The water temperature in the Indian River Lagoon remains very cold and it’s the coldest Ive seen since 2010 when we lost a lot of snook. Water temps have ranged from low 50s to mid 60s degrees. These cold temps have pushed a lot of shrimp in the channel and people are putting in a lot of time cast netting the shrimp for dinner. The lagoon bite has been slow for most, but if you put in the time with live shrimp and or baitfish you should be able to get plenty of sheephead, black drum, as well as some snook and redfish. The snook are schooled up in the Sebastian River around the docks and oyster bars, as well.
The inlet bite has been okay when the water is clean. The best bite is late afternoon and evening on the outgoing tides for snook, black drum and redfish. The spanish mackerel have been pushed off the beach a mile or two in deeper water, but there are still some close to shore around the inlet mixed in with the bluefish and a few pompano.
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