Today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a high of 82 degrees, E winds of 9 to 11 mph, and three to four-foot seas.

Here’s the scoop on fishing at Sebastian Inlet, thanks to our fishing guide, “Snookman” Wayne Landry:                                

Good morning, all my Sebastian Inlet fishing junkies! I hope everyone had a great three-day weekend! Thank you to all veterans who served and are currently serving, as well as your families. Bless you all.

Time for another installment of what's going on at the inlet! This report is brief due to the fact that the north side fishing areas are NOW shutdown until July. This side is going to be tough to catch any fish, unless you know where to find them. On Monday while I was down, and last Saturday, it was  slow, with only a few sheepshead caught along the rocks west of the bridge on sandfleas. Back along the mangrove shoreline west of the tide pool, I did see a couple boats net a few snook. Otherwise not a lot going on as the tide was an outgoing one most all day. On the beach in the surf area, I chatted with a father and his two boys and they were catching some small but fun snook on swim baits. It could have been better, but there were zero mullet. However, the water was cleaning up nicely — not very muddy anymore.

South side was still a bust, with the big swells washing over the low jetty and making for wet fishing.  The outgoing tide meant water clarity was poor, with rain runoff and tannic acid from the C-54 canal draining into the Sebastian River, making it like black coffee. Yuk. A couple guys were fishing the tip, getting soaked, but catching jack crevalle and catfish. The only good fish I did see caught on this side was back towards the campground, and T-Dock area. The boaters fishing west of the T-Dock close to the shoreline were catching a few snook on pinfish and pigfish. Most were small — around  24 to 27 inches, but did see a couple slot fish caught. At the dock, schools of small minnows attracted Spanish mackerel for those fishing live greenies and small white jigs. Jack crevalle were also around eating whatever you tossed out to the channel area. At the cleaning table, I saw small mutton snappers and a couple small black drum, all on dead shrimp. That's it for this side! 

The surf, both sides, is still roughed up with the seas on Monday being five to seven feet. Great for surfing, but not fishing. That's all I have for this week. We need the water to clean up to get the fish happy again. When it does, expect the fishing to pick back up for the black drum and sheepshead, they were here before the blow started, and the water is the right temperature, and it is the right time of the year for them! Oh, and the pompano too, they should show up. Have a great week everyone, stay safe and have fun!” — Snookman.