Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet friends, I hope everyone had a great long weekend! This is going to be a quick report, just isn’t much going on down there except for all the migratory birds, and there are lots of them!

The south side of the park while I was down over the weekend was kind of dirty. Either tide there wasn’t much happening. All I saw were a couple anglers cleaning some small bluefish, 12-14 inches, and some just as small whiting, 12-14 inches as well. The fish were caught on the T-Dock on the end of the incoming tide, on cut baits, shrimp. The only other species I saw caught were the pesky puffers, they are everywhere, and eating everything! There were a couple guys trying for spanish mackerel, but no luck. Out on the jetty, and along the inside shoreline was pretty slow too, only saw a few puffers on the jetty, and a couple of small 12-14 inch bluefish. No drum, no sheepshead, pompano or whiting this time. I chatted with one of my friends that was targeting flounder the last few days on the beach side pocket, and he said he hasn’t caught, or hooked any over the weekend! And he usually does catch some fish. With the seas picking back up again, and the winds kicking back up as well, and the cold 61-62 degree water, this week is going to be a challenge for fishing. The north side beach area before this weather moved in was producing some nice pompano, black drum and whiting. One of my friends and a couple of his friends had a nice catch in their cooler on the last of the high tide, first of the falling tide. Live shrimp and sand fleas were the baits of choice. But that was on Saturday when the seas were calm, and the wind was light offshore, it’s all gone now!

So that’s all I have for now, wish it was better, but after all, it is still winter, and we are in a strange weather pattern, and things change from day to day, and this week is supposed to be cool and windy, and wet. I hope everyone has a great and safe week.