Fishing in Santa Rosa- need advice

They do still have pompano. Last I heard the June grass had moved in, making it hard to fish from the surf. But to surf fish, you ideally want a surf rod. You can buy a combo for $40 at gulf breeze bait and tackle. Also pick up a couple gulf rigs (double drop circle hooks with floats above the hooks) and a couple spider weights to grab into the sand. Bait with shrimp or sand fleas for pompano. Cut mullet or cis will get you reds or whitlings.

There is a big fishing pier in pola. You can catch all kinds of stuff there. You can also catch bull reds on the fishing bridge next to the 3 mile bridge.