Re: How do you fish Sebastian Inlet????
Hey I'm new on the board but I fished Sabatian alot back in the early 90's. We would fish the surf side using live finger mullet or cut bait. even using piggy perch or what ever we could carch next to the jetty or rocks on light tackle as bait. If you are going to fish the channel be ready to lose a lot of tackle on the bottom. The best time to fish the channel on the bottom is at the tide change , you'll have about 15 min. to fish out towards the middle before the current kicks back up. be ready, just in case you hook what my friend and I called Sebastian submarines. Don't know what they are but you can't stop them on normal tackle. If the current is running try using live shrimp and a 1/4 ounce, cast it out and then walk it with the current until you run out of pier or run into someone trying to fish the bottom. You can also go with a float and drop the shrimp about 6 to 8 feet deep. You'll still need to use a split shot to help hold your shrimp down. The channel was, back then, only about 12 to 15 feet deep so you'll be dragging that shrimp just above the rocks and stuff on the bottom. Hold on because the snook love to just raise up from behind the rocks and suck that shrimp down, reds too. Hope this helps. I caught my biggest shark, 8' bull, and my biggest snook, 49 inches, there. It's one of the best spots I've ever enjoyed fishing. Also watch the locals, if they don't tell you what they're doing, you can always watch and see what they're doing, then just copy it.. enjoy!!!
