Juvenile beach tarpon for the kids!
This rain has caused high waters in the drainage canals and the dams in the Sebastian River and Turkey Creek, putting a lot of fresh water into the lagoon and inlet, along with the nearshore reefs. The water is black and it looks like we are fishing the St Johns River just outside the inlet on outgoing tide.
That said, fishing in the inlet is okay for snook. Fishing along the beaches, in general, is still good, too. Bonito, Kingfish, Jack Crevalle and Macks are along the beach with some small blacktip sharks and atlantic sharpnose sharks in the mis. Tarpon, bigger sharks and mackerel are also along the beaches mixed in with the glass minnows and small pilchards. Live bait is best and greenies are working well for the tarpon, kingfish and sharks but we are also catching a lot of kingfish and sharks on soft plastics and topwater baits. If you are fishing the bonito or false albacore hitting the minnow schools, fish small soft plastics or very small hard baits for best success. This week looks like more rain which will flush more boat out of the creeks. We may start to see more mullet schools along the beaches which will give us more opportunities for the gamefish.
Zack with a Kingfish caught on a soft plastic and 1/2 ounce jighead!
Raffi with an inlet snook in some dark water!
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