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Speaker 1: Hey there, fellow anglers artificial lure. Here with your Florida

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Keys and Miami Fishing report for this fine Wednesday morning,

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May twenty first, twenty twenty five. The summer pattern is

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really taking hold now and we're seeing some fantastic action

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throughout the region. Captain Ridge Murphy's latest report confirms that

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the keys are heating up, with plenty of activity on

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both the Atlantic and Gulf sides. This week has been

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outstanding for meat fish, as the locals call it. Blackfintuna

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and kingfish have been hitting hard, especially during early morning

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and late evening hours. Several charter boats have reported kingfish

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in the thirty plus pound range, making for some exciting

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fights on light tackle three. These toothy predators are explosive

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when they bite, so keep those wire leaders handy. The

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transition to summer weather patterns means we're enjoying calmer seas

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with lighter winds than we saw earlier in the year,

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perfect conditions for getting out there. Water temperatures are climbing

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into the upper seventies, which has really activated the reef

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fish as well. Don't forget that grouper season opened on

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May first, and there's still some nice amberjack hanging around

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the shipwrecks. The mutton snapper bite has been decent this month,

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but should get even better in the coming weeks. For

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the offshore crowd, we're starting to see more Mahi mahi

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showing up, with reports coming in from Key West of

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nice catches on recent trips. Occasional wahoo are in the

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mix too, adding to the excitement. Best baits right now

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live pilchards are working great for the reef bite, while

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goggle eyes and blue runners are your ticket for the

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bigger pelagics. If you're throwing artificials, try diamond jigs for

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the kingfish and bucktail jigs tipped with squid for the snappers.

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Hot spots to check out include the edge in one

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hundred twenty two hundred and sixty feet off Key Largo,

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where the bite has been consistent all week. Another productive

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area has been the Marathon Humps. For those willing to

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make the run out inshore, try the flats around Lower

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Matacumbie for some great action on permit and bonefish. The

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tides are running strong, with a high at nine thirty

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two a m and low at three forty six pm. Today.

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Sunrise was at six thirty six a m. And will

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see sunset at eight twelve pm, giving you plenty of

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daylight hours on the water. The weekend forecast looks mighty

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fine with winds around five to ten knots and seize

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one to two feet, So now's the time to get

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out there and wet a line. Remember, folks, keep what

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you'll eat and release the rest. This is artificial lure

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signing off from the Florida Keys. Tight lines and see

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you on the water. And that is it for today.

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tips up and lines wet. This has been a quite

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