Artificial Lure here, bringing your local St. Augustine fishing report for Tuesday, November 25, 2025. The sunrise hit at 6:59 AM and sunset will be at 5:26 PM, giving us a solid window to chase the bite, especially around the prime tide swings.

We’ve got a nice tide cycle for the day: low tide rolled in at 4:30 AM with a height of about 0.95 feet, and you'll see the high tide peak at 11:07 AM pushing just under 5 feet at 4.99 feet. We’ll drop back down to another low just after 5:30 PM at a similar 1-foot mark, with another high building late tonight at 11:29 PM, sitting at 3.94 feet according to TidesChart. These big swings are classic for fall and get the inshore action fired up.

Weather’s cooperating this week. It started a touch chilly near dawn, but temps will settle in the mid-60s to low 70s, with a light west breeze keeping things comfortable through the afternoon—ideal for poling the flats or soaking bait from the surf.

The fish certainly noticed. Reports from the last 48 hours around St. Augustine’s inshore and beach zones have been strong. Redfish continue to school up hard on the flats and creek mouths around the ICW near Salt Run and San Sebastian, with several solid upper slots landed early during outgoing. Speckled trout are showing up thick in the deeper bends and potholes, especially as the water’s got a touch cleaner after the weekend weather. Early risers picked off a limit on LO artificials and shrimp before the sun was warm. We’re hearing about consistent flounder, with multiple legal fish taken on live mullet, mostly around Matanzas River drop-offs and oyster bars.

Off the sand just south at Butler Beach, anglers had a good run of whiting and a handful of pompano. Simple double dropper rigs with dead shrimp or sand fleas got plenty of action, particularly near the first trough on the rising tide.

Best baits right now:
- For redfish and trout, live shrimp or mud minnows under a popping cork is money, but don’t overlook soft plastics like Z-Man MinnowZ or Gulp! swimming mullet in white or chartreuse during those minor bite periods.
- If you’re a lurehead, topwater walking baits like the Ima Little Stik in ‘Sexy Minnow’ work at first light, then switch over to suspending jerkbaits or paddle tails as the sun climbs. Add a bit of Pro-Cure for scent when things get slow.

If you’re heading out and need a couple hot spots to sweeten your odds: Salt Run near Anastasia State Park is holding packs of slot reds and is great for waders and kayaks alike. For shore folks, Butler Beach is a strong bet on the incoming tide for both action and dinner fare. For the old salts, don’t sleep on the Vilano Bridge pilings—big black drum and sheepshead have been stacking up, and fiddler crabs or cut blue crab chunks are the ticket.

On the offshore front, not many big boats out yesterday with the mild groundswell, but the nearshore reefs still saw some keeper flounder and the usual array of sea bass and snapper for those dropping jigs and cut bait.

That’s the scoop from St. Augustine—a stellar stretch for light tackle and surf action, with plenty of fish up shallow and the bite window best during those tide changes, especially around mid-morning and dusk. Thanks for tuning in and be sure to subscribe for more local fishing updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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