Days that are simply “too cold” to go fishing are few and far between, but they do happen. even in South Brevard!

Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet fans, I hope you all had a great weekend, even though it was BRUTALLY cold both days, and stayed warm. The weekend at the inlet was very much a very unpleasant place to be, Saturday was very windy, cold and rough, Sunday was BRUTAL in the cold department with high winds, rough water and wind chills in the 20’s, not a lot of guys out there.

This report is going to be a short one because there wasn’t any reason to go down there in that kind of weather.
So let’s get right to it.

I was down on last Friday before the chill down for a couple hours and have to say, not much going on anywhere in the inlet, except for the north jetty. Everywhere else was dead, or nobody was fishing. About the only thing I saw caught on the north jetty were some small bluefish on spoons, jigs, and cut bait, a couple of BIG black drum on clams, and one on a flair jig.

Remember guys, if you are using live clams for bait, you are NOT ALLOWED TO BRING THEM OUT ON THE JETTY IN THE SHELLS, THE RULES STATE YOU MUST SHUCK THEM AT THE CLEANING STATION AND PUT THEM IN A CONTAINER OF SOME KIND! This keeps our jetty clean of the shells, and from stinking it up with the left over liquids from breaking them open on the deck, plus on a safety note, nobody will trip on the shells left stuck in the grates, and left on the deck. Thank you!

Other fish I saw caught were just a few sheepshead in and around the pilings on fiddler crabs and sandfleas. Along the wall between the bait shop and bridge, I did see a couple small snook and redfish caught on live shrimp, and a couple sheepshead. With all that being said, that was all the action I saw on either side on Friday.

This week is going to start out pretty chilly, but warm back up by Wednesday-Thursday, so if the winds don’t mess the water up, we may have some good fishing, the only other thing holding it back is the very cold water, right now showing 58-60 degrees, that’s too cold for out fishies comfort. So we shall see what happens. Have a great week everyone! Stay safe, and be well.