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Speaker 1: This is artificial war. Reporting in from the Florida Keys

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and Miami Waters for September twenty fourth, twenty twenty five.

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Here's You're on the water scoop delivered local, just the

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way you like it. Starting at first light, summrise hit

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at seven ten am, and the sun will duck out

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at seven fourteen pm. Today tides lined up with a

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low at four fifteen am, high at ten thirty three am,

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a second low at four thirty seven pm, and another

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high rolling in at ten thirty five pm. According to

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tidefecast dot com. Expect that morning push of water to

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fire up the bite, especially as we hit the latter

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half of September, prime time for Keys action. Weather hasn't

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raised a ruckus yet this hurricane season, and according to

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Keys Weekly, it's been unusually settled knock on wood, though

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caution's always the name of the game late season, with

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storms possible any day. This morning fell balmy and seasonably humid,

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holding mid seventies through the day with just a breeze

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and partly cloudy skies, classic Keys fall conditions. Now for

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the bite. Offshore, those iconic humps south of Marathon and

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Islamorada are seeing steady action with black finn tuna, with

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a few pushing hefty sizes. Charter captains report boats returning

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loaded with schools of football sized black fens, sometimes mixing

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in skipjack out, deeper, Dolph and Mai Mai have been

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scattered but still showing up around weed lines, especially mid

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morning as the tide turns on the reefs. Yellowtail snapper

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are schooling up in good numbers. Anglers have been dropping

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blocks of chum around Carry's Fort and Tennessee Reef and

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limiting out within a couple hours. Mangrove and mutton snapper

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are available if you shift in shore, and there's been

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an uptick in grouper, especially off ledges between Tavernir and

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Key Largo. Staying closer to the mainland. Biscayne Bay flats

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and inlets are alive right now. Tarpin are cruising the

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bridges at dawn and dus rolling big in the twilight.

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Snook and sea trout are hitting live pilchards and doa

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shrimp along the grassbeds near Stiltsville and Haulover Inlet. Early morning.

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Topwater action is heating up for jack cravall and the

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occasional surprise bonefish inside the bay best lures and baits

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today offshore, Nothing beats trolling small feather jigs in pink

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or blue for tuna, with natural bellahoo working wonders at dolphin. Inshore,

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live shrimp and pilchards are the ticket for snapper and snook,

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while classic bucktail jigs tipped with gulp shrimp work when

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the bait is tough to find. For tarpin, a big

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live mullet or pinfish free lined on the outbound tide

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has been hard to beat. Hotspots to circle on your chart.

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The Islamorada hump for tuna and dolphin carries fort reef

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for snappers with a chance at grouper on the bottom

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the west end of long Key Bridge for dust, tarpin,

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bis gang channel edges for morning bonefish and sea trout.

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Word on the docks is that most crews are boxing

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ten to twenty yellowtail per trip, with barracuda and sharks

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still pestering lines. But that's the keys for you, Always

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full of surprises. Don't forget lobster divers are still snatching

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tasty tails out of shallow patch reefs, but make sure

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you're respecting limits and checking for egg bearing females. That

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wraps it up for the Florida Keys and Miami Fishing

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report tight lines to everyone this week. Thanks for tuning in,

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