Sebastian Inlet Report

09-29-14 MONDAY: REDS, SNOOK, JACKS, MANGROVE SNAPPER, SPANISH MACKEREL, JACKS, LADYFISH, TARPON AND BLUE RUNNERS 

We have another lovely morning at the Sebastian Inlet; it's humid but nice. Winds are blowing out of the Southeast at 3 mph and the water is calm. The water is on the murky side due to all the rains we've had lately.

From all the emails we received over the weekend and from talking to Tommy Turowski at the Sebastian Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop this morning, the fishing is hot, hot, hot!! Lots of Reds, slot and oversized are chasing the finger mullet, which are plentiful. Mangrove Snapper are still biting, along with Snook, Jacks, Spanish Mackerel, Ladyfish and Tarpon. There's a lot of fish out there waiting to be caught!

We received an update from inlet regular Mike Ricciardi who fished the north jetty Friday morning and reported a pretty crazy morning. Rain poured from 6:00 - 7:30 a.m. which made for a wet start to the day. Ladyfish were thick and dominated the bite for several hours between 5:00 - 7:30 a.m. The Snapper were slow to appear and although there weren't a lot caught but those that came over the rails were good sized, in the 13" - 15" range. The Snapper preferred small finger mullet which were easy to come by. Mike landed one that was 14" on a live mojarra. By 11:30, Mike was getting frustrated with just one Snapper in his cooler but the last cast before packing it in proved successful when he hooked up with a 24.5" Red. Dennis Campbell hooked up with a Red at the same time but his was 27.5" and returned to the water, he was using live mullet. Dennis landed two good sized Mangrove Snapper that morning as well. Shortly after, Bob Meerza of Orlando landed a 33" C/R Snook on the inlet side. Mike reported a massive school of Jacks in the 8 -10 lb. range made an appearance and were terrorizing the mullet as he was leaving. 
Our first photo features Mike Ricciardi of Vero Beach with a 24.5" Red he landed on a mojarra.
Photo two features Dennis Campbell of Sebastian with two good sized Mangrove Snapper.
Our last photo is of Bob Meerza of Orlando with the 33" C/R Snook that was returned to the water.