Late Fall Magic in the Keys and Miami - Artificial Lure's Fishing Report

Artificial Lure reporting with your up-to-the-minute fishing report for Miami and the Florida Keys, Monday, November 10, 2025. Conditions are ripe for action following the recent cold front that swept through, shaking up the water and sparking late-fall bites across our favorite grounds. Let’s get right into the details for your day on the water. Sunrise was at 6:40 AM with sunset scheduled for 5:42 PM, giving you a crisp window of daylight fishing. The tidal report for Key West today shows a low tide at 7:31 AM, high tide at 2:28 PM, and another low tide at 6:27 PM. According to Tide-Forecast.com, Miami Beach tides are gentle today, with smaller tidal coefficients—meaning lighter currents, so adjust your presentations accordingly. Weather-wise, the National Weather Service keys marine forecast expects that cold front to finish moving through by midday. That’s bringing a shift to fresh northerly winds, so expect some chop, especially further offshore. Air temps are holding around 82°F, with slightly lower humidity and water temps in the high 70s—a true fall treat for the Keys. Now, onto the bite. Reports coming in from Captain Experiences and other charter operators say it’s been a solid mixed bag offshore and inshore. Offshore, blackfin tuna are starting to stack on the humps, with live pilchards and vertical jigs doing most of the damage. Mahi action is slowing compared to September but you can still pick off a few gaffers around debris lines and weed patches, with trolled rigged ballyhoo pulling strikes. Back on the reef, yellowtail snapper have been on fire. Crews are chumming hard and catching quick limits of keepers using chunks of squid or small live pilchards on light lines. Yellow jacks, mutton snapper, and the occasional black grouper are rounding out the reef bite. Inshore, the backcountry is seeing a strong push of redfish, snook, and sea trout, tight to mangroves and channels. Live shrimp under popping corks and root beer paddle tail soft plastics are doing the trick around Flamingo and in the upper Keys creek mouths. Flats anglers: the barracuda bite is hot—try bright tube lures or shallow-running plugs. Lobstering is still rewarding divers with a few legal bugs around patch reefs, and there are reports of lionfish, so spear responsibly. Captain Jay’s crew highlights a fun day with 20+ yellowtail snappers hauled up, plus parrotfish, yellow jack, and throwback grouper—a snapshot of what’s running right now. Best lures and baits for today: - For **snapper and grouper**: anchor up and chum heavy, then float back chunks of sardine or pilchard on 1/16 oz to 1/8 oz jigs. - For **pelagics offshore**: vertical jigs (blue/silver or pink), slow-trolled ballyhoo, and live pilchards are getting tuna and the odd mahi. - For **inshore species**: Gulp shrimp in new penny or root beer, topwater plugs at first light, and live shrimp or pilchard under a cork. - If you’re on the fly, white deceivers and clouser minnows are the ticket for tro This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.