Amelia Island Surf 3-11 & 3-12-23

BossVoss

Saturday evening I took my old man out to the beach to scout a spot out for a surf fishing charter with some old friends the next day I had. Found a good pocket of deeper water with a good bar on either side and a runout in the middle. Fished the last of the outgoing/first of the incoming tide until sunset. The bite wasn't crazy by any means, but it was steady. We ended up with 10 whiting ( 5 keepers 1 being 15''), 2 pompano (1 keeper), 5 bluefish (10''-20''), 1 just short trout, 1 short flounder, and a good sized bonnethead. Needless to say I found a good spot for the next morning.

Sunday morning I got set up on the beach at first light, and had all the rods set up. One whiting before sunrise, and that was it. From sunrise till an hour after is when we had all our bites. 3 keeper pompano (lost a fourth when it jumped like a bass and spit the hook), 5 whiting (two keepers), and a hand full of bluefish after that hour of action. It seemed as the tide got higher the water became dirtier (cloudy), and the bite just about completely turned off. We decided to call it a day around 10 am which worked out as the South wind really started to pick up. 

Overall a good start to the spring surf run. No fleas or big shark bites as the water still a bit cool is my guess. No drum either. Tight lines everyone.

     

Battlefish

Great report thanks

bswiv

Explain the pompano set up if you don't mind.  

I just NEVER seem to catch more than one or two........and usually nothing!

One Drop

Great report. Got blanked down in Ormond, good to know they're out there. 

swampdog

Great reporting with pics! I’m also interested in your overall surf fishing setup.

Sea-Squatch

Nice report!

carolinablue2

Great report, thanks!

BottomBumpin

nice mixed bag!!

BossVoss

bswiv said:

Explain the pompano set up if you don't mind.  

I just NEVER seem to catch more than one or two........and usually nothing!

@bswiv I will either use a single rig (one hook) I tie myself with 20lb flurocarbon leader (10-12'' lots of leader) and use a variety of colored floats & beads, or I will use a double rig (pompano or high low rig) pre-tied at store (20-30lb flurocarbon) with random colored floats and beads on them. I have found that my single rigs have drawn more bites then the double rigs, but I have caught plenty on both. I also will always tip my fresh shrimp with a piece of fishbites. The best flavor I have had the most success with is shrimp flavor either in electric chicken color or neon orange. On these two trips the hot color for all bites was the neon green on yellow colors (pictured above). Hope this helps. I'm no pro by any means! Tight Lines

BossVoss

swampdog said:

Great reporting with pics! I’m also interested in your overall surf fishing setup.

@swampdogI will either use a single rig (one hook) I tie myself with 20lb flurocarbon leader (10-12'' lots of leader) and use a variety of colored floats & beads, or I will use a double rig (pompano or high low rig) pre-tied at store (20-30lb flurocarbon) with random colored floats and beads on them. I have found that my single rigs have drawn more bites then the double rigs, but I have caught plenty on both. I also will always tip my fresh shrimp with a piece of fishbites. The best flavor I have had the most success with is shrimp flavor either in electric chicken color or neon orange. On these two trips the hot color for all bites was the neon green on yellow colors (pictured above). Hope this helps. I'm no pro by any means! Tight Lines