"Islamorada's Stellar Fishing Forecast: Snook, Reds, Bones, and More on the Bite"

Islamorada wakes up to perfect fishing weather this Sunday, November 2nd. Skies are crystal clear, barely a cloud in sight, and we’re sitting at a comfortable 80°F. Winds are steady at 15 mph, gusting up to 21, which pushes a nice chop onto the flats and gets the bait moving. Humidity is at 68%, dew point 69°F, and the water’s holding at a cozy 77°F. Sunrise cracked at 7:25 am and sunset is coming up at 6:48 pm, so there’s a solid window for morning and evening bites.

The tide’s rhythmic today: low at 9:26 am, high peaking 0.79 feet at 3:09 pm, and heading for another low at 9:37 tonight. These swings make for prime feeding times – if you’re chasing the big ones, align your casts with the major lunar bite around 1:37 to 3:37 this afternoon. Even better, the early morning moonrise from 8:45 to 9:45 am drew some active fish to the surface.

The action has lit up across the backcountry. Snook, redfish, and speckled trout are charging through Florida Bay and up into the Everglades when the wind kicks in. Those cold fronts last week flipped the switch: snook are smashing mullet schools along the shorelines, and topwater plugs are drawing explosive strikes, even from smaller tarpon cruising the mangrove edge. Bonefish are putting on a show out on the flats – the cool, clear water is bringing them in, and there’s word of some larger fish running hard.

Recent catches around the local spots:
- Snook up to 32 inches, plenty of slot reds, and speckled trout pushing the 20-inch mark.
- Bonefish are back; anglers are reporting multi-fish mornings on both fly and light spinning gear.
- Mangrove snapper and juvenile grouper are hot around the deeper channels and structure.

Hot spots to hit today:
- **Whale Harbor Channel** – Right by the Hwy 1 bridge, the moving tide pulls bait and gamefish into easy casting range. Drift a live shrimp or toss a paddle tail jig here for snapper and trout.
- **Florida Bay Backcountry**, especially the shorelines near **Indian Key Anchorage** – the snook and reds are thick when you get tight to the brush. Early bluebird mornings, after the minor bite, are best with mullet or white fluke soft plastics.

Best baits and lures:
- **Live shrimp** and **pinfish**: Always good, especially for mangroves and trout.
- **Soft plastics in white and chartreuse**: Paddle tails and jerkbaits are getting hit by snook, reds, and trout.
- **Topwater plugs**: Walk-the-dog style lures early and late pull up snook and tarpon.
- **Shrimp or crab imitation flies and lures**: Essential for bonefish; keep your presentation soft and subtle.

Offshore, mahi and tuna reports are slowing down, but kingfish and sailfish are starting to stage off the humps as temperatures drop. Best rig is a live ballyhoo on a stinger setup if you’re giving the blue water a run.

Don’t forget, local regs are still two barracuda per day due to population concerns, so respect the limit and give those lizards a break.

This week is shaping up to be one of the best yet for fall fishing in the Upper Keys. Islamorada’s classic variety is firing, so grab your gear, keep an eye on the wind, and get after it.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This Loamrado wakes up to perfect fishing weather this Sunday,
November two. Skies are crystal clear, barely a cloud in sight,
and we're sitting at a comfortable eighty degrees fahrenheit. Winds
are steady at fifteen miles per hour, dusting up to
twenty one, which pushes a nice chop onto the flats
and gets the bait movie. Humidity is at sixty eight

(00:20):
percent two points sixty nine degrees fahrenheit, and the water
is holding at a cozy seventy seven degrees fahrenheit. Sunrise
cracked at seven twenty five am and sunset is coming
up at six forty eight pm, so there's a solid
window for morning and evening bites. The tides redmick today,
low at nine twenty six am, high peaking zero point

(00:41):
seventy nine feet at three zero nine pm, and heading
for another low at nine thirty seven tonight. These swings
make for prime feeding times if you're chasing the big ones.
Align your cast with the major lunar byte around one
thirty seven to three thirty seven this afternoon. Even better,
the early morning moon rise from eight eight five to
nine forty five am. Drew some active fish to the surface.

(01:04):
The action is lit up across the back country. Snook,
redfish and speckled trout are charging through Florida Bay and
up into the Everglades when the wind kicks in those
cold fronts last week flip the switch. Snooker smashing mullet
schools along the shorelines, and top water plugs are drawn
explosive strikes, even from smaller trpin cruising the mangrove edge.

(01:26):
Bonefish are putting on a show out on the flats.
The cool clear water is bringing them in, and there's
word of some larger fish running hard. Recent catches around
the local spots. The snook up the thirty two inches,
plenty of slot reds and speckled trout pushing the twenty
inch mark. Bonefish are back. Anglers are reporting multifish mornings

(01:46):
on both fly and light spinning gear. Mangrove snapper and
juvenile grouper are hot around the deeper channels in structure.
Hot spots to hit today Whale Harbor Channel right by
the Highway one bridge. The moving ide pulls bait and
gamefish into easy casting range. Drift a live shrimp or
toss a paddle tailed jig here for snapper and trout.

(02:08):
Florida Bay back country, especially to shorelines near Indian Key Anchorage.
The snook and reds are thick when you get tight
to the brush. Early bluebird mornings after the minor bite
are best with mullet or white fluke. Soft plastics, best
baits and lures. Live shrimp and pinfish always good, especially

(02:28):
for mangroves and trout. Soft plastics in white and chartreuse.
Paddle tails and jerk baits are getting hit by snoke,
reds and trout. Top water plugs. Walk the dog style
lures early and late. Pull up snook and tarpin shrimp
or crab. Imitation flies and lures essential for bonefish. Keep

(02:50):
your presentation soft and subtle. Offshore, mahe and tuna reports
are slowing down, but kingfish and salefish are starting to
stage off the humps as temperatures drop. Best rig is
a live ballahue on a stinger set up. If you're
giving the blue water a run. Don't forget. Local rigs
are still too barracouda per day due to population concerns,

(03:13):
so respect the limit and give those lizards a break.
This week is shaping up to be one of the
best yet for fall fishing in the upper Keys is
the Morada's classic variety is firing, so grab your gear,
keep an eye on the wind, and get after it.
Thanks for tuning in to This is the Morada Fishing
Report with artificial lure. Be sure to subscribe so you

(03:36):
never missed the bite. This has been a Quiet Please production.
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