This last cold front brought water temps down to 49 degrees which is a dangerous low temp for Tarpon, Snook and many other species. Its warmed up to 67 degrees as of the 12th of January but more cold fronts are on the way. With the water temps in the mid-high 40 degree mark, the fish will be very sluggish and hard to get to eat artificial baits unless they are fished very slow. Live bait will definitely be the key to catching good numbers of fish.

While the fishing wasn’t red hot after the fronts, as the water warms into the 60 degree range, the fishing got better. Trout, Snook, flounder, bluefish, jacks and redfish will feed in the lagoon on soft plastic baits or live shrimp/finger mullet.

If its Pompano you are after and there should be plenty of them around if the water isn’t too cold. Once it gets below 60 degrees the Pompano don’t like to eat. Doc’s Goofy jigs will work well in the inlet and along the beaches and flats of the lagoon from Sebastian to Port Canaveral for pompano and bycatch will be jacks, bluefish, trout and Spanish mackerel as well as a few big gafftop sailcats.

You can also fish for the Pompano around the bait pods while targeting Trout and Snook. If you are fishing Sebastian Inlet and the pompano action is slow, you can try jigging the shallow parts of the inlet for flounder using a ½ ounce jighead with a Storm 360 Paddletail or a DOA Paddle Tail with pro cure. Flounder action should be pretty good with the cooler weather patterns and cold water as long as the water isn’t flowing out of the Sebastian river and the water is very dirty.