inlet snook

An elusive “slot” snook Friday evening at the south jetty

Good morning all you Sebastian Inlet fanatics, I hope you all had a great and safe weekend, despite the afternoon thunder storms. Weather was nice, water was nice, but the fishing was a bit slow for the most part, no baitfish anywhere to be found, and that made it kind of tough, but there was some majorra, you just had to search and work hard to find any. There were some fish being caught, just not like it should be for this time of the year. The water was pretty clean for the most part until the winds switched and became SSE, which in turn dirtied it up on the south side. The seaweed was still around, but nothing like it was, also the water has warmed back up to 78 as of this writing, which for this time of year should be in the low 80’s. So that’s that, here we go with the action we did have.

North side

The action over here has been up under the bridge on the rocks on the outgoing tide, a few anglers who were able to find some majorra were catching some small undersized snook, and a couple small catch and release redfish. Remember in this area, you are NOT permitted to go past the fencing with the no trespassing signs just east of the catwalk, it is a designated construction area. Back towards the back, west of the tide pool on the incoming tide a few snook have been caught fishing live majorra, and back along the mangrove shoreline. That’s pretty much it for this side since fishing access is limited.

South side

Over here all the action has been at the tip of the jetty on the outgoing tide, cut shrimp was attracting bites from black margate, spot tail pins, small whiting, and some very nice sand perch. I also did get a report of some flounder being caught as well, but didn’t hear if they were keepers or not. The incoming tide has been pretty slow with the dirtier water, but there were a couple undersized snook caught on live croakers. That’s pretty much the jest of it out here.

T-Dock area

Back here the fishing has picked up a bit from what it has been, but with the T-dock still being closed, it is limited. On the incoming tide, and beginning of the outgoing, if you find some majorra, snook are possible. I did hear about a few slots being caught, but I did not see any the entire weekend I was there. Early morning seems to be the time for that. Along the rock shoreline I did see some small mangrove snappers being caught, which this time of year when the water warms up on the intercoastal, they will start showing, plus all the tiny minnows that are around the T-dock attract them. Also being caught back here are sheepshead, and a few black drum, live or cut dead shrimp for the snappers, drum, and sheepshead.

Surf Area, both sides

North side has been pretty slow due to the fact that we have a massive sandbar on that side from the jetty all the way up to the north parking lot which makes finding deep water tough, so not many folks fishing this side. On the south side the water is much deeper, but also much dirtier due to the SSE winds kicking it up. An occasional pompano or two have been caught, along with some small whiting on live sandfleas and cut shrimp. Puffers, catfish, and some pesky bonnet head sharks round out what is happening on this side.

Well friends, that’s it for this week! This week is going to be kind of iffy weatherwise, but if you get out early before the storms, you might just catch some fish. Have a great week folks! Snookman.