Alpha and Omega Fishing Charters

Fishing Charters Charlotte Harbor Florida

November 2025 Fishing Report

Hello Fellow anglers, November in S.W. Florida and the weather is starting to cool down some and the fishing is starting to warm up. This is a good month to get offshore on the good weather days. A easy but fun thing is to target tripletail , they like to hang around the crab trap buoys. This time of year there are rows and rows of trap buoys offshore, and to target them you can use a medium rod with a 4000 size reel with 20 pound braid and a mono or floro leader as long as the rod is. Travel out into the Gulf of America and travel along the buoy lines. Try not to get to close when you drive by the buoys so you don’t spook a fish that may be there. You can drive on plane so you can cover lots of buoys in a short time. As you pass by the buoy  look and see if there is a fish there just under the buoy. It looks like there is a plastic grocery bag is on the line or a wad of seaweed. Drive past and slow down and return with rod in hand. A single hook with a live shrimp is very productive or an artificial that looks real. Approach close enough to cast and reel the bait to the buoy and let it sink and watch the fish follow your bait. DO NOT SET the hook till you feel the fish attack the bait, if you are setting the hook when you see them make a pass at it most of the time you pull the hook out of there mouth. Be patient and cast to the buoy again they usually will return to the line. Check the FWC regulations on Federal waters if you are out past 9 miles. Also this month depending on the weather if the spanish and king mackerel are starting to migrate south for the winter. Search for big schools of bait with fish crashing them.  Troll around the edges with spoons matching the size baits you see showering as they are being attacked. For the spanish you can use 50lb. mono leader if you get into the king mackerel you may need to put some wire about 12′ long  in front of your lure. And you may use a planer to get the bait down deeper put wire in front and behind , a big king will hit the shiny planer. Most of this is running and gunning for the tripletail and mackerel. Stopping on some ledges there should be some mangrove and lane snapper and a occasional grouper using shrimp for the hogfish that may be in the 40’to 60′ depths. Redfish inshore should be scattered all around the mangrove and flats where the can find food. Snook should be settled back into there perspective areas around docks and bridges. Sheepshead also around structure. So if you would like to come along with Capt. Bart Marx and ketch some of these species give me a call 941-979-6517 or e-mail me captbart@alphaomegacharters.com I also do training sessions on your boat if you are new to the area I will train you how to use your boat and the gear you have. I do this for inshore and offshore. So contact me and always remember singing drags and tight lines make me smile. <*(((((>{