Speaker 1: This is your daily fishing Report podcast for Florida Keys
Miami and here is what is bending our rods today.
Hello from the Florida Keys. This is Artificial Lure with
your fishing report for April twenty third, twenty twenty five.
If you're looking to get lines wet in and around
the Keys in Miami today, here's what's happening on the water.
First up, the weather looks pretty good as we head
deeper into the week. The march winds have continued to
settle and we're getting warmer, summer like patterns setting in lately,
so expect a light breeze and temperatures rising into the
high seventies and low eighties by midday. Sunrise was at
six fifty one am and sunset will be at seven
forty eight pm, so there's plenty of daylight to chase fish.
Tides today are running moderate, with an incoming tide through
the early morning and outgoing by early afternoon. That means
your best action will likely be the first few hours
after sunrise or targeting the late afternoon push as the
water moves out. The moving water is what gets those
fish feeding, so don't sleep on those tidal changes. The
early tarpin migration is underway, but it's been grinding for
most anglers this week. Most bridges through the middle and
upper Keys have been holding some tarpin, but the bite
has been tougher than usual, with fewer fish showing up
than normal for late April. Still, there are some windows
of success, especially around first light and dusk. If you're
after silver kings, try live mullet or fresh cut bait
around the pilings and shadow lines on the outgoing tide.
Artificial options like hogi, pro tail, swim baits, and large
soft plastics can also get hits when the bite's on
two offshore, the color change is holding sailfish, black fin, tuna,
and the occasional mahe. Some yellowtail and mutton snapper are
firing on the reefs, while kingfish are mixed in on
the edges. Deep sea fishing has been hit or miss,
with scattered weed lines toughening up the trolling, but afternoon
and late day bites have produced the best action, especially
for tuna and mahi. Wahoo have been rare the past
few days, but benito are picking up the slack. If
you're reef fishing, yellowtail, snapper and mangrove snapper have been steady,
with fresh shrimp or cut baits doing best. For lures,
try smaller bucktail jigs tipped with shrimp. Cudjoe Key and
big pine key are producing mixed bags of snapper and
the odd grouper or mackerel, so drop a line there
if you want table fare. Hotspots to try today are
the seven Mile Bridge for tarpin early and late, and
the patch reefs off Marathon or Key West for snapper action.
Don't overlook the backcountry channels either. Reports say there are
still groups of tarpain hanging on those deeper flats with
soft plastics getting bit too. That's your boots on the
dock run down for the day. Water's warming, fish are biting,
and the keys are calling. Tight line and good luck
from artificial lure. And that is it for today. Hit
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