I have fished around those oyster bars and found some trout and a few flounder as well. Have seen a few reds, but not like the schools I have seen before. The wind finally laid back down today and there were plenty of mackerel feeding off the beach about 500 yards or more out slashing bait. Had my kayak in the middle of them and they were still biting right through a 50lb flouro leader! There were some larger fish, too-maybe kings or big blues-that were no match for my shimano 4000 with 55lb braid and a 60 lb. leader. Tarpon were not to be seen today.
I caught the pompano on a nylure jig. Silver head with yellow tail-they are sold around here. The fish were very actively feeding almost at the end where a sand bar came into the beach. I could see them coming over the bar about 10 yards from the beach and they would readily slam the jig. There was a school of over 100 of them in it! Mostly small 1-2 lb. each but I did manage one around 4 pounds. The tide was key though-it had to be about 2 hours before the high tide then they would completely shut down about half an hour before high tide. All the ones I kept had sand fleas in them so if you prefer live bait, that is the way to go. I was fishing from a boat though so I could follow the school. There were a few bluefish and ladyfish mixed in, but almost only pompano within 10 yards of the beach.
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