"A few days old"
Headed back up to the beach this morning hoping the pompano that did not make an appearance yesterday would show today . Unfortunately some blue runners, jacks, and ladyfish were the only species that decided to hit the EZ Flea and Electric Chicken Fishbites on my long rods . I was fishing the same beach access in Jensen Beach that we fished yesterday and decided to try Plan B and put some more of those nice whiting in the cooler like we did yesterday. Water color was still good, tide was incoming, and the surf was calm . Well guess what ? Nobody was home . After an hour and a half the catch consisted of 1 whiting and 1 croaker . I had a friend of the family with me so it was time to make a move and we headed just a bit north. It turned out to be the right move as we found the whiting and a few croakers and filled the cooler . The bite was actually better than yesterday and our bait choice was EZ Flea and Orange Clam Fishbites tipped with a small piece of shrimp. The beach we fished yesterday had a very pronounced first trough and the whiting stayed in the same general area of 10 to 15 yards from the beach, even on the falling tide . If you fish a beach that has a shallower drop off and is relatively flat, make sure you lengthen your casts and bait placement as the tide falls . We started catching in the near shore area but by the time we left the fish kept moving off and the 30 to 35 yard off area was where the fish ended up . Unfortunately the forecast is for that building swell starting Friday and it might be a bit dicey fishing the beach this weekend. The beach accesses from Normandy south to Stuart beach can all produce some great fall fishing for whiting, croaker, palometa, jacks, snook, ladyfish, and threadfins in that first trough . Keep in mind that stretch of accesses will produce great fishing around the high tide mark as they are not as deep as the beaches from Middle Cove to Ft Pierce Inlet . Even if you are going to target the fall pompano this year bring a light spinning rod to catch the “groceries” if the pompano don’t cooperate. Good luck and catch em up
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