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I have seen reference, but not much, saying that pompano tend to take refuge around rigs in the winter. Does anyone know much about this locally?
There is a video on youtube of some commercial guys racking them up at a rig in Louisiana. They are in long sleeves so coolish weather anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8HzTOnGDHc
I'd have to say the video was made in late winter/early spring (there were some spanish mackerel mixed in).
And I have caught pompano around Alabama gas rigs in March & April while sheepshead fishing.
But never heard of many (any?) in Jan/February except a few along the Baldwin beaches eastward.
Looked like they were using a banana jig with dead shrimp...
Of course the video is maybe edited, but that’s the fastest I’ve ever seen people pull Pompano back to back out the water.