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Speaker 1: Good morning, anglers, This is artificial lure. Checking in with

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your Friday, May twenty third fishing report for the Florida

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Keys in Miami area. We are in the sweet spot

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of late May and it is showing out on the water.

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Overnight conditions have been warming, with sunrise right around six

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thirty two am and sunset at seven fifty eight pm,

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giving you plenty of daylight to get after it. Expect

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air temps in the mid to upper eighties today with

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lighter winds and mostly calm seas, a welcome shift from

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the breezier winter months. The tides have been running strong,

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especially around the New moon, so pay attention for those

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best bite windows on the incoming and outgoing tides. Offshore,

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the action is solid for those chasing pelagics. Kingfish and

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blackfintuna are leading the charge with regular catches of king

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mackerel in the fifteen to thirty plus pound range right

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off Miami Beach and in the blue water edges. These

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kings are smoking light tackle and are a blast on

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the run. Blackfintuna are schooled up in good numbers. Both

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species are smashing live pilchards and goggle eyes, but a

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well presented trolling spoon or flashy jig will get hammered too,

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especially around dawn and dusk. Keep those wire leaders handy,

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as the toothy bites can come quick. Mahi Mahi have

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started to make stronger appearances offshore the past week, especially

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around weed lines and floating debris. While the schools can

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be scattered when you find them, action is hot. Small

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live baits, cut ballyhoo, and bright skirted trolling lures are

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all working. Mahi are running smaller on average, but a

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few slammerbowls have been reported from the humps and deeper

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current breaks between Key Largo and Marathon five. A recent

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report out of Key Largo saw mahi and some big sharks,

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so be ready for a mixed bag on the bottom.

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Grouper season kicked off May first, and plenty of folks

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are getting into quality black and red grouper on the

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wrecks and reefs. The mutton snapper bite is reliable and

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if you're dropping cut baits or live pinfish to the bottom,

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you're in the game. Tickling the edge of the reef

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in sixty to one hundred and twenty feet has been

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best for both snapper and grouper right now. Closer to

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shore and in the back country, the inshore scene is

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hot for redfish and snook on the flats, especially early

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in the day during higher tides. Top water baits at

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daybreak have been producing explosive hits with soft plastics and

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live shrimp earning their keep once the sun gets higher.

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For hot spots, set your sights on the drop offs

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east of Alligator Reef and the edge off Government Cut

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for kingfish and tuna. If it's Maha you're after, look

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for rips and weed lines between the Islamorada Humps and Marathon.

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For inshore species, the flats around Tavernier and Snake Creek

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are loaded up with cooperative redfish. That's your full rundown

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for today. Tight lines and let's make this May one

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the record books. And that is it for today. Hit

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the subscribe button and never miss out. Keep those tips

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up and lines wet. This has been a quite pleased

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production with the help of AI. Thanks for listening.