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Islamorada Fishing Report: Redfish, Snook & Bottom Feeders Bite Strong in Warm Fall Waters
Published 6 months, 1 week ago
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Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure bringing you your Saturday fishing report for Islamorada and the surrounding Keys waters.
We've got another beautiful day shaping up with sunrise at 7:18 AM and sunset coming at 6:59 PM. The weather's cooperating nicely with partly cloudy skies and temperatures around 82 degrees. Water temps are matching that at 82 degrees, which has the fish active and feeding.
Let's talk tides for today. We're working with some good water movement. The morning low tide hits around 8:44 AM dropping to just 0.01 feet, followed by an afternoon high at 2:11 PM reaching 0.6 feet. We'll see an evening low at 8:04 PM. These moving tides are pushing baitfish around and getting predators fired up.
The fishing action's been solid through mid-October. Local captains are reporting consistent catches of snapper and grouper, with plenty of tarpon still rolling through. The backcountry's producing nice catches of redfish and snook. The snook bite has been very productive with aggressive surface eats on topwater patterns. It's a tough choice in the morning between tailing redfish and the topwater action.
Redfish are loving the cool down and seem more eager to eat. We're stalking them in shallow flats looking for that pumpkin glow or the quintessential tail waving at you. Bonefish and permit have been happy with the tides providing more water and places to feed.
For artificials, throw paddle tails and jerkbaits in natural colors around the mangroves during low tide. Topwater plugs are crushing it at sunrise and sunset. If you're targeting deeper structure, vertical jigging with bucktails tipped with shrimp is producing quality bottom fish.
Live bait's still king down here. Pilchards and threadfins are your go-to for most species. Pin them through the nose and let them work naturally near channel edges and drop-offs.
Hot spots to hit today: work the flats around Upper Matecumbe Key during that morning low tide for tailing redfish and snook. The channels near Whale Harbor Bridge are holding snapper and grouper on the deeper edges. Don't sleep on the backcountry areas around Shell Key Channel where the water movement concentrates baitfish.
The bite windows look strongest from 7:30 to 9:30 this morning and again this evening from 7:54 to 9:54 PM.
Get out there and make it happen, folks. Thanks for tuning in, and make sure to subscribe for your daily fishing intel. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
We've got another beautiful day shaping up with sunrise at 7:18 AM and sunset coming at 6:59 PM. The weather's cooperating nicely with partly cloudy skies and temperatures around 82 degrees. Water temps are matching that at 82 degrees, which has the fish active and feeding.
Let's talk tides for today. We're working with some good water movement. The morning low tide hits around 8:44 AM dropping to just 0.01 feet, followed by an afternoon high at 2:11 PM reaching 0.6 feet. We'll see an evening low at 8:04 PM. These moving tides are pushing baitfish around and getting predators fired up.
The fishing action's been solid through mid-October. Local captains are reporting consistent catches of snapper and grouper, with plenty of tarpon still rolling through. The backcountry's producing nice catches of redfish and snook. The snook bite has been very productive with aggressive surface eats on topwater patterns. It's a tough choice in the morning between tailing redfish and the topwater action.
Redfish are loving the cool down and seem more eager to eat. We're stalking them in shallow flats looking for that pumpkin glow or the quintessential tail waving at you. Bonefish and permit have been happy with the tides providing more water and places to feed.
For artificials, throw paddle tails and jerkbaits in natural colors around the mangroves during low tide. Topwater plugs are crushing it at sunrise and sunset. If you're targeting deeper structure, vertical jigging with bucktails tipped with shrimp is producing quality bottom fish.
Live bait's still king down here. Pilchards and threadfins are your go-to for most species. Pin them through the nose and let them work naturally near channel edges and drop-offs.
Hot spots to hit today: work the flats around Upper Matecumbe Key during that morning low tide for tailing redfish and snook. The channels near Whale Harbor Bridge are holding snapper and grouper on the deeper edges. Don't sleep on the backcountry areas around Shell Key Channel where the water movement concentrates baitfish.
The bite windows look strongest from 7:30 to 9:30 this morning and again this evening from 7:54 to 9:54 PM.
Get out there and make it happen, folks. Thanks for tuning in, and make sure to subscribe for your daily fishing intel. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.