This past week it was been all about the black drum. Black drum action has turned on like a switch in and around the Sebastian Inlet with many anglers reporting catches of nice sized fish in quantity. Live shrimp has definitely been the bait of choice and these fish are nice, clean ocean drum. The redfish bite in the river has also picked up recently although sight fishing them remains difficult with dirty water conditions that has slowly been improving. Because of the dirty water, if you can't see the fish try chumming up the water with cut mullet and/or ladyfish and let the redfish come to you. The flounder bite that has remained all summer long continues to be hot with regular catches of fish over 20" coming from the flats surrounding the Sebastian River (US-1) bridge.
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So far this month the snook bite at the inlet has been hit and miss with a hot bite one night and the fish gone the next. This should improve over the next few weeks as the snook start settling into the normal fall routine. A week cold front should help settle them down. Anglers fishing for snook during the day have had the best luck using live select shrimp and pinfish, while those fishing at night have been using Gulfstream Flare Hawks 1-1/2 oz, but by far the bait of choice has been live croakers. Besides linesiders, the redfish bite has remained steady while black drums have made their appearance known over the past week. Live shrimp has been the bait of choice for both. Finally the pompano bite has remained steady over the past 2 weeks and it seems the fish are slowly getting bigger and anglers are having to throw less shorts back into the water. Try a 1/2 oz Doc's Goofy Jig with a teaser quill for a dynamite pompano bait or be sure to stop into the shop for some advice on different rigs and techniques for those fishing for pompano.
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