWISE AS FAR AS I SAW. I'M BETTING IT'S BETTER TO BE NORTH RITE NOW TILL STUFF GETS GOING!

Thanks DJ - I lovethe atmosphere on anglins, but worry my littlest one could go over - she is stillpretty young - Pomp may just be ready for em - Good to hear the livewells are coming back to life - that is a really nice thing to have out there !

As far as North goes - I'll letcha know tomorrow Either way less freshwater would help us all I think.

[Swordslayer71]

fished today from 430-630ishpm, nothing, no fish, no bait, rough day

[Swordslayer71]

Fished today 10/13 from 3-5pm, saw a small black drum come up, and heard reports of a bonefish being caught earlier and some bluefish. Had to leave due to apocalyptic-esque lightning/wind/rain.Didn't see too much bait around, water was a solid green if not brown, kept getting lots of weed on the line. Tight Lines.

[Rancocasrich]

This newbie was on the Pompano Pier from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. I tried to use the info the BFF has given me and I had a good time. I caught 6 Jacks and a sea perch - at least that is what I think they are. There was a lot of activity on the pier. The guy next to me caught 2 mackeral and one pompano while I was there. Other fish were coming onto the pier pretty regularly. I can't comment on water clarity etc. because I don;t know what it is normally like. I'll be back to the PP on Thursday. Thanks BFF for the help.

[fishnfool73]

Nice report and glad to hear the site helped you out. You hang in there and watch those guys and gals catching fish and copy what they are doing and you will be giving advice on here and passing on the information you have learned.

[WetWillie]

Marc and I got up to Pompano at daybreak and we finally had an east wind at about 20. The water was semi-clear and some small waves with a little white on top. We thought it finally would hold some big macks and maybe some pomps. There were a few really good sized macks taken on strips with a bobber and one on a Gotcha (Red and silver). No pomps, at all. Sad. And there were huge, make that massive pilchards in the corners of the tee. They made for some really good bait. I had at least 4 macks come by to look at my Gotcha, but they wouldn't hit it. Talk about finicky (sp?). Otherwise, there were a ton of ballyhoos in the chum slick Joe put out and he had a few cutoffs with them. It was a beautiful day for the tourists, but rather slow for the fishers. I think the runoff from the canals is still affecting production of fish. There were glass minnows on top, under the tee, but nothing under them. Usually, there's some runners or something. But, not this time. The really bad thing (as if that weren't enough) was the tide was out by 11 a.m., and just about everything stopped. We hauled butt around 12:30, in pursuit of Wendy's for lunch. I took a couple of those large pilchards home (kept them in my bucket with the air pump on) and fed them to my two English bulldogs. Dude, they LOVE sushi! Tight lines, dudes! Where's my rum? Out.

[Spear'em!]

Anything going on up that way/ Its been since thanksgiving? I guess the bite must be good?

[Harpmanr]

A few spanish mackeral, runners & Cuda. That's about it for the last couple of days.

[Harpmanr]

The Spanish mackeral and pompano bite has been good the last couple of days.

[clarkemp3]

Is Pompano pier crammed anything like Deerfield??

[WetWillie]

No, dude! At least the last couple weekends, it hasn't been. And from the sound of it, there's also a lot less drama going on about trolley lines and all. You can still find room to toss a jig. Marc and I will be there tomorrow morn, early. Tight lines! Out.