October Islamorada Fishing Report - Snapper, Tripletail, and Mahi on the Bite

Artificial Lure coming to you with the Islamorada fishing report for October 25, 2025.

Today’s conditions feature **partly cloudy skies, a steady breeze out of the east, and temperatures swinging between a warm 83° and a pleasant 79°**, according to the latest marine weather forecasts. Water temps are cooling as we swing deeper into fall, setting the stage for some serious fish movement. The **sunrise hit at 7:26 AM and sunset is set for 6:46 PM**, so folks are already out there at first light chasing the bite.

The **tides are soft today—expect a low tide at 8:49 AM and high tide rolling in at 1:58 PM, then dropping again around 7:45 PM**. Middle-of-the-day incoming water should trigger fish activity around the mangroves and patch reefs, so plan your casts accordingly.

**Bite report:** This week has been stellar. Local guides and captains report **strong action on yellowtail snapper, mangrove snapper, and a few solid muttons on the deeper reef edges**. The bridges are still producing, especially at night, with **snook and tarpon hanging under the lights and in the shadow lines**. Out past Alligator Reef, crews have been tying into **large tripletail along the crab trap buoys—Florida Keys Fish Report just ran a story about hefty tripletail coming over the rails**.

**Offshore**, the current is light and weed lines are scattered, but **mahi-mahi are still around in decent numbers, especially for boats running out to 500 feet and beyond**. Plenty of boats picking up **kingfish, too, when slow-trolling live baits or drifting over deeper structure**.

**Backcountry and flats:** It’s peak time for **redfish and sea trout.** JTfishing Charters and other guides report **lots of slot reds tailing in the morning with trout spread out in the slicks on the outgoing tide. Snook and juvenile tarpon are thick along the shorelines, especially wherever the current pushes bait into the creeks.**

**Best baits and lures:** If you’re after snapper, **live shrimp or cut pilchards are king**. For tripletail, a **free-lined live shrimp pitched tight to the structure is hard to beat**. Flats anglers have been scoring on **Gulp! shrimp and DOA CAL shads in natural colors**, while traditionalists opt for a live pinfish. Offshore, it's time to break out the **ballyhoo rigs and skirted squid lures for mahi**, with kingfish biting best on **blue runners or trolling with big flashy spoons**.

**Hot spots:**
- **Channel 2 and Channel 5 bridges:** Night fishing for snook and tarpon. Tide turns, current swings, fish move.
- **Alligator Reef:** Snapper, muttons, and a shot at tripletail on any floating structure.
- **Snake Creek and near Cowpens Cut:** Flats full of redfish, trout, and the occasional hungry snook busting up mullet schools.

Local shops are buzzing about last night’s bridge action where anglers landed **dozens of snapper** and a handful of keeper-sized **tarpon**, and offshore boats are still icing up good numbers of **mahi and kingfish**. No red tide present in the area currently—water quality looks solid for most of the Upper Keys.

To wrap up: classic fall weather, solid tides, and plenty of fish in the mix. Get out there early for the best bite, work the tides, and don’t be shy about moving spots if things slow down. Islamorada’s got plenty waiting this week.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial war coming to you with the Islamorada Fishing Report
for October twenty fifth, twenty twenty five. Today's conditions feature
partly cloudy skies, a steady breeze out of the east,
in temperatures swinging between a warm eighty three degrees and
a pleasant seventy nine degrees. According to the latest marine
weather forecasts, water temps are cooling as we swing deeper

(00:22):
into fall, setting the stage for some serious fish movement.
The sunrise hit at seven twenty six am and sunset
is set for six forty six pm, so folks are
already out there at first light chasing the bite. The
tides are soft today, expect a low tide at eight
forty nine am and high tide rolling in at one

(00:43):
fifty eight pm, then dropping again around seven forty five
pm middle of the day. Incoming water should trigger fish
activity around the mangroves and patch reefs, so plan your
casts accordingly. FIGHTE Report six five six This week has
been stellar. Local guides and captains report strong action on

(01:05):
yellowtail snapper, mangrove snapper, and a few solid muttons on
the deeper reef edges. The bridges are still producing especially
at night, with snook and tarpin hanging under the lights
and in the shadow lines. Out past Alligator reef crews
have been tying into proper large triple tail along the
crab trap buoys. Florida keys Fish report just ran a

(01:28):
story about hefty tripletail coming over the rails too. Offshore,
the current is light and weed lines are scattered, but
Mahi mahi are still around in decent numbers, especially for
boats running out to five hundred feet and beyond. Plenty
of boats picking up kingfish two when slow trolling live
baits or drifting over deeper structure. Backcountry and flats its

(01:52):
peak time for redfish and sea trout. JT fishing carters
and other guides report lots of slot reds tailing in
the morning with trout spread out in the slicks. On
the outgoing tide. Snook and juvenile tarpin are thick along
the shorelines, especially wherever the current pushes bait into the creeks.

(02:13):
Best baits and lures live scathes if you're after snapper,
live shrimp or cut pelchards are king for triple tail.
A free lined live shrimp pitched tight to the structure
is hard to beat. Flats. Anglers have been scoring on
gulp shrimp and doa colshads in natural colors, while traditionalists

(02:35):
opt for a live pinfish offshore. It's time to break
out the ballyhoo rags in skirted squid lures for mahe
with kingfish biting best on blue runners or trolling with big,
flashy spoons hotspots chaos watching Channel two and Channel five

(02:55):
bridges night fishing for snook and tarpin tied to times
current swings, fish move alligator, reef, snapper, muttons, and a
shot at tripletail on any floating structure not Snake Creek
and near Cowpans cut flats full of red fish, trout

(03:16):
and the occasional hungry snook busting up mullet schools. Local
shops are buzzing about last night's bridge action, where anglers
landed dozens of snapper and a handful of keeper sized tarpon,
and offshore boats are still icing up good numbers of
mahe and kingfish. No red tide present in the area currently.

(03:36):
Water quality looks solid for most of the Upper Keys
to wrap up classic fall weather, solid tides and plenty
of fish in the mix, Get out there early for
the best bite, work the tides, and don't be shy
about moving spots if things slow down. Islamarada's got plenty
waiting this week. Thanks for tuning in. Make sure to

(03:57):
hit that subscribe button and keep coming back for daily
reports and insider tips. This has been a quiet please production.
For more check out Quiet please dot ai