darenative
Twelve Pointer
We had a decent afternoon in the inlet catching pompano after lunch today..
Saw way more than we caught but it was fun catching a few
Saw way more than we caught but it was fun catching a few
O'cock pompano
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Stuart
Button Buck
What inlet did you catch them.
darenative
Twelve Pointer
O'cock inlet^^
CRC
Old Mossy Horns
I love to eat pompano
Good eats right there. Nice catch.
darenative
Twelve Pointer
Should be back after em maybe this afternoon if i can get this new waterpump installed. Got the waterpump brought over on the day ferry this morning and im fighting with one lower unit bolt. Its soaking with pb blaster and hopefully it will come out in one piece before dark.
The up side is the beers cold and theres plenty of it
The up side is the beers cold and theres plenty of it
kahunter
Eight Pointer
Heading to the island tommorrow for the weekend. Any tips on where to head or what to target?
darenative
Twelve Pointer
^^ seems to be plenty of fish around the inlet, blues, spanish, pomps, few small drum.
Springers point has been producing some specks and flounder. Springers is wadable if youre not bringing a boat, and you can wade for clams out between the duck blinds there too.
Not sure about surf fishing as i have not been on the beach this trip..
Springers point has been producing some specks and flounder. Springers is wadable if youre not bringing a boat, and you can wade for clams out between the duck blinds there too.
Not sure about surf fishing as i have not been on the beach this trip..
kahunter
Eight Pointer
bringing a boat. would like to target spanish and blues (preferably casting) and flounder. Thanks for the info. Will hit the inlet
darenative
Twelve Pointer
Justin
Old Mossy Horns
Best eating fish in the suds IMO.... even though you’re in a boat ?.
@darkthirty id trade you 20lbs of flounder for 10lbs of pompano
@darkthirty id trade you 20lbs of flounder for 10lbs of pompano
Starfan
Eight Pointer
That’s a huge pompano! Permit size
JohnBoat
Banned
Gonna need a bigger boat!
Speaking of, I've never really heard of people catching them from a boat? Do you fish the outer bar from a boat or what?
Speaking of, I've never really heard of people catching them from a boat? Do you fish the outer bar from a boat or what?
darenative
Twelve Pointer
Yea, outer bar.
Official weight, was 3.38..citation size
Official weight, was 3.38..citation size
darkthirty
Old Mossy Horns
Go home, you’re drunk.................??
My father in law loves pompano too. I fixed some for him and I didn’t like’em no more then than I did the previous times I tried to Eat’em. Just something about’em.
I’ll eat a whole fried pogey before I eat another one. Lol
23mako
Ten Pointer
That is a stud. Congrats.
Triggernosis
Ten Pointer
I always catch fish when fishing out of Ocracoke. That is, I'm assuming you were meaning "O'coke" inlet.
darenative
Twelve Pointer
Little man and grand mama with a few from this afternoon.
darenative
Twelve Pointer
Woke up about sunrise and looked out back in the creek and saw bait showering. Grabbed a rod off the boat and fished off the bulkhead here in the yard for a few. They couldnt resist a zoom jerk shad
Triggernosis
Ten Pointer
Nice! Do you live in Ocracoke? Or have a place there?
darenative
Twelve Pointer
No, we live on roanoake island. We just rent a place for a week or 2 every summer and bring the whole family. We've been doing it for as long as i can remember.
JohnBoat
Banned
Awesome
Triggernosis
Ten Pointer
Gotcha. My grandparent's house still stands on Portsmouth Island and we are hoping to start refurbishing it in the next couple of years.
darenative
Twelve Pointer
That is pretty dang awesome.
You need to start a thread on that once you get the project going.
Thats gonna be a major undertaking given its location.
Triggernosis
Ten Pointer
I may indeed start a thread.
Fortunately, the NPS re-did the roof on it a couple of years ago and it's basically "liveable" now - just dusty and drafty. It's about 200 yards from the water and we intend to ferry lumber and materials over from Ocracoke using my boat. Once we get it tidy'ed up we will power it with a portable generator.
It's this house.
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darenative
Twelve Pointer
That's pretty dang cool
Triggernosis
Ten Pointer
Thanks, darenative. ^^^
darenative
Twelve Pointer
We picked at em on the tide change and dodged thunder storms this afternoon. Bite was slow but steady. My wife caught the big pomp of the day, and i was high hook with stingrays. Her fish was 2.2 pounds or there about and was worthy of a nc citation.
JohnBoat
Banned
Would love a house on one of the core banks! If y'all get that refurbished it will be a family treasure forever.
Triggernosis
Ten Pointer
Yes, it will really be special to our family. My grandmother was the schoolteacher on Portsmouth for several years. She raised 3 children on the island before leaving during the "big storm" of 1932, I believe it was.
The difficult part is that we will have to restore it to historical standards since it's part of the NPS's historical village. Thus, we won't be able to go over there and start adding on, putting insulated windows in it, etc.