Destin Fl Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier
 

1st fishes that I caught since being back from deployment that was edible!
Fished the Pier from 5pm to 7pm with frozen shrimp.
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Those little fish put up a good fight!

Nice pompano good eating

Caught many a fish on that pier.

the pompano broiled with lemon is the best eating. looks like 2 small jack crevalle also. not good eating. its the 2 with the black dots near the gill plate

My 10 year old absolutely loves broiled pompano. Do they ever run around Louisiana, close enough for a 18' bay boat to get to them safely?

catch them sometimes at the close rigs off Johnson bayou

I have absolutely tore them up at the 66/67 field SW of Grand Cheniere. They love live shrimp. We fish them with a circle hook and a lead weight about 12" up from hook. You gonna loose a lot of hooks due to spanish but then the pompano are there they are thick. I caught them last summer just before the 4th of July.

Nice catch. I just got back from there last night. Wish I could have done some fishing, but the wife drug me along to the damn outlet malls :pissed:. Told her next vacation I'm loading up the horses and heading for the mountains and she wasn't invited.

i fish that pier every year in june. i have never caught pompano but have smoked the kings. you can see some cool fish from that pier including huge bull's and tarpon. nice catch and thanks for the report.

yeah no problem I though it was going to be a bust, but my 1st cast I was on the fish

Nice, Pomps are good eating. They have a Vietnamese market near my house that sells them gutted and frozen whole for $3.99 I cook them on the pit often. My kids love them. My wife says they taste fishy. I tell her that's becasue you eating fish, if you want it to taste like popcorn eat popcorn.

Love catching pomps!!!! Great fight and great eats!!!!!!!

what is the best way to cook them?