Today’s (March 16) forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms in the late afternoon, a high of 83 degrees, south winds at 15-18 mph, and one to two-foot seas.

Our fishing guide, “Snookman” Wayne Landry says the fishing is slow, in part, due to poor water clarity and chilly water temperatures:  

“Hello, all you Sebastian Inlet fans. This week's report is another short one as the fishing over the weekend was dismal. There wasn’t much going on anywhere. The south side water was muddy, and the water temps have dropped back down (high 60s to 71 from the 73 it was at the start of last week. Here we go with the happenings:

North jetty:  Between Monday and Wednesday, we had a decent snook and redfish bite on the outgoing tide with live shrimp ‘walking the dog’ on the jetty. Quite a few snook were caught — most were too big, but several keepers were caught. The redfish are catch-and-release, so you can't keep them yet. Other species I saw caught were blues and jacks at the tip on jigs and spoons. On the incoming tide there were some pretty nice sheepshead caught in and around the pilings on shrimp, sandfleas, and fiddler crabs. I didn't see any black drum caught while I was there, but heard about a few nice pompano on the beachside using sandfleas. Remember, this all was early in the week. Incoming tide along the rocks between the bait shop and the bridge produced a couple sheepshead on sandfleas. 

South jetty: Here, it has been really slow due to the very muddy water. On the incoming tide, if you find some clearer water, snook have been caught on live shrimp, but most were too small to keep I was told. Mixed in were some redfish and sheepshead, on shrimp also. Outgoing tide at the tip was catfish, puffers and stingrays for those fishing dead shrimp. Some blues and jacks for the spoon and jig guys.

T-dock area: Back here is  slow as well. Periodic dock closure are keeping anglers away. The cooler, murky water doesn’t help.

Surf Area, both sides On the south side, forget about it due to the muddy water. On the north side, the fishing is decent if you get away from the jetty about 200 or so yards, north of it where the huge sandbar stops and the water is deeper. A few pompano, whiting, sheepshead and some black drum are still being caught on shrimp, sandfleas, and fish bites. The northernmost parking lot in the park is where you want to be. 

That’s it for this report. Like I said, it WAS good before the weekend. On a good note, the bait and tackle shop on the north side of the park has new owners, finally, and they are working diligently to get it back up and running! Have a great week all! It’s going to get cool again for a couple days. Stay well and be safe.” —  Snookman.