Saturday Morning Keys Fishing Report - Nov 29, 2025

# Saturday Morning Keys Fishing Report - November 29, 2025

Well, hey there! This is Artificial Lure bringing you your Saturday morning fishing report straight from the Florida Keys. Let's break down what's happening on the water today.

**Tides and Conditions**

Starting in Key West, we've got a high tide at 4:11 AM already passed us, with a low tide hitting at 10:20 AM at 0.59 feet. That afternoon high tide rolls in at 4:57 PM at 1.64 feet, followed by a late-night low at 11:01 PM. Down in Islamorada, we're looking at a high at 3:33 AM, low at 12:50 PM, another high at 6:16 PM, and a final low at 11:20 PM. These slack water periods around the lows should give you some decent fishing windows, especially that mid-day low when things calm down a bit.

**What's Biting**

The recent reports coming out of Islamorada show tarpon, snook, and permit are all firing on all cylinders right now as we transition into late November. The inshore bite has been absolutely explosive with speckled trout and redfish eating live and artificial baits. Out offshore, mahi and sailfish are making appearances, so if you've got a boat capable of heading out, there's some mahi madness to be had.

**Best Baits and Lures**

For inshore work around the flats and mangroves, live mullet, shrimp, and small crabs are your bread and butter – they consistently outperform artificials this time of year. If you're throwing artificials, finesse techniques are working beautifully as cleanup baits after heavier presentations. Drop-shots with Baby Z-Too or Half Shell soft plastics are money in gunky bottoms. Neko rigs with 5/32-ounce weights work great when you need that vertical presentation. For topwater action and casting to structure like docks and seawalls, shaky heads with 5-inch finesse worms are producing solid numbers of trout.

**Hot Spots**

Head to the mangrove-lined flats around Islamorada where snook and redfish are staging in the shallower water. Your second option is the hard bottom areas and artificial reefs around Key West where mackerel, grouper, and other offshore species are holding tight.

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