This weekend I had the opportunity to be truly Itinerant.  I was scheduled on short notice to give a lecture in Perdido Key, Alabama (near Pensacola, Florida) for a Saturday meeting.  As luck would have it, that is also near one of the best Pompano stretches in America and I have been wanting a shot at these elusive fish for some time now.  Basically, Pompano are “baby Permit” and they are extremely difficult to see in the water which makes site casting challenging at best.  The world record Pompano is only about 7 pounds, so generally anything in the 2-3 pound range is a respectable catch.  I managed to hook up with Captain Basil Yelverton “Baz” for a half day fishing following the lecture.  The wind was from the north and the beaches were calm and clear.

Game on . . .

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