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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 coming at you with your Florida

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Keys and Miami area fishing report for April twenty first,

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twenty twenty five. We're right in the sweet spot of

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April down here, and the action has been heating up

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as the spring migration picks up steam. Sunrise was just

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after six fifty am and sunset will be around seven

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to fifty pm, so you've got plenty of daylight to

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wet a line and chase the bite. Weather this week

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has been classic Keys spring warm, a bit breezy, with

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some lingering chop offshore from the recent winds. Expect temperatures

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in the high seventies to low eighties. The winds are

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making things sporty outside the reef, but inshore and bridge

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fishing remains solid. Tide wise, we're in a swing period

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after a recent full moon. The outgoing tides in the

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mornings are moving a lot of bait under the bridges

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and around the channels, which means the pre are on

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the hunt. Plan your trips around that moving water for

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the best shot at fish. Now for the fishing. Tarpin

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are the headliners right now. With the early migration well underway.

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The bridges from Islamorada through Marathon are producing, especially on

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the evening and outgoing tides. Anglers are jumping and landing

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fish up to one hundred and twenty pounds on live mullet.

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Crabs and big artificials like swim baits and doa bait busters.

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Night trips are catching consistently and can be electric action.

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Five On the reefs, yellowtail snapper are thick along the

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edges in sixty to ninety feet, especially when you can

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chum them up behind the boat. Mutton snapper and the

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occasional big mangrove are mixed in. Pilchards and cut baits

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are working best, but don't overlook a jig tipped with

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shrimp for finesse bites too. Offshore sailfish are holding on

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the color changes just past the reef, with blackfintuna and

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the off mahi also showing up. The mahi bite is

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spotty due to scattered weeds, but if you find the

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right patch there's action to be had. Trolling skirted ballyhoo

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or drifting live pilchards has been most productive. Kingfish are

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mixed in around rex and live bottom. Recent reports from

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Marathon and Islamorada charters have been positive. Despite rough seas,

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captains are still putting clients on fish, especially when focusing

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on the bridges, patch reefs and bay rex hotspots to

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check out today seven mile Bridge for tarpin and snapper,

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the Islamorata humps for blackfin and the occasional mahai and

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the edge of the reef from Alligator Light to Tennessee

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reef for a mixed bag. Best bets for bait live

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mullet pilchards or crabs for tarpin and pilchards, or cut

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baits for the reef species. Top lures include swim baits

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for tarpin, bucktail jigs for snapper, and trolling plugs or

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skirts offshore. That's your update from down here in Paradise.

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Tight lines and remember sometimes the best lure is just

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showing up at the right tide. 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 production with the help of AI. Thanks

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for listening.