Today’s (March 2) forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a high of 75 degrees, ENE winds of 13 mph and two to three-foot seas.

Our fishing guide, “Snookman” Wayne Landry, a professional snookologist, says the water temps have dipped, but a variety of species are still possible if you are patient:

“Good morning, Sebastian Inlet friends and family! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Here we go with the first report for March. Fishing remains mostly slow, but there are fish around that are willing to play; you just need to be there when they are. The water dropped back down to 66 to 67 degrees last week through the weekend. The water stayed relatively clean on the north side until Sunday when it silted up a bit; the south side cleaned up greatly compared to last week. Here we go with your action spots: 

North jetty: Out here most of the action again has been at the jetty tip on both tides with the incoming being the better tide. Early in the morning, there have been black drum caught on live and dead shrimp on the incoming tide; there were also snook caught on live shrimp and pinfish, most were too big to keep, but a couple slots were caught as well. Some redfish were caught as well, but are catch-and-release only, same live baits. In between the pilings, and over the rock pile at the tip, on either tide there have been really nice sheepshead caught on live fleas and fiddler crabs. A large sand bar on the beachside of the jetty has tempered activity there, making the water too shallow for the fish to come in, but I did see small whiting caught on Sunday, on dead shrimp. The outgoing tide at the SE tip is all about the blues and jacks. They are biting just about anything you toss out there. Along the wall between the bait shop and the bridge, they have been catching catch-and-release redfish on baits and jigs fished near the channel. Both tides. Up by the bridge I saw some nice sheepshead caught. Use fleas and fiddlers for bait. 

South jetty: Here, the water finally cleaned up enough to spark a decent bite — blues and jacks on spoons and cut bait, some black drum and sheepshead on dead shrimp, on the outgoing tide at the tip, either tide. The high tide along the wall and the beach pocket area has been producing small snook, couple keepers, some nice seatrout, and a couple keeper flounder. Live shrimp and finger mullet are the key baits. Also, along the wall on the incoming tide there were  drum and sheepshead caught on live and dead shrimp. 

T-dock area: Back here, the fishing has been relatively slow. The only thing I saw caught were  undersized black drum, a few small whiting, and sheepshead around the dock pilings and the rocks. For those tossing silver spoons to the channel, there are blues, jacks, and small Spanish mackerel to be had. Either tide, but outgoing is better. Not much else back here.

 Surf Area, both sides: For the most part, the surf has been a little washed out due to the NNE winds and the morning low tides, making the fishing a bit tough because you have to throw farther out to get to them. Also, the three-foot seas were clouding the water on both sides. Small sharks, catfish and stingrays are the species mostly being caught , but there have been whiting and a couple of pompano around. Not a whole lot is going on. 

Well,  that's all I have for this week. After today (Monday) the seas and winds are expected to kick back up — three to five feet– and NNE winds at 15 to 20 mph. If you do get out, be prepared for rough conditions. And remember, on Sunday (March 8) we ‘spring forward” with the clocks.” —  Snookman.