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Marco Pompano with a tray of pompano and permit

Freak on the Beach by Marco: August 2026

The permit are back on the beach. Marco on a 19 inch permit caught on sand fleas, the end of pompano season, and beating the August heat.
Two anglers holding pompano caught from the surf

Freak on the Beach by Marco: July 2026

A hit or miss pompano season on the beach, a surf fishing lesson for new friends, and a quick guide to sand fleas for bait.
Two young children holding a pompano on the beach

Freak on the Beach by Marco: June 2026

Once the sargassum cleared, Marco found run outs and coquina shells on the beach, and he and his friend Nicky caught limits of pompano on blue crab knuckles and sand fleas.
Two anglers on the beach with a catch of pompano, black drum, sheepshead, and whiting

Freak on the Beach by Marco: May 2026

Pompano season is on in Wilbur By the Sea. Marco waits out the weeds with a Pennsylvania charter, then lands a surf grand slam: pompano, black drum, sheepshead, and whiting.
Marco Pompano holding up a pompano in each hand on the beach

Freak on the Beach by Marco: April 2026

Pompano season is here. Marco lands a 17-inch scout before sunrise, fishes a trough 80 yards out in 66-degree water, and smokes his limit of six for fish dip.
A smiling woman beside a cleaning table full of freshly caught pompano

Freak on the Beach by Marco: March 2026

Marco and his charter client Tim got skunked, then came back ahead of a cold front and caught a slot redfish, pompano, and whiting before Marco limited out on pompano.
Marco Pompano holding a big sheepshead on the beach

Freak on the Beach by Marco: February 2026

Marco Pompano tries giant quahog clams from Massachusetts as surf bait and lands a slot redfish on the clam, then a big sheepshead on crab knuckles, as the pompano head south.
Marco Pompano on the beach with a cart full of pompano

Freak on the Beach by Marco: January 2026

Marco heads to the beach in Wilbur By the Sea before sunrise and catches pompano and slot redfish on sand fleas and crab knuckles, and his friend Bobby O lands a monster slab pompano.
Marco Pompano on the beach holding the redfish he caught by hand line

Freak on the Beach by Marco: December 2025

Marco battles seaweed and a tangle of crossed lines on the beach, then hand-lines a 25-inch slot redfish with help from his friend Pat and shares a few facts about redfish.
Marco Pompano crouching with a surf rod below a sand cliff cut into the beach at Wilbur by the Sea, with a damaged beach walkover behind him

Freak on the Beach by Marco: November 2025

The big scout pompano sneak into Wilbur by the Sea, and Marco catches them on crab knuckles, sand fleas, and fish gum while king tides and a northeaster carve a cliff into the beach.

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