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Fishmeister · Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 8:49 pm Post subject: PINS Trip Apr 30 - May 2, 2015

My son and I left Killeen around 5:00 PM Thursday.

Stopped at Clem's for some shrimp and made it to the end of the payment by 10:00 PM. Driving was OK but the wood debris was ridiculous. Stopped at the 16mm and made camp with the tent cots and decided we would start our pomp search at the 16.

Picked up four nice pomps right away on an out going tide.

Definitely not a pomp.

That's me. I'm the one behind the camera.

Then the bite slowed to a crawl. Did manage a few more, seven total and we decided to move on down the beach. Spent 15-20 minutes at our next few stops and had no bites.

Water was looking a bit sandy so we turned around and headed north to a previous spot but some one was there so we settled down a couple hundred yards further north.

All pomps were caught during out going tide. On the incoming tide is when the whiting started their bite. Weird. Total bag for our 2 day trip was 22 pomp and 23 large whiting.

Our largest pomp was 20". A few more pics of the catch.

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ziacatcher · Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 9:08 pm Post subject:

very nice indeed

kweber · Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 4:36 am Post subject:

nice!
what's that orange gizmo on the pvc? Confused

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deputydawg · Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:08 am Post subject:

That's a great trip!

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Great report and pics!
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Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:53 am Post subject:

Glad I was able to save you some fish, because my last trip on the calm Friday of last week was a bust!!! At least they didn't go to waste.

I missed out on all the fun, as I bolted off to Houston for the Lone Star Regional Championships (volleyball) with the youngest. Just my luck, they (the Florida visitors Wink

) are always biting either 'yesterday', or when I am 'out of town'.

Good for you.

STXwaterfowler · Pony Mullet Joined: 26 Apr 2015 Posts: 76

Great job on the pomps!!!! Still looking for my first. I got the whiting down last weekend too. What type of hooks did you use? My #2 wide gaps aren't doing the trick that I thought they would lol

hickroots07 · Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:20 am Post subject:

Heck of a haul! Good eats in your future!
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shallowsport · Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 1:23 pm Post subject:

Good to see someone with a nice catch of pomps. Good job!

Fishmeister · Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 3:17 pm Post subject: PINS Trip Apr 30 - May 2, 2015

kweber, not sure what you are talking about, but the small red rod holder has a pair of needle nose pliers w/orange lanyard (Prof Salt type) on it.

STXwaterfowler, I use a #2 circle hook, don't have to set the hook. They will hook themselves.
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STXwaterfowler · Pony Mullet Joined: 26 Apr 2015 Posts: 76

Going to have to nab me some circle hooks. Wife and I have been researching the benefits of circle hooks and she found a video of the "don't set the hook, it hooks itself" action on a gummy fish. Pretty Neat. Just fried up our Whiting. Will definitely be heading back out for more!!!! Delicious fish guys!!!! And finger sized for the family.

RedSniper · Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:23 pm Post subject:

Awesome!! Thanks for the wonderful report.
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