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Week of February 24: Snook action at the south jetty 

A wooden pier over turquoise water with three people walking, a cooler cart, and a life ring.
It's been slow at the T-dock, but Snookman says snook and sheepshead are a possibility. We don't have an Angler of the Week photo to share because we haven't been receiving photos from you lately.  Please send in a picture and the details of your fishing trip to the inlet by using the Contact Form on our website.  Pictures work best vertical and if you center the person with their catch, leaving room on the sides.

Today's forecast calls for  - you guessed it - rain. Expect a high of 70 degrees, ESE winds of 12 mph, and one to two-foot seas. 

Our fishing guide, "Snookman" Wayne Landry offers up this week's fishing report:

“Good morning, Sebastian Inlet fishing folks. I hope you all had a great weekend. The weather was nice and the fishing was decent. With that said, here we go with this week's installment. 

The north side in the back was slow, but anglers were catching nice sheepshead on cut shrimp along the rocks. A few small snook and redfish were reported fishing live shrimp on the incoming tide, back by the trees. Redfish you still can't keep, and the snook were too small, but still fun to catch. The north side beach, before it got rough and dirty, was producing black drum, whiting and pompano for those fishing sand fleas and shrimp. That was last week. Conditions calmed down and cleaned up during the weekend and the boats fishing the NE tip on the outgoing tide and the SE tip on the incoming have been doing pretty good on black drum, redfish and undersized snook, but a few keepers were caught according to my charter captains. All on live shrimp. 

The snook action has been at the south jetty last week, and continued over the weekend. Plenty of undersized fish were caught, with a few keepers mixed in to keep it interesting. Live shrimp was the key bait of choice. The outgoing tide on the beachside was the area. Also, on the incoming tide, there were plenty of snook caught as well. Again, use live shrimp. There are plenty of fish, but most were under the 28 minimum to keep. Also, I saw fun-sized redfish in the mix, along with sheepshead, whiting and black margates and small bluefish at the tip on cut shrimp, outgoing tide. Along the beach on this side, the pompano were biting until the surf became roughed up and dirty. However, it should clean back up this week — it didn't look too bad on Sunday. The water temperature has dropped back down to 65 over the weekend, but should warm up when the east winds return. On the ‘plus” side, it didn't affect the bite this time! 

It's been slow around the T-dock and cleaning station, with only a few nice sheepshead and black drum caught. The snook bite has improved slightly, with nice fish caught at night and the wee hours of the morning. Flair jigs have been the lure of choice. 

That's all I have for this week — still holding steady from last week’s report. Hopefully the fishing will improve when the weather and water warm up. Have a great week. Get out and fish!” — Snookman.