Sebastian Inlet Report

10-02-14 THURSDAY: REDS, SNOOK, SPANISH MACKEREL, JUVENILE KING MACKEREL, JACKS, BLUE RUNNERS, MANGROVE SNAPPER AND TROUT 

We have another nice morning at the inlet. Nice and humid. We do have some wind this morning which is helping a little. Winds are blowing out of the West-Northwest at 5 mph, gusting to 8 and the water is calm. The good thing about this morning is the fish are biting; we can tolerate the humidity as long as there's a good bite.

Tommy Turowski at the Sebastian Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop report that Snook were biting this morning and a few keepers have come over the rails, along with over the slot fish. The slot is 28" - 32" and the bag limit is one per person per day. You must have a Snook stamp on your license if you are lucky enough to land one in the slot and plan to keep it. Snook that are out of the slot should be handled with care. If you use a net to bring the fish up onto the north jetty, use a net to lower it back down, it's a long drop. We have a lot of different species that are being attracted by the finger mullet which are thick around the jetties. Reds are thick, some slot Reds are being landed but we have a lot of monsters being caught and released. Spanish Mackerel are darting around as are small King Mackerel, be sure you have a Spanish and not a juvenile King, see yesterday's report for a comparison of the two. We are seeing Mangrove Snapper, Blue Runners, good sized Jacks and Speckled Trout. There are a lot of Sharks in the water as well.
Our first photo features Luane  Toves with one of several good sized Mangrove Snapper she landed. 
Photo two is of Tyler Luck with a 26.5" gator Trout he landed at the end of the incoming tide using an XRap lure. 
Luane Toves is featured in our third photo with an undersized Snook she landed and released unharmed. 
Our fourth photo features Earl Truman of Vero Beach and his friend Ben with a huge Permit he landed, Earl has had terrific luck with big Permit this year, this was his twelfth!