Pompano Week Part2

             10 Pompano Tips and Tricks

On the top of every shoreline angler’s list is the Florida pompano. Known for their strong fight and delicacy on the table, the fall migration of pompano down the coast of Florida brings one of the best-tasting fish right off our coasts. Here are the Top 10 tricks for targeting this excellent fish.

                      Ten things to remember when pompano fishing:

1.Use the right bait!

Although dietary studies show that pompano are not shy to eating fish, the large majority of their diet is shrimp, crabs, clams and mussels in most areas. The top choices for bait are sand fleas, shrimp, squid, clams, mussels or fiddler crabs. The “pompano jigs” that work best imitate shrimp.

2.Diversify your bait.

3.Fish the days with 2-to-3 foot waves.

4.Learn to read the beach.

5.Use small bait.

6.Use red teasers.

7.Don’t be afraid to cast shallow.

8.Inshore, target the deep channels.

9.Fish the changing tides inshore.

10.Fish inshore when the beaches are not suitable.

When it comes to pompano fishing, every local angler will have a secret. The Top 10 tricks presented here however, will give you the background needed to become one of the best.