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Sebastian Inlet FishingSebastian Inlet State Park & Outdoors

State Park Connecting the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean

Without a doubt one of the world's finest fishing destinations, Sebastian Inlet is where America's most diverse estuary ecosystems, the Indian River Lagoon meet the Atlantic Ocean. Our inlet is an example of nature's tidal harmonics working in tandem with weather and seasons.

A veteran angler in the Sebastian Inlet will experience a smorgasborg of fishing delight from spin casters' to fly fishing purest. Lagooner's Sebastian Fishing Guides constantly fish these waters in search of snook, giant tarpon, redfish gator trout, shark, flounder and several other saltwater species. They know how to put anglers where the fish are whether you're an avid angler or novice in these productive briney waters.

Looking for information about spending a day on the water with a Sebastian Inlet fishing guide in the Indian River Lagoon or offshore fishing near Sebastian, Florida? Call (321) 868-4953 and Ask for Captain Richard or his fishing mate Captain Gina. They'll be more than glad to talk to you in length about setting up a fishing trip while you're visiting the area.

Sebastian Inlet Area Information

There are two great Florida campgrounds located near Sebastian Inlet recreational area.

Long Point Park
700 Long Point Road
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
(321) 952-4532

Sebastian Inlet State Park
9700 South A1A
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
(321) 984-4852

To the South of Sebastian Inlet is Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge with it's thriving populations of brown and white pelicans, rosette spoonbills and wood storks. Your guide may take you fishing within sight of these native Floridian birds while they are nesting or show you manatees and dolphin on the Indian River Lagoon.

There are two museums in the park. The Sebastian Fishing Museum describes the family-based fishing industry that flourished here until the 1990s. The site of Spanish salvors encampment, the McLarty Treasure Museum offers a fascinating look at the history of the 1715 Treasure Fleet.

Sebastian Inlet's Fishing Guide - Captain Richard Bradley

Redfishing Guide in Sebastian FloridaHello,
Dad took me to Sebastian Inlet in the 1960's when the road was no more than a rutted dirt path on the bridge embankment to the parking lot beneath. There was a small tackle & bait shop called the Crow's Nest that had an orange crate on a pedestal and a danger sign with skull and crossbones pronouncing "Baby Rattlers... DO NOT FEED". Of course as a curious pre-teen, I had to get close enough to look thru the hardware cloth to see the deadly young snakes. Upon mustering up enough courage to peer into the crate I was confused to see plastic children's baby rattles on display and for a minute wondered why.

I spent my childhood years traveling to the inlet with my folks and friends and learning how to surf and fish while jumping the jetty rocks and swimming in the tide pool. Sebastian has since become a wonderful public park with paved parking lots, a small restaurant and campgrounds. The extension of the north jetty a few years ago ruined a once awesome surf break, but for the most part the improvements have been a vast improvement on the beauty and public access.
If you get a chance to visit our area, please look me up for a fishing trip at the Sebastian State Park Recreation Area.

God Bless,

Captain Richard Bradley
Lagooner Fishing Guide

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September Fishing at Sebastian Inlet

Fall is undoubtably Captain Richard of Lagooner Fishing Guides favorite season of the year as the snook start moving off the spawn and stocking up on calaries in the inlet. Night fishing is the answer for anglers to get intouch with their snook fishing goals and angling desires. Advanced anglers need only apply for a night time fishing trip as the inlet can be challenging even for the advanced anglers. Rigging and baiting for night drifts are left to the angler after brief instructions by the Captain while he expertly navigates the swift currents and other anglers keeping you on the fish and out of harms way.

Sebastian Snook Regulations

Not less than 28" or more than 32" Atlantic - Not less than 28" or more than 33" Gulf of Mexico, Monroe County, Everglades Nat. Park
Season Closed Dec. 15–Jan. 31, June–Aug. Atlantic
Dec.–Feb., May–Aug. Gulf of Mexico, Monroe County, Everglades Nat. Park

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds anglers that the harvest season for snook in Gulf of Mexico, Everglades National Park and Monroe County waters, which usually begins on March 1, will not be open this year. The FWC issued an executive order on Jan. 15 that temporarily extends closed harvest seasons for snook statewide until Sept. 1 to protect snook populations affected by recent prolonged cold weather in Florida..

The order, which took effect on Jan. 16, provides that no person may harvest or possess snook in all state and federal waters off Florida until September. Anglers may still catch and release snook during the closure, and the FWC encourages everyone to handle and release these fish carefully to help ensure their survival upon release.

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Snook in East Central Florida have many different habitats and conditions that make them a great target for anglers looking for variable ways to catch this elusive fish. Juvenile fish can be caught in the estuaries, canals and backwater areas almost all year long. While not as prestigious as large breeder snook, they are non-the-less enjoyable to catch and will bite on everything from baitcasters to flyrods and everything between. Juvenile snook are suckers for artificial's and readily take live bait as well.

Big breeding snook spawn on or near the beaches of Central Florida and always have a passageway or access to the beaches or inlets available to them. The only time a breeder snook is generally caught in the backwaters here is because it's a cooler transitional time period usually. Canaveral snook spend their winter months in the Port under docks, wharfs and around other structure like boats and pilings. You often see them hanging around the lights at night in small and large schools. Sebastian Inlet Snook are caught in the inlet itself during the summer and fall months and many of the larger snook migrate south to Jupiter Inlet or hunker down in the fresh warmer water of the Sebastian River a short distance away.

Articles and Photos about Snook


Florida Common Snook Record
44 Pounds, 3 Ounces


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