Augustine Chan and a beefy bluefish he caught while fishing at the tip of the south jetty Friday morning.

Augustine Chan and a beefy bluefish he caught while fishing at the tip of the south jetty Friday morning.

Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet fishing junkies! I hope everyone had a good weekend! Here we go with another installment of “what’s happening at the inlet”! Fishing for the most part has been a little slow, but steady no less.

For this time of the year and what’s biting with the cooler water temperatures there are fish to be caught, you just need to go and put in some time at your favorite spot. North side has been hit or miss since there isn’t a lot of area to cover except for west of the tide pool along the rocks and mangrove shorelines. Incoming tide is the best time to fish this area, unless you wade out back in the water along the shoreline, then you can fish the outgoing tide as there will be more area to cover.

The talk at the inlet has been all about the flounder fishing. Seems like this year they want to play a lot better than they did last year! The boaters drifting and anchoring along the shoreline back here are catching some nice fish up to 3-4 pounds on live finger mullet. Also being caught back here with the folks fishing sandfleas and goofy jigs are catching some nice pompano that are running the shoreline coming into the river, along with some black drum.

South side the jetty, when you can fish it and it’s not too wet is producing some black drum, sheepshead and a few pompano on shrimp, live or dead, and sandfleas, and some of the pompano are being caught on the goofy jigs when the water is cleaner and not so rough. Outgoing tide is the better option. Incoming tide along the shoreline is producing some black drum and sheepshead for those using live and dead shrimp, or sandfleas. The entire shoreline all the way back to the campground is also producing fish as well, with the main focus being on the flounder! I have heard, and seen pictures of the fish being caught back here on live finger mullet and mud minnows, most of the fish are in the 3-4 pound range, with a few pushing the 5-6 pound range!! A far cry better than what we saw last year, where most of the fish were small barely keepers, and maybe some 2 pounders. So I’m hoping that the bite continues to stay good!

On the t-dock there has been a few spanish mackerel being caught on small jigs, and some nice pompano too on the goofy jigs fished out towards the channel. Incoming tide has been the better tide for those bites. Flounder are possible here as well on live finger mullet fished close to the rocks and dock pilings. Remember folks, you do not have to throw your mullet out very far to catch flounder, most of them will be right at your feet! So fish tight to the shoreline.

Well folks, that’s it for this week. The weather is supposed to calm down a bit for the week, but the seas are going to pick back up again by the weekend. Also want to wish you ALL a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy Holiday Season!! Get out there and catch some fish!! Snookman