Today’s (December 29) forecast calls for sunny skies, a high of 79 degrees, WSW winds of 11 mph and three to four-foot seas.

Our fishing guide, "Snookman" Wayne Landry describes a dearth of activity at the inlet last week: 

Hello, Sebastian Inlet friends and fans! I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas with friends and family! Santa forgot to bring us fish — I guess we've been naughty again — so this report will be brief as the fishing was slow most of last week through the weekend.

North jetty: About the only fish I saw or heard about were decent black drum on the early daybreak outgoing tide. Not many, just a few. Live and dead shrimp. On Sunday, I saw a couple of nice sheepshead caught over the rocks at the tip — dead shrimp enticed them. Also, I saw one of my friends catch two slot snook on live shrimp, but they had to be released as the season is closed now (it will reopen on February first 2026).

I did also see a few small Spanish mackerel caught on small metal jigs, but they were barely keeper-size. I also saw small whiting caught back towards the surf on dead shrimp. No blues or jacks this weekend, which is odd. Along the seawall between the bait shop and bridge, nothing. Back west of the tide pool along the rocks around the steel they have been getting some smaller flounder, 12 to 15 inches, on live shrimp and mud minnows. 

South Jetty: Here, it had been slow as well, with only a few fish caught, including small snook on live baits at the tip on the incoming tide. I did hear about small flounder caught in the beach pocket area on small live baits and small rubber jigs. It's been pretty slow here, so that's all I saw, and heard about.

T Dock Area: Back here it had been extremely slow on either tide. I believe the noise from the dredging has the fish on edge, and they don't want to bite due to all the activity in the area. They have been leaving the dock open during the weekends, but I haven't seen very many anglers taking advantage of it. I did hear that a few small flounder were caught at the cleaning table, but didn't see them. Pretty much it for back here.

Surf Area, both sides: The surf on the north side had been producing decent whiting, small puppy drum — that's what we call the little ones — and a few nice pompano. Live sand fleas and shrimp are the baits of choice. Oh, and I can't forget the pesky catfish. The surf on the south side had been about the same; the only difference is over here the stingrays, for whatever reason, are more abundant. Also, the surf closer to the jetty is a nice staging area for flounder before they enter the inlet. Small live baits and small rubber swimsuits will work.

That's it in a nutshell. Monday will be the last warm day, then another cool-down for the rest of the week into the weekend. We'll see what happens with that. I wish everyone a safe and prosperous New Year! Stay well everyone!” — Snookman.