gribble

What pound braid do you guys use down there when beach fishing? I use a heavy mono leader normally floro.

tomnmendy

Gribble - surf fishing is fun that time of the year. I don't know if you have ever fought or ate a pompano but great fish to fight in the surf and eat! Probably one of the best to eat. We catch them using a pompano rig with a 2,3 or 4 oz weight usually at end depending on the wave action. Its a double hook rig you can buy at any store here. Catch some live sand fleas, NOT artificial, or use live or dead shrimp. Cast out and wait for the fight. We put a few pompano rigs out at a time and then cast a spoon or a gotcha looking for redfish and whatever else you get lucky with. The pompano are key though. Get you one of those and dinner will be great!

gribble

Thank you for the follow posts on my post!

Paolo

The way i know surf fishind down at the gulf isn't usually sit down and have a beer, it's more like "try to cast out the 3rd rod without getting a bite on the first one". Seriously, a lot of times there's so much going on i wish i could just sit down and relax for a minute, but i'm always running around (either castnetting mullet, rigging up bc a shark or bluefish cut me off, fighting a fish, or observing a rod because the fish is about to pull it into the water).
Tight lines
-paolo

devndeb

Gribble...welcome to the Forum...I'm over here in Ft. Walton...just down the street from Destin...The wife is from Maine...Lewiston...give a PM when ya get down this way and we'll try and hook up...the gear you will need for surf fishing here is ALMSOT the same as up there...we don't need the big 12-15 foot surf spinners like up there (I was based in NJ and fished the suds there). For casting, basically, any rig you'd bass fish with will get you on the fish...a 7 foot medium action rod with a reel in the 2000-4000 class will be plenty...10-12 lb. mono or braid is also good...for the surf, 8-10 foot med-hvy rod loaded with 15# should be good enough...if ya go with braid, 20# (For casting distance) For pompano, follow all of the above directions...and look for cuts in the sand bar just like you would for stripers and set your lines out...if the pomps are there, it shouldn't be long before your rod gets hit...you are lible to catch reds, catfish (YUCKKKK) and rays as well...Spanish will be around along with cocktail blues...the 7 foot rod will be perfect for those...if you want to "Go Native", get ya some pomp jigs and try to sight fish for them...tip it with either a sand flea or FRESH dead shrimp. For the sight fishing, a GOOD pair of polarized sunglasses are ESSENTIAL...again, drop a PM when ya get down this way or even before...

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gribble

Thanks.. and I will be contacting you!

Tom

gribble

Folks I really appriciate all the help you have given me and please keep it going!

Bump_N_Twitch

if you go to the grass flats try using a topwater at daybreak and youll for sure get something

gribble

Well lets see I have been going through my tackle and this is what I’m brining so far. Chrome Kastmasters 1oz to 2oz, and gold in 1 oz with owner stinger trebles #2-#6. Two Yo-zuri 3D Poppers #6 hooks. Rattle Traps 3/4oz to 1.5oz Black over chrome with owner stinger treble hooks! I was thinking about adding some more rattle traps and a few crystal 3D minnows by Yo-zuri. They would cover depths of 24”-36”. That’s it for now folks have a good night!

baldona523

I'd drop the rattle traps and pick up some Mirro lures. They have more flash and that'll get the trout on the flats and spanish/ ladyfish in the gulf going more. Rattle traps aren't bad, but Mirro lures are way better.