We have some dark clouds gathering around the inlet this morning. We've already seen a fairly hard rain in the wee hours of the morning; it stopped but it may not last long. Go prepared for rain, sun, bugs, humidity (other words, everything) if you head to the inlet today. We received a complaint from a boater who said he and friends were navigating the north jetty early in the morning hours and had large weights and hooks thrown at them by north jetty anglers. These kinds of actions can cause damage to boats and serious injuries to the vessel occupants. The jetties are NAVIGATIONAL jetties, fishing from them is a perk that is extended to public. Reel in your lines when a boat is hugging the north jetty, at times it is the only way to get through the inlet on an outgoing tide. Navigating the inlet is treacherous and boaters aren't hugging the jetty to cut off your lines. Please read our Fishing Etiquette on the top right corner of this page.
Tommy Turowski at the Sebastian Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop reported that finger mullet have started to show up! They are mixed in with huge schools of greenies that are around the inlet and jetties. The bite is pretty good this morning with a lot of Mangrove Snapper, Blue Runners, Jacks, Snook, Reds and Spanish Mackerel finding their way to our anglers. Large Tarpon have been rolling off the beach as seen by yesterday's photos of Scott Quinn and today's first photo.
Our first photo today features Chris Lockwood of Vero Beach with an enormous Tarpon he landed on the south beach. Chris had noticed Tarpon chasing glass minnows up and down the beach the past few weeks. Using medium class spinning gear, a Shimano Saragosa 5000 on an 8' St. Croix rod with 30 lb. braid and a 60 lb. leader with a silver spoon, he started his quest. Chris hooked up with the huge Tarpon and fought it for over two hours! He ended up 1/2 mile south of where he started and a spectator held the rod and took a photo once he got it close enough inshore. There was no official weight but Chris was pretty sure it was close to 150 lbs. The Tarpon was sent swimming back into the water to fight another day.
Photo two features Tim Comella with a real nice 35" C/R Snook he landed off the north jetty. When Tim pulled in this beauty, it had another angler's hook, leader and weight attached. Chris was able to remove his tackle, the other tackle and sent the Snook on its way, much lighter and healthier.
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