Destin Fl Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier

[haoward]

1st fishes that I caught since being back from deployment that was edible!
Fished the Pier from 5pm to 7pm with frozen shrimp.

Those little fish put up a good fight!

[hayden1414337]

Nice pompano good eating

[getonfish]

Caught many a fish on that pier.

[gckid]

Originally Posted by haoward

1st fishes that I caught since being back from deployment that was edible!
Fished the Pier from 5pm to 7pm with frozen shrimp.

Those little fish put up a good fight!

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

[bmac]

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?

[gckid]

Originally Posted by bmac

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

[ScubaLatt]

Originally Posted by bmac

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?

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.

[Matt G]

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 . Told her next vacation I'm loading up the horses and heading for the mountains and she wasn't invited.

[longcast]

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.

[haoward]

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

[swamp snorkler]

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.

[YellowMouth7]

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

[haoward]

what is the best way to cook them?