Fishing Report: Offshore Tuna, Inshore Snook, and Flats Bonefish in the Florida Keys and Miami

This is Artificial Lure with your Florida Keys and Miami fishing report for Sunday, November 16th, 2025.

Sunrise is at 7:25 am and sunset rolls in at 6:59 pm, giving us a beautiful stretch of daylight to chase ‘em down. The winds this morning are a mellow 7 to 10 knots out of the east, seas are running a light chop, and skies are mostly clear—prime weather for both inshore and offshore action.

Tidal movement today will help you out: In Miami Beach, look for a high tide at 5:31 am, then a low at 11:37 am. That pre-dawn push and the outgoing right before lunch will put those predatory fish on the move. Down in the Lower Keys, the day starts with a 6:55 am high tide, 1:27 pm low, and by 8:05 pm we’re rising again. Plan your launches and flats runs around these windows for the best shot at active fish. The solunar activity sits at average, which means timing that early morning tide and sunset bite will be key based on Tides4Fishing and FishingReminder charts.

This week’s catches have been solid. Offshore, blackfin tuna are popping up along the edge of the reef in 120 to 180 feet, especially around the Humps. There’s been a steady flow of mahi-mahi scattered under birds and weeds, still pushing through as the fall run tapers. On the wrecks and deeper patch reefs, expect mutton snapper and yellowtail to be chewing, plus the grouper bite is respectable. Closer in, look for mackerel thick around government cut and along Haulover Inlet, and tarpon are starting to stack up in the bridges as water cools.

Best lures right now: for offshore mahi and tuna, throw bright skirted trolling lures (blue/white or pink/white), and try a vertical jig when marking life deep. Inshore, white bucktails tipped with shrimp will fool everything from snook to snapper on the docks and seawalls. Gold spoons and paddle-tail soft plastics in natural pilchard and mullet colors are getting crushed around the mangroves for redfish and trout. When you’re bottom fishing, fresh ballyhoo and pinfish are catching the biggest muttons, and pilchards or threadfin are money for chumming up yellowtail.

Live shrimp and cut baits continue to be top options for bridge snappers and mangrove edges. If you’re targeting bonefish or permit on the flats, stick with small crabs or shrimp under natural-looking jigs.

Hot spots to check today:
- The Islamorada Hump for blackfin and mahi.
- Around Jewfish Creek Bridge—solid for snook, tarpon, and snapper on the tide change.
- Haulover inlet at dawn for Spanish mackerel and blue runners.
- The flats south of Biscayne National Park if you’re hunting bonefish; the falling tide around midday should put them tailing.

Remember: early birds with live bait at first light are getting the best numbers, but if you want that trophy, work deeper later in the day as things heat up.

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