This is Artificial Lure coming to you live with your Friday, November 7th, 2025 Florida Keys and Miami fishing report—a stone’s throw from paradise, and the bite’s heating up just as the cool-down teases the rest of the country.
Right now, we’re looking at classic fall Keys weather: temps hovering in the high 70s to low 80s from sunrise to sunset, gentle southeast breezes around 10–13 mph, and humidity clocking in near 75%. According to NOAA and CBS Miami, the day ahead will be mostly dry with only a stray passing shower—nothing to chase you off the water. High tide in Miami is peaking at 8:50 a.m., with a low around 3:00 p.m. King tides are making their last stand for the season, so keep an eye on minor coastal flooding in backwater spots, especially if you’re hunting the flats. Sunrise hit at 6:35 a.m., and expect sunset at 5:37 p.m.—plenty of daylight for a full session.
The November moon phase is on the wane, and with clear water and stable barometric pressure, morning and late afternoon bite times are shaping up to be prime. King tides mean stronger current flow—translation: the predators are on the prowl at the ramps of incoming and outgoing tides.
Let’s talk catch. Reports from CyberAngler and local guides say Key Biscayne and Government Cut are holding sizeable schools of Spanish mackerel, blue runners, and jacks this week, all busting bait pods pushed in by that southeast wind. Inshore, the mangrove snapper bite is steady along the bridge pilings and seawalls—shrimp on a jig or a live pilchard in the shade is the ticket. Tarpon are showing at the mouth of Biscayne Bay, rolling at dawn and dusk, and snook are hugging the deeper channels, especially just after that morning high tide.
Just offshore, the patch reefs around Fowey Rocks and Alligator Reef are firing—yellowtail and mutton snapper are hitting fresh ballyhoo and cut squid, and a few nice grouper have been hauled over the rails. Word to the wise: if you’re targeting hogfish, know that from November 1 hogfish season is closed for the Keys and Florida’s Atlantic, so let ‘em go per FWC regulation.
For the offshore trollers, dolphin (mahi-mahi) remain scattered but decent numbers have been caught in the color change lines about 8–12 miles due east off Miami Beach, most fish ranging 8 to 15 pounds. Blackfin tuna are still popping up in the early mornings, mostly on smaller feathers and trolling spoons in 180–250 feet.
Best lures right now: chrome spoons, white bucktail jigs, and Yo-Zuri minnows for the mackerel and blue runners; live pilchards and threadfin for snapper and tarpon; Gulp! shrimp and paddle tails in natural colors are picking up reds and snook around the mangroves. If you’re anchoring on patch reefs, don’t overlook chunked ballyhoo or squid.
Top hot spots around Miami this week: the Miami Beach Marina sea wall for snapper and tarpon, and the wharves at City of Miami Beach Causeway and Biscayne Bay for a mixed bag and some solid night fishing action. Out in the Keys, try Virginia Key Beach for early morning trout and snapper, or the runout towards Fowey Rocks where the edge is alive with pelagics.
One quick safety note: moderate rip current risk means check conditions before swimming or wading the beaches, and don’t forget those king tides can make the backcountry tricky to access at peak.
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