Snook are enjoying the clean water at Sebastian Inlet!

The water in and around Sebastian Inlet is the cleanest I’ve seen since last summer. The crystal clear water in the inlet should hopefully move into the lagoon and help clean it up quite a bit. Water temps were low this week which slowed the inlet bite for Snook and Redfish a good deal. There have been a lot of Mackerel, Blues and Pompano in the inlet and on the beach just outside. The flats around the inlet have had a lot of ladyfish, blues, jacks and some trout. Snook are on the spoil islands around the inlet in the clean water.

The blacktip shark migration has started and there are quite a few around following the schools of mackerel and bluefish to feed. Just keep an eye out for them jumping and pitch a bait out and have a lot of fun. If you like tarpon fishing, you should enjoy catching blacktips as well.

Inshore there are plenty of trout and the occasional snook and red. Most trout are small but there have been some real gator trout along the mangrove shorelines. March and April are both good months to target the gator trout in the lagoon as the spring bait run gets into swing. Start with topwater plugs early and subsurface baits as the sun comes up!