Big Pine Key Fishing Reports (November 2025)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in Big Pine Key

Antonio Estenoz
Key West, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Lots of options and availability this month! We catching fish inshore & offshore also doing lobstering before the water gets colder. Grand Slam offshore this week mahi/wahoo/tuna with options to troll and live-bait for them. If that's not what you like and just want to stay inshore on shallow reefs/wrecks...

Antonio Estenoz Key West, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

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Justin Ferrell with Good Times Key West
Key West, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Offshore there has been lots of mahi caught on anything we can find floating, bamboo, coolers, weed lines, etc. a few tuna have been caught. Inshore is the usual suspects. Snapper, jacks, sharks, and cudas. The big 18"+ mangrove snapper have returned from the spawn at the reef and are...

Justin Ferrell with Good Times Key West Key West, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

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John Guieb
Key West, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

Deep drop actions been the game recently, while mahi fishing south of the dry Tortugas we are stopping and doing some grocery shopping for large snowy grouper, tile fish, and other exotic deep water species! We also got us a big bonus Warsaw grouper.

John Guieb Key West, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

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Rob Delph
Key West, Florida
Reported: 5 months ago

Grouper season has been on fire with quality red grouper and Black grouper as well as deep water species with tile fish, snowy and Yellowedge grouper with snappers, mahi, and tunas mixed in.

Rob Delph Key West, Florida Reported: 5 months ago

Grouper season has been on fire with quality red grouper and Black grouper as well as deep water species with tile fish, snowy and Yellowedge grouper with snappers, mahi, and tunas mixed in.

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Antonio Estenoz
Key West, Florida
Reported: 5 months ago

Antonio Estenoz Key West, Florida Reported: 5 months ago

Grouper season just started which is a nice bonus as well be fishing for yellowtail snapper, both are amazing table fare. If your interested in offshore fishing mahi and start to really be plentiful on the weed lines and floating debris with the bonus wahoo or sailfish. Also this month is the start of snapper spawning and mutton snapper, mangrove snapper and yellowtail snapper will be aggregating to spawn on the reefs and bring a lot of action aggressively biting. Options and endless come make some memories this summer!

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Drew Brophy
Ruskin, Florida
Reported: 6 months ago

I've been getting lots of snook, trout and grouper.

Drew Brophy Ruskin, Florida Reported: 6 months ago

I've been getting lots of snook, trout and grouper.

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Johnny Maddox
Marathon, Florida
Reported: 7 months ago

took our 4-hour family fun fishing trip today and had a great time.

Johnny Maddox Marathon, Florida Reported: 7 months ago

took our 4-hour family fun fishing trip today and had a great time.

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Phil Pegley
Ruskin, Florida
Reported: 7 months ago

Phil Pegley Ruskin, Florida Reported: 7 months ago

In like a lion out like a lamb, the month of March is certainly living up to its reputation. We have had water temperatures sore into the 80s, then right back down into the 60s with the numerous fronts we have had. Cooler water means deeper areas for the snook, trout, and redfish inshore and spawning sheepshead and snapper on our Tampa Bay rock piles. With some site fishing for Cobia on the calm days tomorrow we're heading out to the Gulf of America for a little bottom fishing and to see if the kingfish are here yet. Let's get you booked in for some unforgettable memories and another great Captain's experience.

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★★★★★
Captain Jamie took us out in the early afternoon, and even though we knew the bite was a little slow at this time, we just wanted to get out and enjoy the water around beautiful Key West. He made the most of our four hours; we hit around four spots and even cruised over to the ocean side to try and find the bite that way. In this 4-hour trip, I got a crash course in fly fishing from one of the best. Jamie’s super laid-back, easy to talk to, and knows the area like the back of his hand. We wrapped up the trip with a gorgeous sunset; it was a 10/10 day all around. Even with the slow bite, it was one of the most scenic, educational, and unforgettable trips I’ve ever been on!
Jonathan N. | November 6, 2025

Trip: Key West on Light Tackle & Flies
★★★★★
We took our team out with Hunter for a combo lobstering and deep sea trip and he didn't let us down! First and foremost, Hunter is an ex-marine who is incredibly on top of his equipment, his boat, and his safety and was very clear about expectations for the day and what we should be doing at any point in time. After a quick scuba diving refresher & safety brief we put on our gear for a dive and were rewarded with a number of keeper lobsters, a bigger number of lobsters that were too small to keep, a lionfish which we speared, and too many great wildlife sightings to count including a big loggerhead turtle, a black grouper, and a nurse shark hoping for a handout. After the dive we put our gear away we drove a few miles further out to catch some yellowtail snapper. We started slow, but pretty soon were reeling in a yellowtail almost every cast. We probably caught 20-25 within a few hours, as well as a small yellow jack, a parrotfish, and an undersized red grouper. Lastly, we decided to use the last hour of our trip to try to hook into a big black grouper using some of our yellowtail as bait. This was a bit of a "go big or go home" bet and unfortunately didn't pay off for us this time - I wish we'd had a bit more time to drift and I'm sure we would have hooked one. Overall can't speak highly enough of Hunter and the experience diving and fishing in the Keys. There is such a variety of things to do that even on a full day trip you will never feel bored and can always pivot to something else. We even chased a frigate bird and threw some bucktails in the middle of the day at some bait that was busting. You won't go wrong booking a trip with Hunter.
Attison B. | November 5, 2025

Trip: Full Day Offshore - 30' Seahunter
★★★★★
Awesome trip Captain Brad put us on the fish all day
Sam R. | November 2, 2025

Trip: Key West Mixed Bag Trip
★★★★★
Great crew and cap weather wasn’t the best but still had a good time
Stephen | October 31, 2025

Trip: Key West Lobstering - 30’ Seahunter
★★★★★
Captain Brad did a great job! Very good boat.
Jeff M. | October 13, 2025

Trip: Key West Mixed Bag Trip
★★★★★
Outstanding
Jodie R. | October 9, 2025

Trip: Key West Offshore Action
★★★★★
Joel and mate, Eric, were great to fish with. Although fishing was a bit slow after the storms, they were persistent on getting us a bunch of Snapper.
Bryce M. | October 8, 2025

Trip: Lobster Diving, and Snorkeling Trip
★★★★★
Excellent trip. Captain Hans and Eric when above and beyond. Will book with them again.
Kenneth P. | October 4, 2025

Trip: Key West Fishing Slam
★★★★★
Not in Brody were definitely awesome. We had a fun experience! Thank you so much for hosting us!
Rheannon V. | September 24, 2025

Trip: Key West Offshore Fishing
★★★★★
Great time fishing the captain was very nice and very knowledgeable about his business fishing. I would definitely go again with him
John V. | August 29, 2025

Trip: Reef Fishing Little Torch Key

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