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Islamorada Fishing Report 12/4/2025: Tuna, Snapper, and More on the Bite
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# Islamorada Fishing Report - Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Hey everyone, it's Artificial Lure here with your Thursday morning fishing report for Islamorada.
**Conditions & Tides**
We've got excellent conditions today with mostly sunny skies and variable winds at 5 knots or less. Seas are running just 1 foot or less, so it's going to be glassy out there. High tide hits at 12:23 PM with a height of 0.72 feet, followed by low tide at 6:41 PM at 0.66 feet. Sunrise was at 7:26 AM, so you've got plenty of daylight with sunset coming at 6:46 PM.
**What's Biting**
The action's been solid across the board. Blackfin tuna are running steady out at the Islamorada Hump—anglers are scoring consistent catches on trolled feathers and small jet heads, especially during midmorning and early afternoon. Mutton snapper up to 12 pounds have been especially strong on the deeper reef edges and are crushing live pinfish and fresh cut bait around high slack and the start of outgoing tides.
Yellowtail snapper are thick on the nearshore reefs around Alligator Reef with shrimp-tipped jigs and small live pilchards producing well. Mangrove snapper remain a staple on nearshore structure—they're hitting shrimp and small pilchards best during outgoing tides. A notable 37-inch snook was caught offshore this week, and backcountry snook action is picking up nicely with DOA TerrorEyz and flashy swimbaits working great. Spanish mackerel are active just outside the passes on flashy spoons and gotcha plugs.
**Lures & Bait**
For artificial work, bucktail jigs tipped with Gulp are money for snapper and grouper. Rapala X-Rap and Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows are producing on mackerel and jacks. Live bait remains your best bet—live pinfish and cut bait for grouper, live mullet for tarpon around Channel Two and the bridges on big outgoing tides, and finger mullet and shrimp for redfish in the backcountry. The fall bait run is in full swing with mullet and pilchards abundant.
**Hot Spots**
Target the Islamorada Hump for offshore tuna action, and don't sleep on Alligator Reef for yellowtail snapper. The deeper reef edges are holding keeper grouper and mutton snapper right now.
Thanks for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for your daily Islamorada updates!
This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Hey everyone, it's Artificial Lure here with your Thursday morning fishing report for Islamorada.
**Conditions & Tides**
We've got excellent conditions today with mostly sunny skies and variable winds at 5 knots or less. Seas are running just 1 foot or less, so it's going to be glassy out there. High tide hits at 12:23 PM with a height of 0.72 feet, followed by low tide at 6:41 PM at 0.66 feet. Sunrise was at 7:26 AM, so you've got plenty of daylight with sunset coming at 6:46 PM.
**What's Biting**
The action's been solid across the board. Blackfin tuna are running steady out at the Islamorada Hump—anglers are scoring consistent catches on trolled feathers and small jet heads, especially during midmorning and early afternoon. Mutton snapper up to 12 pounds have been especially strong on the deeper reef edges and are crushing live pinfish and fresh cut bait around high slack and the start of outgoing tides.
Yellowtail snapper are thick on the nearshore reefs around Alligator Reef with shrimp-tipped jigs and small live pilchards producing well. Mangrove snapper remain a staple on nearshore structure—they're hitting shrimp and small pilchards best during outgoing tides. A notable 37-inch snook was caught offshore this week, and backcountry snook action is picking up nicely with DOA TerrorEyz and flashy swimbaits working great. Spanish mackerel are active just outside the passes on flashy spoons and gotcha plugs.
**Lures & Bait**
For artificial work, bucktail jigs tipped with Gulp are money for snapper and grouper. Rapala X-Rap and Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows are producing on mackerel and jacks. Live bait remains your best bet—live pinfish and cut bait for grouper, live mullet for tarpon around Channel Two and the bridges on big outgoing tides, and finger mullet and shrimp for redfish in the backcountry. The fall bait run is in full swing with mullet and pilchards abundant.
**Hot Spots**
Target the Islamorada Hump for offshore tuna action, and don't sleep on Alligator Reef for yellowtail snapper. The deeper reef edges are holding keeper grouper and mutton snapper right now.
Thanks for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for your daily Islamorada updates!
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