Mr. Brodie, shows off a nice catch-and-release redfish he caught while fishing with his brother on the inlet’s north side using live shrimp. The fish was released unharmed.
Good morning all you fishing inlet fishing fanatics, hope everyone had a great weekend! Once again, it’s time for your weekly fishing update for your favorite fishing spot, Sebastian Inlet. This report is going to be one of those “not so good ones” again, mainly due to the water conditions at the inlet curtesy of hurricane Lee who sent us some pretty big ocean swells, 6-8ft. The winds from it were not that bad, but the swell just really dirtied up the Atlantic and our inlet. Over the weekend while I was down the action was pretty slow for the most part, but there were some fish of all differently varieties being caught throughout the inlet. Nowhere was a hot spot. Mid week last week the mullet around the inlet had gone away, as they sometimes do, but Sunday afternoon they had returned in large numbers all around the jetty and surf. It’s still early in the fall run as the “hot” time is usually October and November when the water starts to cool down. It is still unusualy warm for this time of year, 85 along the coast when I checked this morning. Needs to drop to 78-80 for the action to “heat up.” Anyway, like I stated, there are fish around to keep things interesting. So here we go with your action spots.
North Jetty
Out here the action has been about the cubera snappers that have been biting at the tip on the outgoing tide. There have been many hookups on them, but only a few being caught as they love to get back into the rocks, and if you don’t have the heavy tackle to manage them, you will lose them. Also there have been a few caught on the boats, which is easier to land them because you are away from the rocks. One of the anglers I know landed one last week that measured 28 inches! That’s a nice fish! Kudos to you sir. The cuberas have been biting live baits, big mullet, pins and pigs. Another species that was playing well were the large jack crevelle, and they are biting just about anything you toss out, they are not picky eaters. On the incoming tide it has been pretty slow due to the very sandy/muddy water. They are still catching some decent sized mangrove snappers around the pilings, along with some decent sheepshead. The snappers are biting live and dead greenies, which are getting harder to find, the sheepshead on shrimp, live and dead. Also I did see a few nice catch and release redfish caught on the jetty and along the rock shoreline between the catwalk and jetty. The snook bite has been pretty absent except for a few smaller ones who don’t mind the rough and dirty water. Also did see quite a few mutton snappers caught at the tip over the weekend, but none of them made the 18 inch minimum to be kept. One gal I was talking to caught 3-4 of them while we were chatting. Not much else going on over here.
South Jetty
Over here the water has been EXTREMELY dirty from the roughed up Atlantic. Incoming and both the outgoing tides are affected. Catfish, puffers and stingrays are everywhere. Outgoing at the tip I did se a couple black margates caught on Saturday along with some blue runners. One angler did catch a nice redfish on a live finger mullet. Incoming tide has also been slow due to the water conditions, but if you do find some cleaner water, you might catch some snook coming by. Live baits of any kind could produce a bite, also medium sized paddle tail baits will work this time of year when the mullet are around. Redfish are a possibility also on this tide as they don’t mind the dirty water as much as the snook do. Same baits for them as the snook.
T-Dock area
Back here has been a bit better than the jetties due to the fact that it is much calmer, but you still get a lot of dirty/muddy water. The middle of the incoming tide, and the first of the outgoing tide has been the better times to fish because you get some of the cleaner water from the north side tide flow. Small mangroves, and some keepers are being caught around the dock pilings on live and cut dead greenies. Also did see some undersized mutton snappers back here as well. Remember they have to be 18 inches before you can keep them. Snook and redfish are also being caught back here in the early and late high tide phases all along the shoreline. Live baits of pinfish, pigfish, mullet and shrimp doing the trick. Nighttime snookin back here has been pretty good as well. Small to medium swim baits along with live baits are producing fish on the high, and first of the outgoing tide.
Surf area, both sides
For the most part the surf has been “washed out” due to the high surf we had left over from hurricane Lee. The winds were not bad, just the surf making it very dirty and rough, plus the absence of the mullet has made it pretty slow. It has calmed down some, but expect it to pick back up mid week as we again will get wave action from TS Nigel who is out there now. They are calling for seas to build to 6-7ft by Thursday into the weekend. If you find a spot on the high tide with a good trough AND some mullet, you could quite possibly find some predators feeding on them.
Well, that’s all I have for you guys and gals this week! It’s going to be one of those on and off weeks weatherwise, but get your gear, catch some bait and go fishing! With al the different species around now, you never know what you are likely to catch. Everyone have a great week, and catch some fish!
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