Fall is in the air and my favorite time to fish has finally arrived! The next few months have countless opportunities for some really amazing fishing.

3 forks is at the top and still flowing
Headwaters is near full and flowing periodically

After a relatively slow few weeks, with only a couple of brief fishing trips, I managed to squeeze in a productive evening on the water. Strong currents and tannic waters made for challenging conditions, but using current to my advantage paid off.

We hope everyone is doing well after hurricane Milton’s passing last week. Here at Fineline Fishing Charters we were without power for 4 days but our trusty generator and gas grill helped us make the best of a bad situation.

After Milton, fishing has been decent even with all of the rain we had from the storm. The water is extremely dirty and there is still some bait around.

Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet fanatics, I hope and pray everyone is alright, and made it through the hurricane alright, with little or no damage to your homes and property!! We’re good on my end, but wow what a wild ride it was, glad it’s over and hope there are no more to come! With that being said, here is what I know about the goings on at the inlet.

The water in the Mosquito Lagoon is not as high as expected nor as dirty. Their schools of large jacks and redfish are starting to school up. Keep an eye out for tailing redfish that can be caught with a well placed shrimp or a slow paddle tail.

This week has been a let’s prepare for Hurricane Milton to come and whip our butts here in Florida. Prior to Milton showing, the bite was good and I foresee the bite being just as good after the storm passes.

3 forks is up and flowing alot
Areas of concentration of moving water is holding alot of fish

I hope everyone is doing well on this 7th day of October in the year 2024. We have a big storm bearing down on us, and the weather yesterday was unpleasant to say the least; I had to chaperone our MCC homecoming dance Saturday, and with the weather bing cruddy I was not able to get out this weekend, but I was able to squeeze in a brief solo trip last Sunday.

This past week the tarpon bite and the snook bite have been on fire! There have been lots of reds caught too. Post tropical storm/hurricane, after things settle down, can be some incredible fishing.

It’s a bit windier this week with more choppy waters, more rain and a new moon. Nearshore bite was a bit slow but there were plenty of glass minnows on the beach and big bonito, jacks, sharks and mackerel mixed in.

Went out of Lakefront Park towards Chisholm Park and fished along the reeds with pepper grass and got 4out of the grass on a Strike King Ocho worm in Babybass color, pound and a half to pound and 3/4.

Went out with friends in his boat and we drifted across the lake fishing the submerged grass, Texas rig Strike King KVD Ocho worm 5inch Babybass color. I got a total of 11, 2 over […]