SEBASTIAN INLET TO EAU GALLIE CAUSWAY FORECAST

We usually start getting tropical storms in August and it can be a great time to fish the IRL as well as the beaches from Melbourne down to Sebastian Inlet as long as the ocean is calm and the tropical storms aren’t wreaking havoc on us. If I can’t fish the beaches, I like to focus on the flats, spoil islands or mangrove shorelines that should be loaded with bait in the Indian River Lagoon from Palm Bay to Sebastian. Try to get out early and use Topwater baits such as Rapala’s Skitterwalk for trout, snook, and redfish. The bite will stay solid if you switch to live bait as the sun comes up and the water warms. If the fish won’t hit topwater early, go subsurface with the Rapala Twitchin Mullet and Twitchin Minnow or DOA Shrimp or Paddletail Baits if soft baits are your preference.

The snook and redfish should be very active in the inlet with nighttime a great time to fish with Rapala XRap 14 or bucktails. You could rig a DOA Jerk bait or paddletail on a heavy jighead and fish it like a bucktail with great success as well. If you have live bait, fish the trough along the beaches for Snook and redfish as well as the occasional tarpon looking ofr a meal. I like to target the bait pods along the beaches from Melbourne down to Sebastian for tarpon, cobia, snook, kingfish, bonito, and sharks. Live bait is my preferred method rigged on VMC Circle hooks.

The Creeks from Melbourne down to Sebastian for will hold plenty of snook, tarpon, sharks, and big jacks. After the heavy rains, fish the spillways with live baits or fish the Storm or DOA paddle tail baits or use Terror Eyz in the deeper waters. For a hard bait, use the Rapala Twitchin mullet and minnow for good success on snook and juvenile tarpon. Anglers can also target the shorelines, docks and oyster bars for snook and may even find a few flounder too.