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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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Hello from the Florida Keys. This is Artificial Lure with

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your fishing report for April twenty third, twenty twenty five.

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If you're looking to get lines wet in and around

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the Keys in Miami today, here's what's happening on the water.

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First up, the weather looks pretty good as we head

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deeper into the week. The march winds have continued to

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settle and we're getting warmer, summer like patterns setting in lately,

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so expect a light breeze and temperatures rising into the

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high seventies and low eighties by midday. Sunrise was at

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six fifty one am and sunset will be at seven

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forty eight pm, so there's plenty of daylight to chase fish.

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Tides today are running moderate, with an incoming tide through

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the early morning and outgoing by early afternoon. That means

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your best action will likely be the first few hours

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after sunrise or targeting the late afternoon push as the

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water moves out. The moving water is what gets those

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fish feeding, so don't sleep on those tidal changes. The

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early tarpin migration is underway, but it's been grinding for

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most anglers this week. Most bridges through the middle and

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upper Keys have been holding some tarpin, but the bite

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has been tougher than usual, with fewer fish showing up

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than normal for late April. Still, there are some windows

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of success, especially around first light and dusk. If you're

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after silver kings, try live mullet or fresh cut bait

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around the pilings and shadow lines on the outgoing tide.

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Artificial options like hogi, pro tail, swim baits, and large

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soft plastics can also get hits when the bite's on

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two offshore, the color change is holding sailfish, black fin, tuna,

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and the occasional mahe. Some yellowtail and mutton snapper are

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firing on the reefs, while kingfish are mixed in on

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the edges. Deep sea fishing has been hit or miss,

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with scattered weed lines toughening up the trolling, but afternoon

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and late day bites have produced the best action, especially

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for tuna and mahi. Wahoo have been rare the past

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few days, but benito are picking up the slack. If

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you're reef fishing, yellowtail, snapper and mangrove snapper have been steady,

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with fresh shrimp or cut baits doing best. For lures,

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try smaller bucktail jigs tipped with shrimp. Cudjoe Key and

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big pine key are producing mixed bags of snapper and

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the odd grouper or mackerel, so drop a line there

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if you want table fare. Hotspots to try today are

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the seven Mile Bridge for tarpin early and late, and

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the patch reefs off Marathon or Key West for snapper action.

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Don't overlook the backcountry channels either. Reports say there are

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still groups of tarpain hanging on those deeper flats with

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soft plastics getting bit too. That's your boots on the

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dock run down for the day. Water's warming, fish are biting,

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and the keys are calling. Tight line and good luck

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from artificial lure. 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.