Scouting Around Sebastian Area with Palm Beach Pete

Sebastian River report, I went out yesterday and paddled the north part of the river. Hooked a small trout and some small jacks. The water was clear and the winds were light. It was a great day for sight casting along the docks. I must have seen well over 100 snook along the shore line and only had one that showed any interest in my lure. There were a lot of 5 to 8 lb. jacks swimming along the dock line that also showed no interest in my lures. That fishing. I did make my way up the north fork looking for tarpon and did not see any sign of one. It was great to see the water so clear and I hope it gives the sea grass a chance to rebound in the lagoon. Let's see how it looks after the rain.

Fishing The New DOA PT7 Top Water Lure

The Zombie Tide

This is an interesting topic that's absolutely worth discussing. I feel it's important because the zombie tide is a tide window that few people, aside from the true doe hards, capitalize on. 

To begin with, the zombie tide is a late tide, incoming or outgoing depending on target species of course. How late? Well, let's just say midnight or later with my personal preference being a tidal change occurring between 2 and 4 am.
This is when the pressure is off the fish and they become more active and far less spooky, thus allowing the angler to get in on the action with very little effort.
For predators such as trout, snook, redfish and tarpon, the zombie tide bite is nearly always the best time to target them. Fair warning here, fish a few of this tides and you'll be hooked in a hurry. No pun intended.

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Sebastian Inlet Report

                        


02-27-17 MONDAY: SNOOK, REDS, SHEEPSHEAD, BLACK DRUM, TROUT AND BLUES 

Winds are blowing out of the East-Southeast at 13 mph, gusting to 20 and there is a moderate chop on the water. Poor boating conditions will continue through the day and NOAA is calling for small craft to exercise caution. 

The week bite was fair in spite of the rough conditions according to Tommy Turowski at the Sebastian Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop. Snook and Reds continue to give the jetty anglers a work out and some real nice Sheepshead and Speckled Trout were landed as well. Black Drum, Blues, Jacks and Mackerel have been hitting sporadically.
  Our angler of the day is Stephanie Lindgren of Orlando. Stephanie had President's Day off and decided to drive to the inlet for some fishing on Sunday. Stephanie has been taking fishing lessons from Steven Townes of Adventure Depot in Orlando and they are definitely paying off. The duo caught their own crabs to fish with and headed to the inlet for a night of fishing. Stephanie reported the bite was hot that night into Monday morning. She was using Penn rod and reel (Fierce II reel) and 30 lb. yo-zuri braided line. Steven was fishing with the same rod with a Battle II reel with 30 lb. spider wire for line. Right at 9:00 p.m. Stephanie landed her first Snook, a beautiful 33" C/R using 1/2 crab. At 3:00 a.m. Stephanie and Steven had simultaneous hits from two huge C/R Reds. The very next cast was a repeat and they brought in two more big C/R Reds on crabs. They also saw another angler bring in a Trout that was nearly 30". Thanks for the photos and great update Stephanie, great catches!

From The Crew @ Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

Inshore the snook fishing has been great  with both live bait and jigs on the outgoing tide. the trout bite has been good to the south around Midway road to the power plant on soft baits and live shrimp. The jetty in Ft Pierce has had a few flounder, pompano and snook mixed in live shrimp has produced the best. 

It's About That Time

From Todd /Trey and Paul @ Juno Bait -Juno Beach

INSHORE:  Snook fishing was pretty good this week, and should continue to improve from here on out.  Look for the bridges to hold snook on the outgoing tide.  Shrimp is still the main diet for the snook.  The Loxahatchee River has been productive this week, with some big jacks cruising around.  Been a few sheepshead and black drum hanging around the bridges as well.  Not great fishing, but not bad fishing either!  

SURF/PIER:  The spinner sharks are around in fair numbers, and lots of fun to catch on topwater lures.  Scattered bluefish and spanish mackerel around.  Pompano fishing remains a bit hit or miss.  Croakers are biting well in the first trough.  Hopefully the east/northeast wind in the forecast helps fire up the fish some!