Today’s (March 30) forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies, a high of 76 degrees, E winds of 17 mph, and four to six-foot seas.

Our fishing guide, “Snookman” Wayne Landry says to expect winds, weeds and big waves at Sebastian Inlet this week:

Good morning, Sebastian Inlet friends and fishers; I hope you all had a great weekend. It wasn't too awful, except for the wind on Sunday. The temps stayed good. It looks like the week is going to be another windy and wavy one for fishing. The water is still warmed up a bit, fluctuating between 71 and 73 for the most part. The surf report is showing four to five-foot seas all week, and SSE winds in the 10 to 20 mph range, which will warm the water up more, but also make it dirtier and weedier. The sargassum weeds  are showing up — it is pretty bad down there already. NOAA forecasters  predict a bad year for weeds on the east coast and the Caribbean. I hope not, but it already is showing signs. On a good note, the T-dock is open now 24/7 — no closures anymore. So here we go with a tad bit of fishing action. 

 North jetty: At the beginning of last week (Monday through Wednesday before the winds picked up), we had a decent snook bite on the last of the incoming tide over the rock pile. Many over-slots were caught, but also quite a few IN-slot fish were taken as well. Live shrimp was the bait of choice. The bad thing: the bite only lasted about 30 minutes each day, and if you weren't there when they turned on, you didn't score one. Also, a few redfish and black drum were caught as well. At the tip, on either tide, those fishing shrimp or sandfleas were catching   sheepshead over the rocks, beach side, and a few black margates, too. Another species I saw caught on Sunday when I was down were some Atlantic spadefish; one gal caught two at a time on her double rig! Dead shrimp. I haven't seen very many of them being caught in a while. On the outgoing tide, at the tip, it is still all about the blues and jacks, and a few nice Spanish mackerel mixed in on silver spoons, V-jigs and gotcha lures. In between the pilings, back towards the beach on the inlet side of the jetty, is still producing nice sheepshead for those patient anglers fishing them. 

South jetty: Same over here. At the beginning of the week on the incoming tide, we had a decent snook bite on live shrimp and pinfish, most of the fish caught were on the smaller side, but a few keepers were taken. At the tip, between Monday and Wednesday, on goofy jigs and live sandfleas the pompano bite was really good, lots of nice fish being taken, several limits were caught, and most were in the 14 to 16-inch range. Black margates and sheepshead were also caught on dead shrimp on the outgoing tide. The water here has cleaned up greatly, but this week’s SSE winds is going to change all that. Blues and jacks are still around for those tossing jigs, spoons and gotchas. 

T-Dock Area: As I mentioned at the start, the T-Dock is now open 24/7, no more closures. Back here the water has remained largely clean. Sheepshead and small snappers of different varieties are being caught on dead shrimp around the pilings, along with the pesky puffers. On Sunday, while I was down chatting with one of my friends, he had caught a nice black drum and a sheepshead on dead shrimp floating the tide with a split shot rig. The snook and reds have been missing pretty much, but some are being caught at night jig fishing. Bluefish, jacks, and ladyfish are being caught by those fishing small jigs, silver spoons and gotchas on the outgoing tide. 

Surf area, both sides: As I stated earlier, at the beginning of the week when conditions were calm and clean, the pompano bite on the south side was decent, several nice fish caught, along with some black drum. Sandfleas and shrimp were the baits. The north side was pretty much the same way, but with some decent whiting and croakers mixed in. Then came the winds kicking up and just stopped all of that! This week, the surf is expected to be all blown out with the SSE winds and four to five-foot seas. 

Well folks, that's pretty much it for the LAST report for March! If you do get out to go fishing, find a spot to get out of the winds and waves, and who knows what you might catch! Good luck everyone, have a great week!” — Snookman.