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11/5/14 November Backcountry Fishing Report

 | By Seamus on 11/5/2014 10:25:18 AM | Views (130)

We had the first real cold front and the water temperatures in the islamorada backcountry have finally really dipped down.  They got into the high 60s a couple days and now that the fish have adjusted a bit and it's warmed slightly, fishing is pretty good.  Redfish, snook, sheepshead, and drum are making their presence known.  The last few days the bottom of the tides have been good in many of the channel runoffs and creek ditches for drum, and on the higher water in the afternoons when things warm up the shorelines are fairly active with snook.  The last couple days Capt. John Johansen reported steady action with snook and redfish in the mornings, today he got some big lemon sharks in the afternoon too.  Capt. Bill Bassett said they had multiple nice size reds in the mornings yesterday too.  Today Capt. Dave Morris on the Fish Wife said they had some nice snook around the islands in the afternoon too fishing live pilchards.  Yesterday we had a handful of redfish and black drum in the morning and one nice snook, the afternoon slowed down but we had steady action with ladyfish, jacks, and trout.  Today fishing was good myself and Capt. Jeff Beeler had a two boat trip with Craig and the gang.  Fishing was steady throughout the whole day we had nice redfish in the morning with a handful of snook and sheepshead and other fish.  Then the afternoon we fished out towards the cape and some more reds and snook as well.  Funny thing several spots I fished today had plenty of fish whereas yesterday there were none, sometimes a day makes a big difference this time of year with the water temperatures and such!  Also a couple days ago I had Karen Johnson and Sandy Jerome out from Dillons Pub in Tavernier.  They had a great morning catching lots of porgies, a few hogfish, some snappers, and sharks.  Had a great meal for lunch prepared by Dillons!  Tomorrow we may switch things up and try the mackrels in the gulf if the wind allows, that should be starting to get good though I haven't had any reports yet.  The winds are suppose to let up for a few days but looks like another cold front is coming towards the end of the weekend.  Doesn't look as cold this time, but keeping a consistent chill should keep the backcountry fishing good.  November is a great time to be fishing in the Florida Keys!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

 Great hook & cook fish meal at Dillons in Tavernier!

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Catch Information

Species:
Black Drum
Black Drum

Hogfish
Hogfish

Ladyfish
Ladyfish

Red Drum
Red Drum

Scaled Sardine
Scaled Sardine

Sheepshead
Sheepshead

Snook
Snook

This Fishing Report was submitted on 11/5/2014 10:25:18 AM by Seamus and last updated on 11/27/2014 10:25:18 AM.


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Islamorada, FL US


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