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Do y’all keep pompano caught in Louisiana waters?
Posted on 8/19/24 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 8/19/24 at 1:20 pm
Friend threw one back yesterday before I could tell him to throw it on ice.
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Posted on 8/19/24 at 1:38 pm to TJG210
two fish that never get thrown back unless they are too small.
Flounder and Pompano.
Flounder and Pompano.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 1:41 pm to TJG210
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Friend threw one back yesterday
Did he know what it was?
Posted on 8/19/24 at 1:54 pm to Saskwatch
No, I thought it was a pompano, but he said bluefish
Is there a size/limit?
Is there a size/limit?
This post was edited on 8/19/24 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 8/19/24 at 2:24 pm to TJG210
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No, I thought it was a pompano, but he said bluefish
Those aren't really that close to confuse.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 2:42 pm to TJG210
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I thought it was a pompano, but he said bluefish
Generally the test is stick your finger in it’s mouth and you can tell pretty quickly which one it is.
I dont think there is any limit on bluefish as they are not desirable table fare.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 3:38 pm to TJG210
pompano
bluefish
bluefish is crap. pompano is the best eating fish there is
bluefish
bluefish is crap. pompano is the best eating fish there is
Posted on 8/19/24 at 3:38 pm to TJG210
I've never caught a legal pompano. And I've tried. In several states.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 3:52 pm to deeprig9
I believe people on the east coast keep and eat bluefish. Unless it's a different "bluefish".
Posted on 8/19/24 at 4:10 pm to MarsellusWallace
You can eat bluefish if you caught nothing else.
But you have to slit their throat and drain them upside down in salt water pretty quick-like.
Fry them that night or toss them.
But you have to slit their throat and drain them upside down in salt water pretty quick-like.
Fry them that night or toss them.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 4:29 pm to dstone12
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or toss them
... into a crab trap.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 5:13 pm to TJG210
Ive could see permit/pomp getting mixed up but bluefish 
Posted on 8/19/24 at 6:09 pm to MarsellusWallace
I've eaten bluefish we caught in Florida off the beach. Cleaned that day and anything red removed. Fried and on to a sandwich. I loved it.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 6:11 pm to AlxTgr
ate em pretty regular in VA Beach, pretty good fresh.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 8:03 pm to choupiquesushi
We catch a few pompano around Fourchon. Very good eating, also have in the past kept bluefish not. Terrible but eatable
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Gary
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Gary
Posted on 8/19/24 at 9:00 pm to Sport from lockport
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We catch a few pompano around Fourchon.
Have caught some nice ones at the Belle Pass rocks and the Caminada pass rocks. They get thrown in the box as long as they are big enough to clean.
Posted on 8/20/24 at 5:42 am to TJG210
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No, I thought it was a pompano, but he said bluefish
Mistook a Pompano for a Bluefish???? And this guy presumably is not blind?
By the way, smoked bluefish is pretty damned tasty...makes a great fish dip. Don't know about the ones on the Louisiana gulf coast but those caught in Florida, Georgia, SC and NC are pretty damned good smoked. Also makes a serviceable Ceviche if fresh and diced up small enough.
Posted on 8/20/24 at 5:45 am to LSUengr
There’s a well known guide in the area that occasionally posts pictures of ones he catches, he always says those and flounder go into the guides box. Not if I’m paying you for a trip they don’t. 
Posted on 8/20/24 at 5:46 am to MarsellusWallace
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I believe people on the east coast keep and eat bluefish. Unless it's a different "bluefish".
Its the same. They are not terrible. Bleed them (should be done with all fish) and remove the blood line and when they are fresh they are better than Tilapia, in my opinion, but I do not care for Tilapia. They are also very good for smoking and using in dips and the like. Carcasses make an excellent stock. The further north you go along the Atlantic coast the bigger they get. They are a BLAST to catch when they are thick and by thick I mean catching a couple every cast on a spoon with a treble hook.
Posted on 8/20/24 at 6:00 am to deeprig9
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I've never caught a legal pompano. And I've tried. In several states.
I landed what we thought was a possible world record Pomp off Horn Island (Mississippi) about 10 years ago. It weighed just a little over 11 pounds on a spring scale that had been in the boat for years so it probably weighed a little over that. Boatside and in that clear water it was a Pomp for certain and a damned big one. Landed and on the deck of the boat it was, at last, a Permit. As it turned out it may well have been a state record Permit, but being accustomed to Permit in Florida and the Carribean mistakenly figured it would be several pounds shy of any kind of record. At the time the biggest Permit ever harvested in Mississippi was barely over 11 pounds. It may or may not have weighed that much, the old scale we used was not in any way accurate. Record or not it ate very well.
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