Hello all my Sebastian Inlet peeps, I hope everyone had a nice long weekend, and the cold weather we had. It slowed the fishing down a bit because the water got down to 64 degrees, and the winds dirtied up the water again, but some nice fish were caught last week before the cold front. So here we go!

First off would like to remind everyone that one of our jetty rules states that “ALL MARINE LIFE FOR HARVEST MUST BE PUT IN A CONTAINER OF SORTS,COOLER, BUCKET, BAG, SOMETHING. THEY ARE NOT TO BE LEFT ON THE JETTY”! While I was down on Saturday there were lots of bluefish and jacks laying everywhere! What a waste. They are no good to eat ad they spoil quickly if not iced properly. Plus we had an incident with a pelican that had grabbed a jack that someone left out and tried to swallow it and got it stuck in its throat! Had to call a park ranger to help me help the bird, got it out but the birds pouch was all messed up, so had to take it to the bird hospital. PLEASE pick up your fish and store them properly, or put them back in the wayer if you aren’t keeping them. Thanks, we appreciate your attention to this matter. Now off to the fishing.

North Jetty

Out here before the weekend there were a few black drum being caught at the tip of the jetty on live and dead shrimp, also a couple of redfish were landed. I did also see a few nice sheepshead being caught as well. Also at the tip when I was down Saturday the bluefish bite was crazy, anglers flinging fish over the rails everywhere, and on everything! I did also see a couple Spanish mackerel caught too. Spoons and jigs were the ticket for them. Along the rocks between the baitshop and bridge some anglers were catching some sheepshead on shrimp, fiddlers and sandfleas. Some of the fish were in the 12 to 13 inch range. No flounder for the flounder guys.

South Jetty

Over here at the tip, both tides since the water was so cool, it was mostly all about the bluefish on jigs, spoons, and any bait used. Those fishing shrimp were catching some sheepshead, but not as many as the north side. I did hear about a couple pompano caught before the water got dirty, goofy jigs. Along the jetty rocks on the incoming tide a few small snook and drum and sheepshead were caught. Live shrimp was the ticket.

T DOCK

Back here over the weekend the dock was closed, the forgot to open it before they left for the weekend. Around the cleaning table there were only a few people fishing, but weren’t catching anything except for tiny snappers on dead shrimp. No flounder guts back here.

SURF AREA, BOTH SIDES

North side was a bit tough to fish due to the huge sandbar we now have next to the north jetty, it is very shallow and goes a long way out, and north. There weren’t any anglers out fishing the beach.

South Side

Over here since we had SSE winds that messed up the water quality and made it kind of dirty, there wasn’t much happening around the jetty. A few small flounder were caught in the surf picket area on finger mullet and small rubber jigs. A little farther down the beach south, but still in the park, before the weekend there were some nice pompano being caught on live fleas. The boaters out there behind the surf area were doing well in that area. Not much else over here except catfish, and an occasional shark hooked up.

Well that’s all I have for this week folks. It’s going to be breezy and cool and a little rough this week, until Thursday where it should calm down a bit, and warm back up. Stay well, stay warm, and have a great,safe week! Snookman.