Sebastian Inlet Report

06-04-12 MONDAY: FISHING IS ON THE SLOW SIDE 

It's a beautiful morning at the inlet. Winds are blowing out of the West-Northwest at 7 mph and the water is calm. 

Over the weekend, we had a variety of fish landed, but in small numbers. We had some Spanish Mackerel, Mangrove Snapper, Blues, Permit, Pompano and a few Sea Trout and Flounder on the flats.

Our angler of the day is Allan Marath of Palm Bay with a nice sized Permit he landed off the north jetty on  using live shrimp. Allan was one of the luckier ones, as fishing was on the slow side. 

Mogan Tour

I had a good time yesterday hang out at Dicks Sports with The Mogan Man, "Blair Wiggins" Saturday. He showed some of the  NEW Mirror Lures and introduced the new - 2 piece Flats Blue Surf Rods. They come in two sizes and they look like they will get the job done....I'll get photos and the size details later this week. Theres also in the works a rod for the Fishing Ladies in some shade of pink.... 

Its Hot Outside

Alot of us wear short sleeve shirts down here in south Fla.
I saw these at Costco last night, they look like they will work great if your wearing short sleeves in the sun and need some arm or arm/hand protection. You slide them up on your arms and your protected. They come in a few colors......... 

Mogan Tour Today

Come out and meet Capt. Blair Wiggins and the AF Crew at 


the Dick's Sporting Goods in West Palm Beach, Florida. 


Make sure to stop by and pick up a $10 off coupon and purchase the 


NEW Blair Wiggins Signature Series Flats Blue rods, FINS 


braid, Mogan Series MirrOlures and more. Meet Capt. Blair 


Wiggins and the AF Crew from 11am - 4pm SOUTHERN 


CROSSING 8821 SOUTHERN BLVD WEST PALM BEACH, 


FL 33411 561-204-4133

Sebastian Inlet Report

Winds are blowing out of the Southwest at 8 mph this morning and the water is calm. It's a slow morning, but a few anglers have had some good luck with Spanish Mackerel. Brothers Sam and Russ Terpening and Jack Nehs of Palm Bay landed some decent Spanish Mackerel, but said the real big ones were out of casting distance. The young men also reported that some big Snook were visible, but not biting. A couple of Tarpon were rolling, also out of casting distance. Overcast skies  make for a very pleasant experience on the jetty, rains are expected late this afternoon.

We received an update from Mike Ricciardi of Vero Beach who was out on the north jetty yesterday and reported a few Sheepshead, Spots, Jacks and a Porkfish. For those of you who are not familiar with the Porkfish, it's a pretty yellow, black and white fish shaped like a Margate. They are good eating and are tough fighters for their size. They average 8" - 10" and can reach 14". The big fish of the week was Chuck Fischer of Satellite Beach who put his last live shrimp on the line and said it didn't even hit bottom before it got nailed by a big Permit and it took off. Chuck played the fish for about twenty minutes. Permit are good fighters and this one wasn't giving up easily, it ran out lots of line and covered a lot of territory back and forth across the end of the jetty. Chuck prevailed and landed the fish after an arduous battle, man over fish....this time! 

Photos features Chuck  fighting the big Permit.   This beautiful Permit was 21 lbs and 32" to the fork!

From Native Tackle - Sebastian

INSHORE  

 Trout bite has been really good around the Wabasso area! One of the regulars said he has been catching them up to 5-7lbs! Use DOA jig heads (1/4-1/8oz depending on the wind) and attach a DOA CAL (darker colors work the best, such as root beer). Snook are still being caught around the docks, bridges, and structure inshore. Live bait, such as pinfish or shrimp work the best, but hard baits have proven to work as well! 

INLET  

In the inlet, snook bite has been hot!! This past weekend, a 42.5inch snook was caught and released! Fish bucktails or pinfish for the best of luck! Several reports that sheepshead have been feeding on the bottom on live shrimp. Spanish Mackrel continue to be showing up in the inlet, use a silver spoon for the best results! Other reports, jack, pompano, black drum and ladyfish have been biting in the inlet!

 Surf

 Spanish Mackrel have been feeding on silver spoons. Some whiting are being caught on shrimp. A lot of sharks are being caught at night and lately that has been bringing the Cobia in closer!

From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce

Inshore fishing has been good with trout and redfish along the west bank north of the north bridge. The snook fishing was slow along the jetty last night. Tarpon are still in the inlet on both tides chasing the large mullet schools.