You’re listening to the St. Augustine fishing report with Artificial Lure, your local fishing and angling insider, coming to you bright and early on Thursday, November 13th, 2025.

Let’s start with the tides: This morning, expect your first high at 2:32 AM, peaking around 4.7 feet, and a low swinging in at 8:31 AM at just above 1.5 feet. Your afternoon high rolls back around 2:50 PM at just about 4.8 feet, with an evening low close to 9:20 PM, so plan those casts around the rising and falling water for the best action. According to the tide-forecast tables for Saint Augustine Beach, the next few days show steady patterns, so it’s a good time to pattern fish around those transitions.

Sunrise hit us at 6:47 AM, with sunset set for 5:31 PM—plenty of good daylight, but that early-morning bite is prime right now. We’re working with a waning crescent moon, which tends to slow the fish a bit, but don’t let that fool you; November has built a reputation for hot inshore and surf action.

Weather today is classic fall Florida—crisp and clear early, warming up with light westerly winds racing about 13 km/h. No rain, no fronts, and with the wind dropping through midday, it’s perfect for getting on the water, whether you’re wading, paddling, or taking the skiff out. According to The Weather Network, it should stay comfortable all day, so bring that SPF but you might want a hoodie early.

As for what’s biting—put simply, just about everything you want this time of year. The Matanzas River and Salt Run have both been producing solid numbers of slot redfish, with plenty of upper-slot trout mixed in. Locals at Camachee Cove and along the Bridge of Lions report a run of flounder this past week, many in the 16-18 inch range with a few doormats, so if you’re looking to put dinner in the box, now’s go-time. Surf anglers down near Vilano and Butler Beach are hauling in nice pompano—shrimp-tipped Fishbites and sand fleas are doing the trick, especially on the outer bars at first light.

For those itching to hook something bigger, the jetties at St. Augustine Inlet are loaded with bull reds on the outgoing tide; big cut mullet or blue crab chunks are leading to drag-peeling runs. The bait schools offshore are drawing in passing kingfish and the occasional Spanish mackerel, especially for folks trolling drones or slow-twitching live greenies.

Best lures this week: For artificials, you want to throw paddle-tail soft plastics in pearl or chartreuse for the trout and reds—think Z-Man MinnowZ or Gulp! Swimming Mullet on a quarter-ounce jig head. Topwaters like a Super Spook Jr. or MirrOLure She Dog are turning bigger trout at dawn over grass flats. For live bait, mud minnows are money for flounder and reds in the creeks, while finger mullet and live shrimp under a popping cork will get you steady action on just about everything inshore.

A couple of hot spots to circle on your map: Salt Run is still holding clear water and bait on the higher tides, fantastic for sight-fishing redfish. The Vilano Bridge area is another go-to, especially eddies on the incoming tide—work the pilings for sheepshead and throw artificials up current for the trout and reds.

Fish activity should pick up again around the late afternoon high, especially as the sun starts to dip—if you can, plan to be on your spot by 2:30 PM and stick it out till after sunset.

Whether you’re throwing artificials from the sand or working live bait in the marsh, the fish are here and hungry. Thanks for tuning in to the St. Augustine fishing report. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next update. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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