Fischer Hricko landed this 38-inch catch-and-release snook on August 20, 2026. "Snookman" Wayne Landry says the "young guns" were hitting the jetty hard and landing plenty of monster fish. 

Today’s (August 24) forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, a high of 88 degrees, ESE winds of 10 mph, and seas of zero to one foot.

Our fishing guide, "Snookman" Wayne Landry offers up an encouraging report this week:

“Hello, Sebastian Inlet fans, fanatics and rookies. I hope everyone had a great weekend and got out to fish; it was still rather good there. The water has remained relatively clean on the north side, a bit dirty on the south side, but not too awful bad, and the water temps have stayed in the summer ‘comfort’ range for our fish — it was showing 83 degrees as of this writing, AND the baitfish are still around! There were tons of pilchards and greenies all around the north jetty, still some hand-sized mullet, and over the weekend I did see quite a few of the smaller finger mullet in and around the inlet, particularly good sign! All that picked up the bite with some different species showing up. So, with that being said, here are the action spots. 

North Jetty: The action over the weekend occurred during the outgoing and incoming tides due to all the baitfish around the jetty. During the end of the morning outgoing tide (slack tide) there have been nice Spanish mackerel caught on both sides of the jetty on live greenies, small jigs, small silver spoons, and gotcha lures. Most of the macks I saw were in the 14 to 16- inch range. At the tip on the outgoing tide, the young guns were getting big snook on live mullet, but all were too big to keep come opening season— 34 to 40-inch fish. The mangrove snapper have also been playing very well on live and dead greenies, and small mojarra all around the tip rocks and the pilings on the inlet side. A couple of redfish were caught as well

(the season is CLOSED for them as well). One of the anglers I know caught a nice 24-inch cubera snapper fishing live mullet. I also heard about a few others being caught as well. The incoming tide is producing about all the same species of fish. Except for the incoming high water, the snapper bite is also along the rocky seawall between the bait shop and cleaning table. Another species I heard about being caught last week or so was a 33-inch cobia on a live mullet at the tip, outgoing tide. That fish had to be released because they must be 36 inches to keep. 

South Jetty: Over here, same deal except that the incoming tide is when the fish are being caught. Catch-and-release snook and reds on any live baits, mullet and croakers being the best choice. The boaters have been doing well, and the guys fishing snook from the shore are as well. The mangrove snapper are still being caught in good numbers on the incoming tide using live and dead greenies and small mojarra. Shrimp will work, but the bait stealers like shrimp!  The outgoing at the tip has also produced some mangroves on said baits, and for those fishing dead shrimp, black margate, spot tail pins, blue runners, some whiting are being caught, along with the regular pesky catfish and puffers. 

T-Dock Area: Back here there haven't been many anglers fishing due to the restricted access to the dock. What little area of the dock that can be fished is producing plenty of undersized snappers of various types, mangrove, lanes, schoolmaster, and muttons, all have been too small to keep. I also did see some undersized sheepshead as well. As for the snook bite back here, there haven't been any of the regulars fishing them. 

Surf, Both Sides: South side, again due to zero access to the beach from the parking lot, nobody has been able to fish the area. North side, again with the tides being outgoing all morning, and the big sandbar from the jetty north side to about a half mile north up the beach, there isn't any water deep enough to fish. Those I chatted with have only caught a few small whiting and croakers. There have been schools of mullet on the beach, but no water deep enough to bring the snook, reds and jacks close enough to chase them. So, pretty slow fishing there. 

That's it for this week folks! The fishing is still hanging on, as I anticipated. There is plenty of bait and clean water at the desired temps for the fish to stay. So, grab your gear, drinks, bait and get out and catch something for dinner! Cheers." - Snookman.