Fishing from the beach

As the poster above me said...sand fleas. Get a little box sifter and throw handfuls of sand right where the surf stops. You be able to get these little guys in the sifter box. If you have any pompano in the surf they'll eat this bait.

If you have to throw artificials then throw something under a cork with as much line under it as possible while still being able to cast. Get it between sandbars for the best action.

Catch sand fleas by hand.

Yeah this is easy to do. I've always just caught them by hand.

Thanks AxlTgr....never seen that before and I'm going to try it next month when I'm at the beach

I think pompano are pretty much done.

Go super early in the Am. Look for birds . Try top waters, then 1/4 jigs with a bass assassin or something like that.

I visited Pensacola in late April and caught about 30ish fish from the shore. I use the pompano rig that is posted early in the thread. You can use sand fleas, but I could never really find many where I was at. I went to Gary's bait in Perdido and bought frozen shrimp. I peeled the shrimp and cut it into thirds. I would place the shrimp chunks on the two hooks and cast between the sandbar and shore (do not cast to far). A local I talked to said that the cut shrimp made it look like sand fleas. I have no clue about that. My haul in four days was 6 pompano, 13 whiting, 14 catfish and 1 stingray. I had a fun time fighting those fish.

These guys

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you are supposed to put them in the freezer for 45 minutes it puts them in a coma they do not wake up while frying what you are doing is inhumane.?

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i put a fishhook right in between their fricking eyes like every other fisherman, i fricking smash crabs with my fishing rod back, and do you thing that i give a frick if they are moving when i put them on oil??

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