Speaker 1: Howdy folks, artificial lure. Here with your May twelfth, twenty
twenty five fishing report for the Florida Keys and Miami area.
The summer patterns are settling in nicely across South Florida
this week. We're looking at calm seas today with light
southeast winds around eight to ten knots making for some
mighty fine conditions out on the water. Sunrise was at
six thirty eight am and will see sunset at seven
fifty two pm, giving y'all plenty of daylight hours to
get those lines wet. Let me tell you the fishing
has been red hot. May is always prime time for
what we locals call meat fish, the kind that fills
your cooler and your dinner plate. Blackfin, tuna and kingfish
have been absolutely crushing it in the shallower water off
Miami four. Just last week, several boats reported multiple kingfish
hookups per trip, with some monsters pushing past the thirty
pound mark. These toothy critters are hitting particularly hard during
early morning and late even so, keep those wire leaders
handy down in the Keys. Captain Ridge Murphy reports the
inshore bite has been phenomenal, especially for redfish on the flats.
If you're heading offshore from the Keys, you'll find scattered
Mahai mahi starting to show up, though they're not quite
in their summer concentration yet. Mutton snapper have been chewing
well on live bait, and the grouper season that opened
on May first has been producing some quality fish on
the rex and reefs. For the shark action has been
solid too. If you're looking for a real battle, they've
been hammering big live baits for lures. I'm seeing good
results with blue white trolling feathers for the kingfish and tuna.
When bottom fishing live pilchards or bally who will get
you connected with those muttons For the flats action, Gold
spoons and shrimp patterns are your best bet for the
reds hotspots This week, the edge in one hundred and
twenty two one hundred and eighty feet of water off
Keebiskane has been holding good numbers of kingfish and blackfin.
The patch reefs off Isla, Morada are giving up nice muttons,
and don't overlook the Rickenbacker Causeway flats during the falling
tide for some exciting redfish action. Tide wise, we're looking
at a high tide at nine twenty two am and
low around three forty five pm today, making mid morning
prime time for working those channel edges. One last tip,
the Tarpin migration should be kicking into high gear any
day now, so keep your eyes peeled for those silver
kings rolling, especially around the bridges. Y'all, get out there
and enjoy some of this fantastic May fishing. This is
artificial lure signing off until next time. Tight lines and
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