We’re a good way into November and are officially in ‘fall’ fishing mode here in the Florida Keys. We’ve had a real taste of colder weather we had a good front about a week ago that dropped temperatures down in the high 50s here. That chilled the water temps down nicely they are back in the mid 70s now but that gave us a few real good days of backcountry inshore fishing in the florida keys. We had an excellent day with redfish and snook catching over 3 dozen fish a few days ago, mostly redfish on the bottom of the tides in channel runoffs. The last couple of days I’ve been snook fishing and that has been pretty good we got double digit snook each day the last two days. They’ve been eating pilchards which are readily available on the shorelines of Islamorada. We catch them fresh every morning usually. The snook fishing has been decent it’s not a bite every cast and often it requires a good bit of chumming to get them going, but we’ve been able to get a good catch with some hard work. Elsewhere the patch reefs have been strong with snapper, porgy, and hogfish. The spanish mackerel bite has not really fired up red hot yet, though that should get good with another front which we may be getting this weekend. If your looking to come experience fishing in the everglades now is a great time. Or if you want a half day of action and good eating fish, the patch reefs of islamorada are a great option too. Give me a call let’s go fishing!
11/8/14 November Backcountry Fishing in Islamorada
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Capt. Rick Stanczyk is a locally born and raised charter fishing captain in Islamorada, FL. He caught his first bonefish when he was 3 and has been 'on the water fishing' ever since. He loves what he does and enjoys showing his clients a great time fishing in the Florida Keys. Contact him at 305-747-6903 or rick@fishingislamorada.com!
