Today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, a high of 77 degrees, NNW winds of 9 mph shifting in the afternoon to NE winds at 8 mph, and flat seas (zero to one foot).

Our fishing guide, “Snookman” Wayne Landry reports that the weather was ideal but the water, not so much. Read more:

“Good morning, all my Sebastian Inlet friends and fans. I hope everyone had a great weekend; the weather was fabulous! The fishing, not so good. Again, it is all about the nasty water quality conditions at and around the inlet: Very dirty/muddy and tannin-stained from the river runoff, not to mention all the lingering seaweed. The water temperatures were good but not the water quality. To that end,  this is one of the reports I don't enjoy writing, but I tell it like it is.

First,  I'd like to start off with one of the rules posted on the sign board on the way out to the jetty referring to the number of rods you can fish at one time. You are allowed to fish with only TWO rods in the water, and you must be in attendance of those said rods. That rule was designated by the Florida Park Services/Florida Department Of Environmental Protection. It sets ALL the rules for our state parks. The FWC doesn’t list a rule limiting the number of rods that can be used for fishing, but it does state that ALL state parks set their own rules to limit  the number of rods that can be fished in each respective park. There was an incident with an angler who questioned the validity of it, and I showed him the state rules. All good! If you are unaware of the rules for fishing the jetty, please ask at the ranger station for a copy and one will be provided. Now off to the fishing, not catching!! Lol. 

North jetty: Over the weekend there wasn't a whole lot happening at the inlet on the north side, unless you were there very early to fish the high incoming tide. A few decent snook were caught on live shrimp, along with some pretty nice black drum, it's that time for the "big uglies" to show up. The beach side of the jetty at the tip was the spot to be in, and also on the inlet side over the rock pile. At the outgoing tide, some action was at the tip — small blues, jacks and stingrays and catfish, and that was it! 

 South Jetty.... About the only thing I saw caught over here were a couple of black margates, lots of catfish, stingrays and puffers, nothing else. The water was pretty yukky. 

 T-Dock area.... Absolutely no action back here either. I didn't see anything being caught except for puffers. 

 Surf area, both sides: About the only thing I did see was some nice whiting on the north beach area on cut shrimp, and catfish and stingrays too. The south side was pretty much the same, except for more catfish than anything. The water on this side was just really dirty and weedy. 

Well folks, that's it in a nutshell, we just need the water to clean back up; it is at the correct temperature for this time of year, 70 to 72 degrees, but the fish don't care for the water quality at the moment. It's supposed to be a great week weatherwise, so we shall see what happens. Have a great week everyone!” — Snookman.