Good morning all you inlet fans and fanatics, hope you all had a great weekend, weather was awesome, but not so much the fishing. It was pretty slow all weekend with only a smattering of fish being caught, and mostly on the north jetty. The water remains pretty dirty for the most part, but has warmed back up to around 77 degrees, where it should be for this time of the year, beach side was the cleanest, and there were quite a few nice schools of our “springtime” finger mullet starting to show, which will make the beach fishing for snook, reds and tarpon pick up. Also on a positive note, the bait shop IS NOW OPEN! Yeah! Lol. So here we go with some action spots…

North Jetty

Over here most of the action has been in the early morning hours at the end of the high tide, and beginning of the outgoing for snook. Some under sized and over sized fish were caught on live majorra, if you could find any, they’ve been scarce lately, and live shrimp, a few keepers were also caught. Outgoing tide at the tip was still all about the blues, jacks, and ladyfish being caught on just about anything fished. I did see a couple guys get some nice black drum, and a couple nice pompano on dead shrimp and sandfleas. Between the pilings with sandfleas and fiddler crabs some decent sheepshead were caught, beachside on Saturday I saw a couple of big pompano caught on live sandfleas, and a couple of bonnethead sharks too. And like I mentioned, nice schools of finger mullet starting to show up. Along the rocks between the bait shop and bridge has been pretty slow due to it being outgoing tide most of the day, incoming is better, but that will be next week.

South Jetty

The south jetty is NOW OPEN!

T Dock Area

Back here the fishing has been a hit and miss for snook, one day good, the next few days nothing. Water clarity and lack of the majorra have been the reason for the slow bite. But, the folks fishing dead shrimp and sandfleas have been catching some fish, around the pilings, and the Rocky shoreline, lots of nice spot tail pinfish, which you can eat if they are big enough, and some decent sheepshead are being caught. Some small various snappers are being caught too, they just aren’t big enough to keep. For those tossing silver spoons and small jigs towards the channel area, blues and jacks are there to play.

Surf Area, both sides

The south surf had still been slow due to the continued dirty water, not much going on. The north side on the other hand had been a lot cleaner, and the bite has been decent, with black drum, sheepshead, whiting and some pompano being caught on live sandfleas and cut shrimp. With the schools of finger mullet starting to show, the snook, reds and tarpon won’t be very far behind, so keep your eyes open!

Well folks, that’s all I have for this week’s edition. Supposed to be nice all week weather wise, maybe a bit windy to start, so grab you gear, sunblock, and get out and enjoy the inlet, beaches and the great weather.