John Entrkin caught this 38-pound cobia last week in a 75-foot-deep ledgge out of Sebastian Inlet.
Good morning all you Sebastian Inlet anglers out there! Happy Monday, and I hope you all had a great weekend! Here we go with the report for the week.
Last week again, the fishing started off really well with all sorts of different species being caught. The north side of the inlet was again the hot spot to be, the rest of the inlet was kind of dirty and slow, but the north side was pretty clean, until Thursday when the winds switched around to the SSE and picked up and just made it a dirty mess again! Some snook, black drum, pompano, whiting, redfish, bluefish, jack crevalle, blue runners and even some sea trout ( which are still closed until Jan. the 1st) have been caught. One thing to note, this week is really going to get pretty bad in the weather department after Tuesday with the winds clocking from the NNE at 20-30 mph, and the seas picking up to around 8-11 ft!! That’s going to make for some treacherous fishing from BOTH jetties, so if you go, please be careful out there!! So here we go with the break down.
North Jetty
Over here it has been all on the high tide periods that the fish have been biting. We still have that sandbar out there on the north side of the jetty that keeps it pretty shallow on the low tide phases. Black drum, some pompano redfish and whiting have been caught by those anglers using live sandfleas or fresh cut shrimp on the bottom. On the inside of the jetty there have been a few nice keeper snook still being caught on big live shrimp. Remember folks, snook season CLOSES THIS Friday the 15th at midnight! Also there have been some redfish and black drum in the mix as well. The outgoing tide at the tip has been producing 2-3 pound bluefish on silver spoons and cut baits. Blue runners and jack crevalle are in the mix as well, along with some nice cubera snappers for those fishing big live baits at the base of the rocks at the tip.
South Jetty
Over here in the beginning of the week when the water was cleaner the snook and redfish were playing for those fishing live pins and pigs, or big live shrimp. Most of the snook were too small to keep, but there were some slots mixed in. Outgoing tide at the tip is still all about the black margates, spot tail pins and blue runners, and a few bluefish. Cut baits will do the trick for those species. The flounder bite over here has not produced yet due to the roughed up and dirty water, plus everyone is still fishing for snook, which remember, will CLOSE THIS Friday the 15th at midnight!
T-Dock Area
Back here it has been pretty slow still. Dirty water and the lack of baitfish has kept the predator fish away. Incoming tide along the shoreline is still producing some snook, and catch and release redfish for those fishing live baits. Some spanish mackerel and bluefish are possible for those tossing silver spoons and small jigs to the channel area. The flounder bits back here has been mostly from the anglers fishing from boats. I did see a few caught over the weekend in the 2-3 lb range. Live finger mullet or mud minnows are the baits to use, but they will bite live shrimp as well, but so will ever other fish in the water!
Surf Area, both sides
The north surf just north of the jetty was producing decent numbers of pompano, whithing and black drum the beginning of last week before the winds and surf picked up, and it all went away as the surf got too rough and dirty. It had calmed down and cleaned up and the water cooled down to the 68-70 degree temps that those species like. Spanish mackerel and bluefish were around too for those tossing silver spoons into the surf.
The south surf has been a dirty mess for the most part, it never cleaned up much as the dirty outgoing water flows south down the beach, and when the tide changes, it flows back up, and when the winds switched to the SSE and the waves kicked back up, well it just made a mess out of it all. So not too much going on in this area except for catfish, stingrays and a few sharks to keep things interesting.
Well my fishing fanatics, that’s it in a nutshell for today. Like I stated earlier, if you do go fishing, do it before Thursday as that’s when it should be getting pretty messy out there, and all the way through the weekend. Stay safe, be well everyone.
Cheers. Snookman.
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