This is Artificial Lure coming to you live with your November 27th Islamorada fishing report, straight from the heart of the Upper Keys.
Today's looking solid out there. We've got sunrise at 7:25 this morning and sunset holding at 6:48 tonight, giving us a good eleven-plus hours of daylight to work with. Water temp's holding steady at 77 degrees—perfect for what's been biting.
Here's your tide picture for today: first high tide came in early at 6:28 a.m. at 0.66 feet, then we've got a low at 9:27 a.m. at 0.66 feet. The afternoon high rolls in around 12:04 p.m. at 0.66 feet. These gentle swings are actually prime for movement in the channels and around the flats, so time your session for those rising or falling tide windows.
The action's been fantastic. Guides out of Islamorada Marina have been putting clients on solid catches of snook, speckled seatrout, and keeper mangrove snapper in the backcountry. Redfish are showing up too. Offshore, blackfin tuna and king mackerel have been turning up around the humps—get out there early, right at first light, for your best shots. Reef guys are finding yellowtail and the occasional mutton snapper hanging on the edge, especially around Alligator Reef and Conch Wall.
For bait, live pilchards are absolutely money if you can find them. Finger mullet and shrimp are drawing steady bites too. If you're running artificials, nothing beats a white or rootbeer paddle-tail soft plastic on a 1/8 ounce jig head for trout and snook. Offshore, vertical jigs and small trolling feathers are taking most of the blackfins.
Here's where I'd focus today: Snake Creek Channel—solid early morning activity on the incoming tide as snook and jacks push bait up against the pilings. And don't sleep on Channel Two Bridge, which is always holding mangroves and the occasional grouper. Shrimp-tipped jigs around those bridge abutments are money. If you want something a little different, head east toward Flamingo and work the points and swash channels with topwater plugs at dawn.
It's an excellent time to be chasing fish in the Keys. Bring a light spin rod for inshore and a stout stick for the blue water. Take what you need and release the rest to fish another day.
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