Sebastian Inlet Fishing Report – Jan 13, 2026 (Perfect Weather, Dismal Fishing)
Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet fans, I trust everyone enjoyed the awesome weekend we had — the weather was perfect to be outdoors! But, someone forgot to tell the fish! Lol. It was for lack of a better word, DISMAL!! Lots of folks out fishing, but that was all they were doing… fishing, no catching.
- North Jetty safety reminder: The area between the railing and the painted yellow lines is for the pedestrian walkway and EMT medical emergencies. No equipment of any kind is allowed in that lane. You can stand there and fish, but all your equipment needs to be put in the center of the jetty gratings. Thanks for your attention to this safety matter.
Now off to the fishing. Like I said, it has been very slow.
North Jetty
About the only steady action I saw the last few days was the Spanish mackerel bite — lots and lots of them being caught on live pilchards, small white jigs, silver spoons, and Gotcha lures.
Most of the fish were in the 14–18 inch range, and they were FATTIES… healthy fish! Also quite a few small and medium size blues were being caught as well — same baits, both sides of the jetty, best on the incoming tide.
As for anything else: a couple big black drum and redfish very early in the morning at daylight at the tip on the outgoing tide.
Along the wall between the bait shop and bridge on the incoming, there were a few nice catch-and-release redfish caught on live baits. No sheepshead, no flounder.
South Jetty
Pretty slow as well, with only some blues and Spanish being caught on the incoming tide. The water over here muddied up quite a bit from the SSE winds, and that made the catfish and stingrays show up again.
And with that being said, it shut down the flounder bite in the surf area that was going on last week.
T-Dock Area
Back here there hasn’t been a whole lot of folks fishing. The ones that are fishing reported some small sheepshead and black drum around the dock pilings and the shoreline between the dock and the cleaning table — live shrimp was the ticket for them.
A few Spanish and blues in the channel for those tossing silver spoons and small jigs.
The flounder bite we had has fallen off the wagon again. Not very many “flounder boys” were out, plus finger mullet have been hard to come by.
Surf – North & South
South side… forget about it! Waves kicked up a tad, and the SSE winds turned the water into a muddy and weedy mess. Nothing but catfish and stingrays.
North side: up by the northern most parking lot area they are still getting some pompano, whiting and small black drum on live and dead shrimp, and live sand fleas — only because the water is a lot cleaner over there.
Well folks, that’s all we have for this week. Another cold front is supposed to come through by Thursday, but it shouldn’t mess up the surf or water quality since the winds will be NNW… but it will cool down again. I keep telling myself… it’s WINTER, things are a bit off.
I wish you all a great week!
– Snookman Wayne
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Bait tip: Stop by Saltwater Cowboy Bait & Tackle for live shrimp, seasonal baitfish, and frozen bait before you hit the jetty.