Sebastian Inlet Report

11-22-11 TUESDAY: BLACK DRUM, REDS, SNOOK, FLOUNDER, POMPANO AND SHEEPSHEAD It's a beautiful morning at the inlet. Winds are blowing out of the South-Southwest at 5 mph; the water has a light chop and is starting to clear up a little. Yesterday the bite was good. A lot of Black Drum came over the rails of the north jetty. Inlet local Tony  of Sebastian limited out on Black Drum (5), landed a slot Red and was at the cleaning table by 9:00 a.m.! There were also Reds, Snook, Pompano, Sheepshead, Flounder and a couple of Spanish Mackerel according to Tommy at the Sebastian Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop. A huge 32"  20 lb Black Drum was landed Sunday using dead shrimp around 3:00 p.m. We received several stories about Friday evening's activities at the inlet  Friday evening on the south side of the inlet Reds and Tarpon were chasing baits and Jeffery reported more than 50 Tarpon breaks and several Reds leaped out of the water. Jeffrey landed two oversized Reds, both at 27" and weighing around 25 lbs. And one landed was over 40". The Reds were released unharmed. Ranger Ed Perry confirmed Jeffrey's assessment of the evening. Ed wasn't fishing but was observing after work on Friday and said a migration of pinfish came out of the inlet just before dark and slightly after dark. The Reds and Tarpon went nuts! Ranger Perry said it was the most bait he's ever seen. Bait was being run up onto the beach everywhere by the Reds and Tarpon. In all of his years as a Park Ranger and before that as a fisherman, he'd never seen anything like it.