From Mike @ Native Tackle Supply-Sebastian

The trout bite has remained red hot on just about any grass flat in the river.  As usual in the summer time early morning top water action is a sure bet.  If there is bait getting busted on try to get under the bait with a DOA CAL Shad or Exude Soft bait on a 1/4 oz. jig head.  For the bigger trout use a live pinfish, pigfish, or finger mullet and fish the potholes.  Bite has been slowing down by 10:00am so get out on the water early.  In the river, the snook bite has slowed down a bit with the bigger fish moving into the inlets and beaches.  The flounder action remains excellent with a stellar year for flounder showing no signs of slowing down. Many anglers are focusing in on areas around the Sebastian Inlet and are fishing Gulp! swimming mullets for artificial and finger mullets for live baits.   

  

INLET

For the past few weeks fishing at the Sebastian Inlet has all been about oversized Redfish and Snook in quantity.  Fish the tides for Redfish with the best bet being to drift a live crab on outgoing tide.  Snook have been showing up in good numbers with croakers and bucktail jigs being the preferred ammo.  Remember, Snook season opens up September 1st so stop in the store early and stock up on our wide selection of bait and tackle tailored to anglers Snook fishing the Sebastian Inlet.  Besides Snook and Reds the mangrove snapper bite has remained steady on live shrimp and there have been scattered reports of Permit off the tip of the South Jetty.

BEACHES

Anglers running the beach have been reporting large schools of bait, many of which are just getting destroyed by spanish mackeral and huge schools of jacks.  Closer to shore the Tarpon cruising the beaches have slowed down a bit but not the snook.  The snook have been thick at the inlet and on the beach and now is a great time to target and catch some cruising linesiders.