Today's forecast calls for sunny skies in the morning, clouds moving in and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. The high will be 89 degrees, SW winds of 7 mph becoming SE 10 mph and flat seas (zero to one foot).

"Snookman" Wayne Landry, our fishing guide, gives us the lowdown:

“Good day, all my Sebastian Inlet fishing and sightseeing fanatics. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend even though it was hot and steamy! I wish I could say the same about the fishing, but it was lousy all weekend — not much action due to the silted, dirty and cool water at the inlet. We had our yearly thermocline lower the water temperatures to the lower to mid- 70s and just shut everything down. You can usually tell when that happens because the water will turn a weird clear green color at the beach and inlet. My research in the past showed that colder water contains a lot of green algae in it which gives it the green color. It usually will last a few days and up to a week or so to clear out. In the meantime, it affects our tropical species, and they don't want to play. Another challenge is the rain runoff flowing from the Sebastin River, originating from the C-54 canal.  A lot of fresh tannin stain water mixes with the ocean water, impacting the fishing, and making the water murky. But with all that, there were some fish caught over the weekend that I did see, so here we go with the action spots:

North Jetty: Over here, the majority of the fish I saw caught over the weekend were caught on the afternoon high tides. Those fishing with live baits were catching a few catch-and-release snook and redfish. Use mojarra and live shrimp. I saw anglers catching a few lookdowns, black margates, spot tail pins, and a couple small mangrove snappers on small live shrimp and live greenies. AT the start of  the outgoing tide, "walking the dog" a few anglers were catching some snook on live majorra. Once the tide got going the fish moved out to the tip and the water got really ugly, nothing wanted to bite. The north side along the seawall between the jetty and bridge was dead also. This area usually produces some good mangrove snapper, but they haven't shown up there yet. 

South side:  All the action has been on the incoming tide. The water has been dirty and weedy, but it is warmer than the north side and the snook and redfish have been playing a bit from the tip and along the inside jetty. On the beachside on Saturday, I saw one angler catch a couple of nice pompano on cut shrimp. Also, the pesky catfish and puffers were being caught as well. On the outgoing tide at the tip, there have been just catfish and puffers playing, nothing else as the water was so bad. 

T-Dock area:  Back here on both tides the water has been a bit cleaner, and there have been  small greenies around the pier to attract some fish. Live greenies have been attracting small mangrove snapper around the pilings, Spanish mackerel farther out, along with small bluefish which are still around due to the cooler water temperatures. The incoming tide around the cleaning table has been producing a few catch-and-release snook on live mojarra and croakers, and shrimp. 

 Surf area, both sides: Surf fishing has largely been slow — few anglers out due to the low tides in the mornings, the dirty water on the south side, and the absence of any baitfish to attract predators. Lots of folks "beaching it" over the weekend, but no anglers. 

Well, that's all I have for you this week, but the fishing should pick back up again once the easterly winds arrive to warm the water and clean it back up — not the SSE, and SSW we have been having.  Expect another hot week with afternoon thunder boomers possible, so if you do go out, keep an eye on the weather. Bring your sunscreen and plenty of water, and enjoy the week!” - Snookman