Keys Fishing Forecast: Tripletail, Mackerel, Bonefish Blitz

Good morning from the beautiful Florida Keys, this is Artificial Lure with your Saturday, November 1st fishing report. Here’s what locals are saying about today on the water.

First light was just rolling in around 7:33 AM, with the sun scheduled to set at 6:48 PM. Weather’s setting up nice: cool mornings in the mid-70s, highs creeping to the low 80s, mild breezes out of the east, and no red tide worries right now, according to FWC’s latest update. Water temps are finally dipping, so fish are getting more active by the day.

Checking tides in Key West, we had an early morning high at 5:48 AM and a low coming up at 12:22 PM. Another high rolls through around 7:05 PM. With the new moon peeking earlier this week, we’re still riding some solid moving water. That means it’s a prime day for an early start and late afternoon bite, lining up perfectly with today’s “Best Morning” rating from the Farmers’ Almanac.

The action’s picking up offshore and inshore both. Offshore, folks are targeting tripletail around those rows of crab trap buoys—classic November pattern. Medium rods, 4000 reels, 20-pound braid, and the longest mono or fluoro leader you can string up. Live shrimp is money, but don’t overlook a realistic soft-plastic (think Gulp! Shrimp or Savage Gear hybrids). Be patient and let that bait settle; tripletail are curious but picky, so don’t set until you feel the weight.

Spanish and king mackerel are moving south—keep your eyes peeled for bait showers and pelicans diving. Trolling chrome spoons or flashy planers is the ticket, especially on the edges of those bait balls. Spanish are usually thick on 50-pound mono, but you'll need to add a short wire leader for kings to avoid cut-offs. Big lures like R&R Kingfish Rigs and Drone Spoons are turning heads right now.

Back on the reef, mangrove snapper and lane snapper are biting well on pilchards and shrimp, with a few legal grouper showing up on the deeper structure. For hogfish, target those 40- to 60-foot depths and stick to live or fresh shrimp—remember, patience pays off.

Inshore, it’s a variety show. Redfish are scattering along the mangrove troughs and flats, stalking mullet pods. Topwaters like Spooks and smaller MirrOlures in bone or gold are working early and late, while root beer soft plastics rigged weedless are perfect as the day warms up. Captain Rick Murphy and others say snook are still biting around the bridges and creek mouths. Swimbaits, paddletails, or live pinfish will get you a tug from the bigger fish.

Notable catches this Friday included a solid 37-inch snook and a feisty bonefish out of Islamorada, both landed with local guide talent. The flats are also seeing good numbers of bonefish—think live shrimp on circle hooks or pure-sight-casting with shrimp-imitating artificials.

Hot spots for today:
- The crab trap buoy lines off Marathon for tripletail.
- Oceanside edge of Long Key Bridge, where kings, macks, and snapper are busting bait on the outgoing tide.
- Backcountry flats behind Islamorada and lower Sugarloaf Key for bonefish and redfish on the flood tide.

Before heading out, swing by the Tackle Center of Islamorada or Fish Whisperer Charters for local advice and fresh bait.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning from the beautiful Florida Keys. This is artificial
lower with your Saturday, November one fishing report. Here's what
locals are saying about today on the water. First light
was just rolling in around seven thirty three am, with
the sun scheduled to set at six forty eight pm.
Weather setting up nice cool mornings in the mid seventies,
highs creeping to the low eighties, mile breezes out of

(00:22):
the east, and no red tide worries right now. According
to f wc's latest update, water tempts are finally dipping,
so fish are getting more active by the day. Checking tides.
In Key West, we had an early morning high at
five forty eight am and a low coming up at
twelve twenty two pm. Another high rolls through around seven
h five pm. With the new moon peaking earlier this week,

(00:45):
we're still riding some solid moving water. That means it's
a prime day for an early start and late afternoon
bite lining up perfectly. With today's best morning rating from
the farmer z Omanac. The actions picking up offshore and inshore.
Both off folks are targeting triple tail around those rows
of crab trap buoys. Classic November patter, medium rods, four

(01:07):
thousand reels, twenty pound braid and the longest mono or
floral leader you can string up. Live shrimp is money,
but don't overlook a realistic soft plastic think gulp shrimp
or savage gear hybrids. Be patient and let that bait settle.
Triple tail are curious but picky, so don't set until
you feel the weight. Spanish and king mackerel are moving south.

(01:30):
Keep your eyes peeled for bait showers and pelicans. Diving
trolling chrome spoons or flashy planners is the ticket, especially
on the edges of those bait balls. Spanish are usually
thick on fifty pound mono, but you'll meet big lures
like R and R. Kingfish rigs and drone spoons are
turning heads right now. Back on the reef, mangrove snapper

(01:52):
and lane snapper are biting well on pilchers and shrimp,
with a few legal groupers showing up on the deeper structure.
For hardfish to target those forty to sixty foot depths
and stick to live or fresh shrimp. Remember patience pays off.
Insure it's a variety show. Redfish are scattering along the
mangrove troughs and flats, stalking mullet pods. Top waters like

(02:15):
spooks and smaller mirror lures and bone or gold are
working early and late, while root beer, soft plastics, rig
weedless are perfect as the Dade norms up. Captain Rick
Murphy and others say snook are still biting around the
bridges and creek mounts. Swim baits, paddle tails or live
penfish will get you a tug from the bigger fish.

(02:36):
Notable catches this Friday included a solid thirty seven inch
snook and a feisty bonefish out of Islamorada, both landed
with local guide talent. The flats are also seeing good
numbers of bonefish think live shrimp on circle hooks or
pure sight casting with shrimp imitating artificials hotspots for day

(02:56):
the crab trop bully lines off Marathon for triple tail
oceanside edge of long Key Bridge where canes max and
snapper a busting bait on the outgoing tide, backcountry flats
behind Isla Marada and lower Sugarloaf Key for bonefish and
redfish on the flug tide before heading out swing by

(03:17):
the Tackle Center of Isla Marada or Fish Whisperer Charters
for local advice and fresh bait. Thanks for tuning in
to your Florida Keys fishing update with artificial war. Don't
forget to subscribe so you never missed the latest bite Intel.
This has been a quiet please production. For more check
out quiet please dot ai