Today's (April 27) forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a high of 80 degrees, NE winds of 17 mph, and one to two-foot seas. 

Our fishing guide, “Snookman” Wayne Landry says most of the action is happening at the north jetty during the early morning hours:

 “Good morning, inlet fans and fanatics. I hope you all had a great weekend. The weather was awesome, but not so much the fishing. It was slow all weekend with only a smattering of fish being caught, and mostly on the north jetty. The water remains dirty for the most part, but has warmed back up to a seasonal 77 degrees. The beachside was the cleanest, and there were quite a few nice schools of our springtime finger mullet starting to show, which will make the beach fishing for snook, reds and tarpon pick up. Also on a positive note, the bait shop IS NOW OPEN!  So, here we go with some action spots. 

North jetty: Most of the action has been in the early morning hours at the end of the high tide and beginning of the outgoing tide for snook. Undersized and oversized fish were caught on live mojarra, if you could find any, they've been scarce lately, and live shrimp, a few keepers were also caught. Outgoing tide at the tip was still all about the blues, jacks, and ladyfish being caught on just about anything fished. I did see a couple guys get some nice black drum, and a couple pompano on dead shrimp and sandfleas. Between the pilings with sandfleas and fiddler crabs, decent sheepshead were caught. On Saturday, I saw a couple of big pompano caught on live sandfleas from the beachside, and a couple of bonnethead sharks too. And like I mentioned, nice schools of finger mullet are starting to show up. Along the rocks between the bait shop and bridge has been slow due to it being outgoing tide most of the day — incoming is better, but that will be next week.

South jetty: Park officials reopened the jetty this morning. The jetty had been closed due to impacts from wave action a couple of weeks ago.

T-Dock area: Fishing has been  hit-or-miss for snook; one day good, the next few days nothing. Water clarity and lack of the mojarra have been the reason for the slow bite. Folks fishing dead shrimp and sandfleas have been catching some fish around the pilings and the rocky shoreline: lots of nice spot tail pinfish, which you can eat if they are big enough, and some decent sheepshead are being caught. Various small snappers are being caught too, but they are too small to keep. For those tossing silver spoons and small jigs towards the channel area, blues and jacks are there to play.

Surf Area, both sides:The south surf had still been slow due to the continued dirty water, not much going on. The north side on the other hand had been a lot cleaner, and the bite has been decent, with black drum, sheepshead, whiting and some pompano being caught on live sandfleas and cut shrimp. With the schools of finger mullet starting to show, the snook, reds and tarpon won't be very far behind, so keep your eyes open! 

That's all I have for this week's edition. Expect good weather all week, maybe a bit windy to start, so get out and enjoy the inlet, beaches and the great weather.” —  Snookman.