GOOD morning all you Sebastian Inlet fans and fanatics, hope you all enjoyed the great weekend we had! Good news, again! The fishing at the inlet has been pretty good, and over the weekend has gotten even better with all sorts of fish being caught. I guess you could say it “got hot” with all the fish biting, and it was crowded to boot due to that. Lots of different species being caught, snook, reds, mangrove snapper, Spanish mackerel, lookdowns, black margates, spot tail pins, whiting, and a few others. Pretty much everything was being caught! And for this time of year, going into the fall season, it will only get better! So here we go with the with the details.

North Jetty

Over here the bite has been on both tides, with the outgoing at the tip being the better fishing. The water has remained pretty clean, calm with plenty of baitfish, mullet, greenies and pilchards. Plenty of snook, mostly keepers on live pigfish and mullet, several also over slot, a couple redfish in the mix. Also on the outgoing there were quite a few nice mangroves caught around the rocks on live and dead greenies and shrimp. Mist of those caught were in the 11 to 12 inch size. Jack crevalle and some blue runners were biting too. Beach side of the jetty both tides, it was all about the Spanish mackerel, lots of them being caught on live greenies, silver spoons, and tiny white jigs. Most of the fish were in the 14 to 16 inch range. Incoming, or high tide when the water was deeper beach side, some snook were caught at the tip on live pigs and mullet, and fir those fishing cut shrimp, there some nice whiting caught, along with some mangroves in the pilings. The snook bite continued on the incoming as well on live baits with quite a few nice slots being caught. Some were over sized, but a good bite. Another species being caught were the “tasty” lookdowns, plenty of them being caught on greenies, small shrimp and tiny jigs. On this tide also the Spanish mackerel bite was happening with quite a few fish being caught, again, live greenies, small silver spoons and tiny jigs. Mangrove snappers were also biting in and around the rocks and pilings on just about any cut bait.

South Jetty

Over here it has been pretty good as well still, especially on the incoming high tide. Slit sized snook and a few reds are being caught on just about any live baits fished, pugs being the better choice. Lit of smaller fish on this side, but some keepers to be had in the mix. The mangrove bite has also still been decent on greenies, majorra, and shrimp. Outgoing tide at the tip it has been the normal cast of characters, spot tails, margate, whiting, catfish and jacks, any cur bait works.

T Dock Area

Back here the fishing has also picked up some with more of the “snook” guys fishing. Incoming tide is the best with fish being caught on live baits, pigs and mullet being the better baits, and some on shrimp. On either tide for those fishing shrimp or cut baits around the dock pilings and Rocky shoreline, decent mangroves, mutton, and lane snapper are being caught, but the mutton and lanes have been too small to keep. Black margate and spot tail pins are also being caught.

Surf Area, both sides

With the water on the north side starting to get deeper as some of the sandbar washing away, and the mullet are still there at times, there have been a few “beach snook” being caught on the live mullet. Also for those fishing shrimp, the whiting and croakers, and of course the pesky catfish are biting. The water hadn’t cooled off enough yet to get the pompano around, but that’s still to come.

South side surf — still nobody fishing that area due to being unaccessible from the parking lot.

Well that’s what we have for this week! With the fishing being as good as it is now, it will only get better as the water cools, and we get our fall conditions going, and the good mullet run starts. Grab your stuff, bait, water, and get out and enjoy what the inlet and the ocean has to offer! Cheers.