Got a Nice One

phatdaddy

phatdaddy

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Been concentrating on crabbing the last 4-5 weeks, mainly due to weather and there are a lot of crabs this year. I decided to try surf fishing on Sunday. Pompano should be running back down south this time of year. Have not heard any reports, but thought I'd give it a try.

Caught some whiting, but no hot bite for a couple hours. Middle rod goes off, and this guy was on the other end.

this is a big pompano. been fishing for them 25 yers and this is one of the biggest i've caught.


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16.75 inches
 
Dam thats a nice fish, we don t get them here in nj. We do get nice fish
Togs,stripers,bluefish and now I hear the tuna are running close to shore
But no pompanos who knows , maybe global warming will bring them up north. Thats a good thing
 
Thanks guys. Ate half of it last night, froze the other half. Normally i don t freeze a lot of fish, i was wasting most of it. I vacuum bagged it and will try to eat it in the next 2-3 weeks.

Ended up cooking it on the grill in parchment paper, kinda like New Orleans style Pompano Papillote. Turned out great!!

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Phat - You have no mercy on a guy trying to get to sleep. I had a nice dinner, it was very tasty, plenty of it and now you have me drooling, looking at that beautiful fish dish. Yes, my mouth is literally watering. Nice work.
 
Been working on my shop and daughters house last couple of weeks. I got a kitchen pass for sunday afternoon. decided to go to the state park and try for a pompano again.

got there early afternoon, only one fishing on the beach. got set up, sat there over an hour. deep rod goes off.

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almost a twin with the one i got about a month ago

cooked it the same way, this is a before shot

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turned out great!!
 
Thanks CF. I went last Wednesday and got another one. Knew we had a cold front coming and that was the last day it was going to be in the 70 s for a while.

Probably last trip before Christmas. My wife is off until Jan 6. Gonna try hard to get out in the boat some before she goes back.
 
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