Posts: greentime | Fishing Stage

Worked Yellow tail boats in Oregon as a late teen, 3 day trips, we bled em then covered in ice till we hit the docks. stayed plenty fresh with guts in. for my personal fishing, I always bleed instantly before iced and clean at end of the day (sometimes 8 to 10hrs). never had issues!

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my first pompano

Gordon wrote:

Second one is a Burmuda Chub. They poop on you when you catch them but the taste good.

lol thanx Gordon, those ones def did leave a mess during unhooking but they made decent fillets. I have so much to learn down here n I truly am loving it. much thanx to you and everyone on this site helping me along the way!

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my first pompano

Gordon wrote:

He said Jupiter Inlet is about 10 miles from you and its a good spot. If thats to far try the inter coastal water way. Said spinner shark are off shore right now so dont waist your time on a off shore trip. Hope this helps. Gordon

grabbed a couple Croakers and whatever the snapper looking things with a spotted tail are. thanx much for the tip!

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my first pompano

GrannyAngler wrote:

Hi. I was inshore fishing with a guide out of Crystal River FL on Monday. I caught this small beautiful fish, a sand perch. The guide was excellent and the day improved immensely! It was opening day for snook.
My hubby caught a 32 & 3/4" snook! Our first experience with salt water fishing.😊

do you by any chance know the captains name and charter company?

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my first pompano

GrannyAngler wrote:

Hi. I was inshore fishing with a guide out of Crystal River FL on Monday. I caught this small beautiful fish, a sand perch. The guide was excellent and the day improved immensely! It was opening day for snook.
My hubby caught a 32 & 3/4" snook! Our first experience with salt water fishing.😊

nice haul! I will be up there next week snook hunting, no better meat in my opinion.

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my first pompano

Gordon wrote:

He said Jupiter Inlet is about 10 miles from you and its a good spot. If thats to far try the inter coastal water way. Said spinner shark are off shore right now so dont waist your time on a off shore trip. Hope this helps. Gordon

thanx Gordon. will go check it out in the morning. picked up 2 more white perch this morning.

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my first pompano

Gordon wrote:

I sent the picture to my brother in law. He lives in West Palm Beach. Said its a Sand Perch

thanx for the I'd help, def not a pompano. I'll have another go at it this evening, bit bummed it's not a pomp but it was good either way ;). If your brother knows a solid fish spot (from shore this trip), I would love a little local info (hint hint lol).

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my first pompano

got this lil guy behind the Marriot resort this morning in west palm beach Florida. he gulped a small shrimp on a pompano double rig, now he is headed for the grill by the pool for lunch :). if I'm wrong on my fish i.d. please don't hesitate to let me know, I'm def new to fishing the Atlantic still.

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East coast fishing trip?

bapabear wrote:

32 ft motorhome or cab over camper. Thanks so much for the offer.

best way to travel :). we have parking and electrical available to use also. I'm 40 min from the gulf, closer to Busch gardens but easy access for both south and North Tampa bay.

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East coast fishing trip?

I can show you around the Tampa area. and some of our inland fishing around Zephyrhills. are you trailer camping or booking rooms?

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Pine island sound

ya hopefully they keep it locked down till the fish have a solid rebound but id love to be able to keep snook a bit closer to home someday. sounds like u have more experience around here than me, I'd love to learn more about fishing deeper in the bay if you ever need an extra hand or someone to cover the bait n beer :).

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Pine island sound

Arnie wrote:

I winter here on pine island. I’m from SW Michigan. Love to fish. Would like to get as much info about fishing as possible.
Thank you
Arnie

welcome to Fl Arnie! you have some incredible flats and channels in that area. are you shore, kayak or boat fishing? I shore/pier and kayak fish from Homossasa down to south tampa pretty regularly now but just moved here last year and still exploring. best advice for starting here, live bait is king and dang near everything you want eats shrimp here. Good luck and let me know if u wana throw a line with someone or want to know about some spots I've done good at so far ;).

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Apollo Beach fishing

Pa wrote:

Looking for info about the right tides and rigs to us for catching Cobia and or Jack's this time of year

I have found they like my snook gear, long clear 30pnd leaders with live shrimp, just fine.

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Apollo Beach fishing

flyguy wrote:

Welcome to the Forum, Pa, Watch the red tide.

I wasn't aware of an outbreak in the gulf channels (other than covid) right now. do u happen to know what areas r worse here for red tide?

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fishing key largo

if anybody ever wants to go in on a boat rental to tour the gulf islands, just let me know when your thinking and I'm probably good to go :).