Islamorada Fishing Report: Cool Temps, Hot Action on Trout, Snook, and Grouper

It’s Artificial Lure reporting live from Islamorada, the jewel of the Upper Keys, with your November 3rd, 2025 local fishing rundown.

Start your day with a cool 76°F as the sun peeks above the horizon at 7:27 am, setting gently at 6:46 pm according to USHarbors. Expect a mild low near 74°F overnight, with winds out of the northeast at 10–15 knots and nearshore waters running a light to moderate chop, so keep one eye on the marine weather courtesy of MarineWeather.net. Rain chances tilt between 20 and 30 percent by evening, but that ain’t likely to keep the die-hards off the water.

Tide charts from Tides4Fishing show we’re on a steady run of average tidal coefficients today, with a first low at 6:52 am, high at 1:26 pm, and second low at 5:33 pm. That midday high tide should spur good movement, especially around those grassy banks and channels between Islamorada and Lower Matecumbe.

Recent conditions have delivered classic fall Florida Keys action. Just last week anglers reported solid catches of speckled trout, snapper, and schoolie redfish working the backcountry and around bridges—FloridaFishingProducts reviews talk up the Bahia and Osprey CE spinning reels for inshore work. Test ‘em out on trout with a free-lined live shrimp or Gulp! shrimp in “Nuclear Chicken.” Soft plastics on a 1/8 oz jighead are dialing in nice slot reds from the flats edges, while pinfish and cut bait are tempting bigger mangrove snapper at sunset near bridge pilings.

As the fall water cools, pilchards and ballyhoo floods inshore, bringing grouper out from deeper rocks—if you’re trolling the near-reef edges, Rapala X-Raps and bumping bucktail jigs in white or chartreuse are getting hammered by keeper grouper and the odd mackerel. Hardbaits like Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows have been especially hot for Spanish mackerel in the classic run between Alligator Reef and Pickles Channel, with fast retrieves triggering ferocious bites on the rips.

Reports from CaptainExperiences say live bait remains king for snook at Snake Creek and Tavernier Creek—free-lined pinfish, mullet, or pilchard tossed to shadowy mangroves are nabbing over-slot snook early and late. Heavy leaders, 30–40lb fluorocarbon, give you a fighting chance.

For hotspots, I’d key in on:
- Channel 2 and Channel 5 bridges: dawn and dusk snapper, jacks, and some tarpon still lingering.
- Flats behind Whale Harbor: good topwater action for trout and reds when the wind drops.
- Snake Creek: reliable snook and juvenile tarpon on live bait and DOA shad tails.

Bottom fishing the nearshore wrecks, especially around the Eagle Wreck, has produced steady yellowtail snapper on bonita strips and squid. Bring chum to fire ‘em up on slack tide after noon.

Remember, November’s shorter sun means prime bite windows—so hit the water early and work the tidal shift. Artificial lures like Gulp!, Zoom flukes, and classic bucktail jigs are money right now, but don’t skip the fresh shrimp and live pilchards for your best chance across the species board.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's artificial lore, reporting live from Islamorada, the Jewel of
the Upper Keys, with your November third, twenty twenty five
local fishing rundown. Start your day with a cool seventy
six degrees fahrenheit as the sun peaks above the horizon
at seven twenty seven am, setting gently at six forty

(00:20):
six pm. According to US Harbors, expect a mild low
near seventy four degrees fahrenheit overnight, with winds out of
the northeast at ten fifteen knots and near shore waters
running a light to mutter chop, so keep one eye
on the marine weather courtesy of marine weather dot Net.
Rain chances tilt between twenty and thirty percent by evening,

(00:43):
but that ain't likely to keep the diehards off the water.
Tide charts from Tide's four fishing show were on a
steady run of average title coefficients today, with a first
low at six fifty two am, high at one twenty
six pm, and second low at five thirty three PM.
That miss mid day high tide should spur good movement,
especially around those grassy banks and channels between Islamorada and

(01:06):
Lower Mtuckambee. Recent conditions have delivered classic fall Florida keys action.
Just last week, angers reported solid catches of speckled trout, snapper,
and schoolly redfish working the backcountry and around bridges. Florida
Fishing products reviews talk up the bahea and osprey see
spinning reels for inshore work. Test them out on trout

(01:27):
with a free line, Live shrimp or gold shrimp and
nuclear chicken. Soft plastics on a one to eight ounce's
jighead are dialing in nice slot reds from the flat's edges,
while pinfish and cut bait are tempting bigger mangrove snapper
at sunset new bridge pilings, as the fall water cools,
pilchards and Ballyhoo floods inshore bringing grouper out from deeper rocks.

(01:48):
If your troll in the near reef edges, Rappela X
wraps and Bumpin' bucktailed jigs and whiter chartreuse are getting
hammered by keeper grouper and the odd mackerel. Par Baits
like yosery cystl minnows have been especially hot for Spanish
mackerel in the classic run between alligator wreath and pickles
channel with fast retrieves triggering ferocious dights on the rips.

(02:10):
Reports from captain experiences say live bait remains king for
snoke at Snake Creek and Tavernier Creek. Free line pinfish,
mullet or pilcher tossed to shadowy mangroves and having overslought
smoke early and late heavy leaders thirty to forty pound
floor of carbon give you a fighting chance for hotspots.
I'd ke in on negative Channel two and Channel five

(02:31):
bridges dawn and dusk snapper, jacks and some tarpin still
lingering flats behind Whale Harbor. Good top water action for
trout and reds when the wind drops. Snake Creek, reliable
snook and juvenile tarpin on live bait and doa shad
tales bottom fish in the near shore wrecks, especially around
the Eagle Wreck has produced steady yellowtail snapper on benita

(02:54):
strips and squid. Bring chump to fire them up on
slack time afternoon Hello washing. Remember November, shorter sun means
prime byte windows, so hit the water early and work
the title shift. Artificial wars like gulp zoom, flukes and
classic bucktail jigs are money right now, but don't skip
the fresh shrimp and live pilchards for your best chance

(03:17):
across the species board. Thanks for tuning in to your
daily fishing fix from Islamorada. Don't forget to subscribe for
more angling action and tips. This has been a quiet
please production. For more check out Quiet please dot ai