Islamorada Fishing Report: Tarpon, Snook, and Permit Bite Strong Amid Cooling Tides

# Artificial Lure's Islamorada Fishing Report – Friday, November 28, 2025 Hey there, this is Artificial Lure bringing you your daily fishing intel from the Islamorada waters. Let's get into it. **Tidal Conditions** We're looking at a falling tide this morning with low tide hitting around mid-morning. Yesterday evening the highest tide was running at about 0.66 feet, so we're in those smaller tidal swings. The good news? This creates focused feeding zones where gamefish concentrate their activity. If you're heading out, work the structure around slack tide transitions for your best shot. **Weather & Light** Sun's coming up around 7:28 AM this morning with sunset at 6:44 PM, giving us roughly eleven hours of quality fishing time. Water temperature's hovering around 79 degrees in the shallows, still comfortable for most species, though we're definitely moving into cooler season patterns. **What's Biting** Reports from recent weeks show solid action on tarpon, snook, speckled trout, and permit throughout the backcountry and Hawk Channel. Offshore, captains are connecting with mahi mahi, kingfish, and amberjack. Inshore, redfish and speckled trout remain the bread and butter for anglers working the flats and channels. **Tackle Talk** For inshore work, bring your spinning gear with medium-weight rods. Live mullet and pilchards are your go-to baits for snook and tarpon. Artificially, topwater plugs and soft plastics in natural colors work excellent in these waters. Offshore, live mackerel and bonita work wonders for the bigger gamefish. **Hot Spots** Work Hawk Channel early before the sun gets too high—structure and current breaks hold serious fish. Alligator Reef consistently produces, especially around tide changes. For backcountry work, focus on the deeper channels and cuts around Upper Matecumbe Key where tarpon and permit stage. Thanks for tuning in to the report, folks! Make sure you subscribe for daily updates on everything happening in these waters. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn