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NaplesJohn
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:30 pm Post subject: LIL TRIP DOWN ISLAND...PINS |
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Went to bed last night "on the fence" about fishing. Was thinking IF I went. it would be a day in the surf. Woke up at 0730...made a pot of coffee, went out got the paper (it was cold this AM)...back in bed w/ BIG cup of coffee and the paper. Finished reading the paper and checked the forecast and it looked do-able, so loaded up and off I went bright and early about 1030 
Stopped for tacos, another stop for bait shrimp and I was off, dodging triathelete bike riders all the way to the entrance sign at PINS. Stopped short around 3-4 miles down just past the campers.
On the way though saw a bunch of flocks of CORRECTED---"Royal Terns" as well as other "Tern family members ...all very cool birds.
Get set up a few miles down, had my piece of paradise to myself, though saw a few beach-rigs plowing south and north, along with the "normal" winter Texan traffic in rental cars and others w/ cold-weather local license plates out for a cruise.
The jeep in position...only moved once and that was four feet up as the tide came up..
A few of these made the day fun.
Had this guy watching me and came in for a few snacks
And a bunch of these, though most were in the smaller though suitable for taco size
All in all a nice day on the beach. Amazing that this is our front yard. Driving BTW was a solid 10. Water was off-color, though was cleaning up throughout the afternoon. Off the beach at about 3PM, saw Nick bombing home while I was cleaning fish prior to leaving. Total boxed was 6 Pomps and 17 whiting. Broke down on the way home and bought a new "Food Saver" at Walmart and put it to good use...
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Big Jack
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Nice haul and great pics. thanks.
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AcousTennis
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| mmmmm pompanooo |
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O.B.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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cool pics man.
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NaplesJohn
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| AcousTennis wrote: | | mmmmm pompanooo |
Yes...they were yummy in the tummy!!! |
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rabbit
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Nice catch.
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CROAKERSOAKER
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| What is required sz on the pomp? |
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ziacatcher
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice report and pics. Makes me want to go out for some manana. |
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Tyler
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topdog15
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Great pics! BTW, the birds in the first few are not skimmers.
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ltorna1
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| Awesome mess of fish naples. Been a while since I've seen a solid pomp report. TD is right, those aren't skimmers they are royal terns. I saw a group of them yesterday - beautiful birds. |
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Tyler
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| topdog15 wrote: | | Great pics! BTW, the birds in the first few are not skimmers. |
Caspian terns?
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ltorna1
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| I think you may be right tyler. Royals and caspians are really similar. I don't think juvenile royals have black heads and caspians do? Question for capt. billy. |
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JayandCoyote
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Nice pomps. I should have stayed in bed and got more sleep. I was on the beach around 7:00. I worked a bunch of spots all the way down to the 38. I only had 3 pomps and 6 keeper size whiting. I threw back 20 or so small whiting. The driving was great except for that one spot around the 7-8. There was a Bronco stuck there when I was leaving. I hope the driving stays good through this weekends cleanup.
| CROAKERSOAKER wrote: | | What is required sz on the pomp? |
There is no size (min or max) or quantity limit on pomps. That said, keep what you will eat. This may be 2 for some or 40 for others. |
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Towboat Trash
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:31 am Post subject: |
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This is a wonderful report. Thankyou for taking the time.
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