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Florida pompano are a surf fisherman’s dream fish: aggressive, hungry and a good test on light tackle. Just don’t cast too far. (Photo by Brian Cope)

Species spotlight: Florida pompano

July 18, 2021 Brian Cope

Florida pompano are part of the jack family and are the smallest of pompanos, being dwarfed by African and Cayenne pompanos.[…]

African Pompano

August 1, 2019 Brian Cope

African pompano (alectis ciliaris) are saltwater fish that are usually caught in deep, offshore water around wrecks and artificial reefs.[…]

Finishing the day off with pompano put icing on the cupcake for many of Guide Tommy Pellegrin’s March trips.

Pompano pointers

April 1, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Tommy Pellegrin of Custom Charters out of Houma said March and April are prime months to put some pompano on ice.[…]

Permit are the fabled creatures of gin clear flats over white tropical sands, consorts of bonefish. This 15-pounder was landed by Pierre Manseau on a fly.

This pompano relative calls Louisiana waters home

December 4, 2018 Jerald Horst

Permit, the glamor fish of tropical flats fishing, are more common in Louisiana than most people realize.[…]

Pompano: The glamour fish

February 2, 2018 Jerald Horst

Some fish are work horses: They’re strong and can pull heavy loads all day. That’s a redfish. Others are race horses. They are sleek and fast, but poop out quickly — that’s a speckled trout.[…]

Where have all the pompano gone?

September 1, 2017 Jerald Horst

It was January 1965 and the Louisiana Conservationist, the official voice of the Louisiana Wild Life (yes that’s the way it was spelled then — Wild Life, not Wildlife) and Fisheries Commission, led off with an article on Louisiana’s wonderful winter offshore fishery. […]

Angler lands pompano in marsh out of Port Sulphur

June 6, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Ross Montet had quite a day on Tuesday.

Dodging rain all day out of Happy Jack Marina in Port Sulphur, Montet had his crew working in Bay Sans Bois off of Grand Bayou trying to put together a decent box of fish in less-than-ideal conditions. […]

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