Today's (February 17) forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a high of 73 degrees, E winds of 13 mph, and one to two-foot seas. 

And now for a brief fishing report from our fishing guide, "Snookman" Wayne Landry. 

“Hello, Sebastian Inlet friends and family; I hope everyone enjoyed the great weather last weekend! It was nice again, except for Sunday's pretty windy day. This report is short as nothing has changed at the inlet fishing-wise. The water temperature crept up a bit to 67 degrees from the chilly 59 to 62 we were seeing, and it has stayed pretty clean on both sides, except for some seaweed that came in again over the weekend. The fishing was slow all weekend, and pretty much all last week. I fished for four days last week, worked both days last weekend and didn't see much caught. About the only thing accounting for all the action were the small bluefish and jacks, they were everywhere, and biting everything! Both sides, and both jetties. Here is a little bit of a breakdown.

North jetty:  Many blues and jacks caught on all baits, spoons and jigs. Either tide, it didn't matter, but the outgoing was better at the tip. There were also small Spanish mackerel caught too, but most didn't make the 12-inch minimum to keep. Use spoons and jigs. All through last week and through the weekend I did see black drum caught, not a lot, but enough to keep folks interested, some sheepshead as well. Most of these fish were caught on the outgoing at the tip, but some I did see were caught on the incoming tide, also at the tip. Other species I did see caught on the beachside of the jetty were some decent whiting, and a few pesky Atlantic sharp-nosed sharks. Live sandfleas and shrimp got those bites. No snook or redfish were caught that I saw, or even heard about. The water is still too cold. 

South Jetty: Over here it has been the same way, lots of blues and jacks, but not much else. I did hear about some black drum, sheepshead and a few nice pompano caught at the tip last Monday, drum on shrimp, and the pompano/sheepshead on live sandfleas and goofy jigs. Over here on the incoming tide along the rocks there were reports of some small undersized snook being caught on live pilchards and shrimp, but nothing big enough to keep. Zero flounder. 

T-dock:  Back here it has been slow as well, when the dock is open about the only thing I saw, and heard about were some of the blues, jacks, and Spanish mackerel being caught on small spoons and jigs. I did see some nice whiting caught over the weekend on cut shrimp on both tides. Nothing much else. 

Surf, both sides: There haven't been many folks out fishing the surf that I saw, and talked to, but on either side, they have been catching whiting, catfish, the small sharks, stingrays, and the south side on last Monday produced some decent pompano on live sandfleas. 

Well folks, that's it for this week’s report; not much, but something. I hope everyone has a great week!” — Snookman.