Today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, a high of 90 degrees, SE winds of six to 11 mph, and one to two-foot seas.

It’s time for another fishing report from our own “Snookman” Wayne Landry, angler extraordinaire:  

“Hello, all my Sebastian Inlet fishing report followers. I hope you enjoyed the extremely hot weather all weekend! Thing is, it's not going to go away anytime soon! The weather was hot, but again, not the fishing; it was mediocre at best at the inlet. I spent three days there — Saturday through Monday — working and fishing, and Sunday was the banner day! There was plenty of baitfish all around the jetty, greenies, scaled sardines and mullet. The water was clean on the north side, and it has warmed up to 85 degrees by Sunday and 86 on Monday when I was fishing. So, here we go with your action spots: 

 North jetty: Out here, like I said, the water was clean and has warmed up — lots of bait around, and fish are starting to show up more frequently. Last weekend, I saw a lot of catch-and-release snook caught on live baits. Mojarra were the bait of choice Saturday and Sunday, but on Monday they didn't want to play at all. I saw a couple caught, along with a couple nice redfish. The incoming tide was the time to fish. The goliath groupers were patrolling the area all along the jetty looking for a snack, but nothing got eaten all weekend by them! Other fish I saw caught were a few nice bluefish on cut baits and spoons in the channel area. Around the pilings, you could see a lot of spadefish and lookdowns swimming all around in large numbers. Small live shrimp and tiny jigs were catching some of those species. There were some mangrove showing up as well — I saw a couple caught in the 11-inch range. Also caught on Sunday were a couple of really nice Spanish mackerel in the 16 to 18-inch range! Nice fish, but they never showed up in numbers yet. There's plenty of bait around, so it's just a matter of time. The outgoing tide at the tip was pretty slow, tons of snook schooled up out there, but they didn't want to bite, too many goliaths herding them around. Most if not all the action was on the incoming tide. Along the rock shoreline between the jetty and bridge I did see an angler catching mangrove snappers, finally, on small mojarra and shrimp. West of the bridge on this side has been pretty slow, with only some small mangroves and black margates being caught, live shrimp and cut shrimp. 

South jetty:  Here, the water is off-and-on dirty, but all weekend it was clean enough that the fish wanted to play. On the incoming tide inside along the jetty were catch-and-release snook and redfish, live mojarra and small croakers. The outgoing at the tip for those fishing live or cut shrimp, the black margates and a few whiting were caught, along with a few sand perch still around. For the guys tossing jigs and spoons to the channel, there have been a few nice bluefish still around, along with big jack crevalle. Mangrove snappers are also around. Use small live and cut baits, but most are still on the small side, with a few keepers being taken. 

T-Dock area: Back here, the action has been the mangrove snapper around the dock pilings. Most have still been small, but some in the 11 to 1- inch range are starting to be caught. Live or cut mojarra, and greenies are the baits of choice for them. Plenty of small baitfish are around the dock on the outgoing tide, so that would be when you want to fish for them. For those fishing small jigs and spoons there have been some Spanish mackerel showing up, and on live greenies being freelined under a cork bobber. 

Surf Area, both sides: The north side surf has been clean and calm, but nobody has been fishing the area because it has been full of beach goers and swimmers since it has warmed up. If you can get out early or late evening, you might have some action, as I've been seeing quite a lot of mullet coming down the beach. Finally, this year, on Sunday I saw a huge school of glass minnows, or "red minnows" as they call them in northeast Florida, coming down the beach! They stayed around for about three or so hours before finally heading out to the tip and going around. When these minnows DO show up in mass numbers, like they used to, all kinds of predator fish come in to feed on them! Another thing I saw over here were quite a few snook and tarpon swimming up and down the beach, along with several eagle rays and small manta rays, which both of these sometimes attract cobia, which follow them around this time of year. 

South side surf: Here, the water was a lot cleaner than it has been, and calm as well. Quite a few anglers surf fishing on this side and they report some nice whiting, margates, sand perch and a couple of nice pompano, and a few mangrove snapper for those fishing a little farther south along the coquina rock ledge that runs along the shoreline south. Live sand fleas, shrimp are the baits of choice. 

Well, fishing friends, that's it for this weekend's report. The fishing has improved as I predicted, and it get better as the warm water sticks around and draws more of the snapper and mackerel. It's going to be another scorcher, so if you go out to fish or beach it, bring plenty of water and shade if possible. Have a great week everyone.” — Snookman.