snook slot trio

A happy trio of anglers with their slot limit catches, three of the many snook they caught using live threadfins in the inlet with captain Greg, owner and operator of Snookside Fishing Charters

Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet fishing junkies! I hope you all had a great weekend, and a Happy Easter! It’s time for this weeks report on what’s up at the inlet.

Here we go. Again, for the most part the fishing has been really slow, one day good, the next few days nothing. The main reason is the water quality and conditions. All weekend while I was down at the inlet the winds have been pretty brisk out of the ESE 10-20 mph, the seas have been 3-4 making conditions on the south jetty pretty wet with the waves busting over the small, and low jetty. Also, the wind and the waves have turned the entire inlet into a muddy mess again, AND on top of that last Friday while I was down the sargassum weed has gotten to be pretty thick making fishing tougher as well. It’s everywhere!

The only fish I saw being caught over the weekend were some nice snook being caught in the area back around the t-dock and cleaning station. Back there the water is calmer and for the most part, a little less weedy than out front on the jetty. Sunday afternoon the bite was pretty good with several over slots being caught, and several slots being taken as well! Live majorra was the bait of choice, if you could find some, they have been hard to get. One day they might be there, the next few days they are not. Just like the fish.

The anglers fishing from the boats also have been doing very well with the snook on both sides of the inlet along the shorelines, lot of big fish being caught using live threadfins for bait. The inside of the south jetty on the incoming tide has been producing plenty of under slot snook, and some jack crevalle. Before the winds picked up, they were catching some pretty nice flounder on the beach side of the jetty, but that is all blown out now, along with any surf fishing. You can expect all this week that the winds are going to be pretty tough out of the ESE, and again, the water hasn’t warmed back up, as of this writing it was still showing 73, too cool for the hot action we need.

Anyway folks, that’s it for this week. The weather all week is supposed to be nice, just a bit breezy. So grab your gear, water and go find you a calm spot in the back of the inlet and catch ya one!

Cheers.