Pompano bite has been pretty good along the flats and spoil islands with some bait on them.

Great week of warmer weather, calm river and ocean brought a great week of fishing inshore and nearshore. We’ve been getting a lot of good trout on the flats and around the deeper mangrove shorelines and plenty of pompano, jacks, bluefish and ladyfish on the flats and shorelines as well.

All of our fishing has been with artificial baits as the reaction bite has been the key. Soft plastics on 1/4 oz jig heads have been my go to with the Rapala Mooch Minnow and DOA paddle tails as the two main baits we’ve had the most success on as well as the Lil Jon. Nearshore has been good as well with plenty of bluefish, mackerel and a lot of sharks. Artificial baits have been productive with heavier jig heads and fast action for all of the species.

There has been some blacktip, spinner and sharpnose sharks mixed in around the bait pods. Blacktips and spinners have been chasing poppers. The sharpnose sharks we’ve been catching on light tackle with same soft plastics we use for mackerel and bluefish, it’s been a lot of fun! Looks like a few more cold fronts later this week and weekend may slow the bite a little but there’s always some action to be had if you find bait in the lagoon or along the beaches.