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Speaker 1: This is your daily fishing Report podcast for Florida Keys

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Miami and here is what is bending our rods today.

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This is Artificial Lure with your fishing report for Sunday,

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April twentieth, twenty twenty five, coming to you straight from

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the heart of the Florida Keys and Miami Waters. We

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are waking up to classic spring weather in South Florida,

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with steady temperatures in the high seventies to low eighties

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and a light east breeze making for smooth seas around

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the islands. Sunrise hit at six fifty three am and

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sunset will be at seven forty eight pm. The tides

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today are favorable, with an early morning incoming tide that

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should spark a hot first light bite, especially around the

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bridges and flats. April is primetime for tarpin, and the

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silver kings are thick from Miami all the way through

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the Upper Keys. The biggest concentrations are holding around Key

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Largo and Islamorada, with fish rolling and free jumping throughout

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the channels. Live bait is king right now. Big shrimp,

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small live crabs or even nice finger mullet are top

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producers for tarpin. Anchor up on an outgoing tide in

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any of the bridge channels, drift your bait back naturally

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and hold on tight. Some reports are still showing you

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have to work for bites, but anglers are catching tarpin

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every trip, with some fish breaking one hundred pounds. Offshore,

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we are seeing the first solid wave of big spring

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mahe moving through. The birds are working hard over weed

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lines in four hundred to eight hundred feet and trolling

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with rig ballyhou flashy skirted jigs or dolphin chuggers is

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putting plenty of gaffers in the box. Closer to the reef,

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yellowtail and mutton snapper action is solid, especially on the

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deeper patch reefs near Marathon and Big Pine Key. Fresh

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cut baits, pilchards or live shrimp on light tackle will

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get it done. For the lure enthusiasts. Top picks are

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five to seven inch soft plastic swim baits and paddle

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tails for inshore species like snook, tarpa, and sea trout.

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In the back country, gold spoons and suspending twitch baits

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are working well over the grass beds. Offshore, trolling bright

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skirted lures in blue and pink remains consistent for Mahai.

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Recent catches have been great according to local guides and anglers.

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Reports from the Upper Keys and Key West have mentioned

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double digit catches of snapper species, steady tarpin hookups and

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limits of Mahai on calm days. If you are looking

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for hot spots, check out the bridges at channel five

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and channel two for tarpan and snook, or head off

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shore from Islamorada to catch those running Mahai under the birds.

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The patch reefs off Marathon are loaded with snapper and

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the flats near Duck Key are seeing early morning permit

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and bonefish action. That's the latest from the water tight

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lines and see you out there. And that is it

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for today. Hit the subscribe button and never miss out.

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Keep those tips up and lines wet. This has been

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a quite pleased per reduction with the help of AI.

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Thanks for listening.