Sebastian Inlet to Eau Gallie Cswy. – June 2025

The beach fishing should heat up along with the weather in June as we’ve had more cold fronts coming through late April into May which brought some cooler temperatures and strong and inconsistent winds. The warmer temps of June will bring more bait along the beaches, in addition to false albacore, tarpon, snook, redfish and jacks from Melbourne Beach south to the Inlet. Fish the bait pods using D.O.A. Baitbusters and Rapala Shad Tail baits if you prefer soft plastic baits, and Strategic Angler’s Naia in the 5” model or Rapala’s X-Rap 14 for the hard baits. Fish the soft plastics deep and the hard baits for the fish staying close to the surface. Snook will be in the trough close to the beaches hanging on the bait pods as well. Best bet for snook is live bait. Greenies, pinfish and pigfish rigged on a 6/0 VMC circle hook will all produce. Keep your eye out for afternoon storms as they will come out of nowhere and can bring high winds and kick up the seas in a hurry.

The creeks from Melbourne to Sebastian will be a good place for anglers looking to target snook, tarpon, jacks and sharks this month. The Sebastian River, Turkey Creek, Crane Creek and the Eau Gallie River will be good early in the mornings for anglers using artificial baits. Rapala Skitter Walks in the mullet pattern are great baits in the early morning and evenings, and D.O.A. Terror Eyz are great deep water baits. Suspending baits are good early morning and evening baits as well; Rapala’s Twitchin’ Mullet and Twitchin’ Minnow are both good choices. Bait fishermen targeting snook and tarpon can find success using live finger mullet on a 5/0 to 7/0 VMC circle hook rigged with 30-50 lb. leader depending on the size of the tarpon.

The bite in the early morning and late evenings along the mangrove shorelines and the flats should be good for big trout, reds and snook. Topwater action should be solid, and as the sun comes up switch to suspending baits or live baits. Live mojarra, pilchards and pigfish are the baits of choice to entice the fish early. The tarpon will also move into the Indian River Lagoon from Sebastian to Melbourne and can be found around bait pods in the ICW as well as deeper areas that hold bait. Early morning and late evening are the best times to target the tarpon on fly, artificial and live bait.