inlet snook

Greg Barrow, owner of Snookside Charters shows offf a 29 or 30-inch slot snook caught on his boat using live threadfins for bait.

Good morning all you Sebastian Inlet fishing fans, I hope everyone had a great weekend, a bit windy, but was nice. This report is going to be another brief one due to the ocean conditions we had the last several days, gusty ESE winds, and big 5-6 ft seas, not making it good to fish, but there were some fish biting. And just another reminder when fishing the north side around the bridge, you ARE NOT permitted to fish anywhere on the rocks east of the fencing marked with the three “NO TRESPASSING” signs, and anywhere along the rocks all the way out to the jetty, and you ARE NOT permitted to climb under the jetty at the beach/jetty point either, it is also marked with signage, that entire area is designated a construction area, and if caught by FWC, you will be cited for trespassing. It is for your safety! Thank you.

Now, on to the fishing. It has been a little slow, but while I was down over the weekend, there was a pretty good snook bite for a change, most were small undersized, but plenty of them, and I did see several mid slots taken as well. So here is the scoop.

There was a pretty decent snook bite, but sides, both tides. A lot b of shorts, but I did see several slots kept, and some overs released. South jetty incoming, shrimp and threadfins, in the back, south side, majorras and thumper shrimp jigs, and threadfins, the majorra were plentiful. The hot spot in the back was by the t dock, and cleaning table, both tides. North side I saw several snook caught in the back by where the mangroves start, along the rocks, incoming tide. The boats were catching quite a few west of the bridge along the shoreline we can’t get to because of the construction and being OFF LIMITS. Was a pretty active day on Saturday. Best I have seen in a few weeks!

North side baits were live threadfins and majorra. That’s pretty much all there was going on, didn’t see much of anything else being caught except for a few kitty fish, jacks and a couple of small nurse sharks. Good thing about it all is the water is gradually warming up, 73 degrees as of this writing. With the easterly flow of winds, the water will continue to warm up some more. It just need to calm down in the wind department, and clean back up.

That’s all I have for now guys and gals. It’s supposed to be a great week all week, more springtime like it should be. 2-3 ft seas, and lighter winds, no more 15-25’s. Lol. So, grab your gear, water, sunscreen and go out and catch some fish!