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 Topic: Please explain "pomp window" |
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 Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:54 pm Subject: Pomp Window |
| Pompano ("Pomps") are sight-feeding surf fish which are most often caught a great distance from shore. Good water clarity is therefore best for presenting your bait and for seeing bottom st ... |
| Topic: PINS 1/6/18 |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:07 pm Subject: Gannets: cute, but not cuddly |
First I've heard of the specific cause for gannets showing up sick on the beach. Used to have a few juveniles show up about this time every year.
We picked up a few oiled juvies when the Ixtoc spi ... |
| Topic: Guess What Showed up at my Son's House! |
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Forum: Hunting South Texas Forum Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 6:24 pm Subject: Guess What Showed up at my Son's House! |
| Javelinas. Someone's been putting out deer corn. |
| Topic: Super moon this weekend. |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:58 am Subject: Higher Tides & Brighter Moonlight |
| Gravitational force and light intensity both vary by distance according to the inverse squares law. Have heard this super moon will be 30% brighter than average, so I guess its gravitational attracti ... |
| Topic: PINS 11-29, Pomp Window This Weekend Cancelled |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:44 pm Subject: PINS 11-29, Pomp Window This Weekend Cancelled |
Thanks for the report.
Glad you are back on the sand.
You're welcome, but you'll note being on the sand and fishing aren't the same thing. Waiting to get insurance approval for a MRI so I can get ... |
| Topic: PINS 11-29, Pomp Window This Weekend Cancelled |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:50 pm Subject: PINS 11-29, Pomp Window This Weekend Cancelled |
| Took my friend Matt Dillon down PINS, hoping he could connect with the pomps, but he just couldn't reach the far bar. Fishing in the second gut produced a single gulf whiting and a load of hardheads, ... |
| Topic: Anybody Pomp'ed Out? |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:40 pm Subject: Window's Still Open |
Nice.... Glad the 'window' got utilized!
I'm glad Nick has found the pomps, and that Tyler posted that pic of the proof. However, SwellInfo is still forecasting excellent pomp fishing surf condit ... |
| Topic: Anybody Pomp'ed Out? |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 4:36 pm Subject: Re: Anybody Pomp'ed Out? |
| I saw PLENTY of fishing going on yesterday, the entire length from Bob Hall to the North Sticks, but scant catching??? By mid-morning, the winds got up and it looked like the pomp window was closed. ... |
| Topic: Big Weekend Pomp Window |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:06 am Subject: Big Weekend Pomp Window |
| SwellInfo is predicting 1-foot waves on Friday, followed by flat surf conditions on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. This is likely to improve water clarity more each day, make it easy to read the bars a ... |
| Topic: Thinking about going down PINS a ways |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:56 am Subject: Algae from the Bays, Not Gulf |
The stuff I ran into yesterday wasnt Sargassum, it was that grass like seaweed. Not sure of the name but it was abundant.
Been a while since I could identify the stuff to species, but what I saw o ... |
| Topic: Spinning Reel Suggestion |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:24 pm Subject: Re: Spinning Reel Suggestion |
I am retiring my Diawa Emblem and would appreciate suggestions on a replacement reel.
It will be mounted on a Breakaway LDX 13ft rod.
Thanx in advance!
Why not ask the Nick, guy who makes and sel ... |
| Topic: Pomp Window |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 5:02 pm Subject: No Pomps, but SwellInfo's Forecast for Today Was Correct |
| Stopped to fish, casting from the bank, at around PINS MPs 18. 33, and 43. Using FishnStrips and dead shrimp, caught only small bay and surf whiting, plus a single small skippy on the last cast. Wou ... |
| Topic: Pomp Window |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:35 am Subject: Monday, 11/30, Window Still Looks Good - Saturday? |
SwellInfo has stuck to its forecast of flat surf tomorrow before the south winds strengthen. Longer-term forecast predicting another window on Saturday.
Please post surf and driving conditions act ... |
| Topic: Pomp Window |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:47 am Subject: Ditto |
fishing I like, being on the national seashore, I love.
Question for you (just out of curiosity on my part). If you are coming all the way from Calallen, why go all the way onto PINS for an evenin ... |
| Topic: Pomp Window |
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:43 am Subject: Maybe Monday, 10/30? |
| Swellinfo is staying with its prediction of a flat surf by Monday morning. Anyone driving down PINS on Sunday, please post a report on water clarity and driving conditions north of PINS MP 35. |
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