Speaker 1: This is your daily fishing Report podcast for Florida Keys
Miami and here is what is bending our rods today.
This is Artificial Lure with your fishing report for Sunday,
April twentieth, twenty twenty five, coming to you straight from
the heart of the Florida Keys and Miami Waters. We
are waking up to classic spring weather in South Florida,
with steady temperatures in the high seventies to low eighties
and a light east breeze making for smooth seas around
the islands. Sunrise hit at six fifty three am and
sunset will be at seven forty eight pm. The tides
today are favorable, with an early morning incoming tide that
should spark a hot first light bite, especially around the
bridges and flats. April is primetime for tarpin, and the
silver kings are thick from Miami all the way through
the Upper Keys. The biggest concentrations are holding around Key
Largo and Islamorada, with fish rolling and free jumping throughout
the channels. Live bait is king right now. Big shrimp,
small live crabs or even nice finger mullet are top
producers for tarpin. Anchor up on an outgoing tide in
any of the bridge channels, drift your bait back naturally
and hold on tight. Some reports are still showing you
have to work for bites, but anglers are catching tarpin
every trip, with some fish breaking one hundred pounds. Offshore,
we are seeing the first solid wave of big spring
mahe moving through. The birds are working hard over weed
lines in four hundred to eight hundred feet and trolling
with rig ballyhou flashy skirted jigs or dolphin chuggers is
putting plenty of gaffers in the box. Closer to the reef,
yellowtail and mutton snapper action is solid, especially on the
deeper patch reefs near Marathon and Big Pine Key. Fresh
cut baits, pilchards or live shrimp on light tackle will
get it done. For the lure enthusiasts. Top picks are
five to seven inch soft plastic swim baits and paddle
tails for inshore species like snook, tarpa, and sea trout.
In the back country, gold spoons and suspending twitch baits
are working well over the grass beds. Offshore, trolling bright
skirted lures in blue and pink remains consistent for Mahai.
Recent catches have been great according to local guides and anglers.
Reports from the Upper Keys and Key West have mentioned
double digit catches of snapper species, steady tarpin hookups and
limits of Mahai on calm days. If you are looking
for hot spots, check out the bridges at channel five
and channel two for tarpan and snook, or head off
shore from Islamorada to catch those running Mahai under the birds.
The patch reefs off Marathon are loaded with snapper and
the flats near Duck Key are seeing early morning permit
and bonefish action. That's the latest from the water tight
lines and see you out there. And that is it
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