Speaker 1: Good morning from the Florida Keys in Miami area. Artificial
lure here with your Friday May ninth, twenty twenty five
fishing report. The sun rose today at six forty am
and will set around seven fifty five pm, giving us
a nice long window for getting out on the water.
Weather's typical for early May, warm, humid, with a light
southeast breeze, though the Keys are seeing slightly breezier conditions
than Miami. Those heading offshore should expect some chop, but
nothing you can't handle if you pick your windows. Tides
are swinging through a typical May cycle, so expect a
mid morning incoming tide and an outgoing tide later in
the afternoon. That means a prime bite inshore early, with
things picking up offshore closer to midday as the water
movement gets those pelagics fired up. In the Keys, Captain
Ridge Murphy reports that the flats are hot with redfish,
with anglers catching solid numbers on live shrimp, soft plastics,
and gold spoons. Off in the blue water, Mahi are around,
but catches are scattered. Those finding weed lines are picking
up a few mahi here and there, be ready to troll.
Ballyho or small feathers for the best shot up Around Miami,
the edge is just alive. Kingfish and blackfintuna are pushing shallow,
with anglers finding success trolling benita strips and drifting live
pilchards or threadfin. The king bite is steady and some
boats are scoring multiple fish in the fifteen to thirty
pound range each trip. Don't be surprised if you hook
up with a smoker. Five blackfin tuna are hitting best
at dawn and dusk, so plan your trip around those
low light periods. Bottom fishing is really heating up with
grouper season now open and plenty of mutton snapper chewing
on live bait. Dropping live pinfish or bally who around
the reefs and recks is your ticket to a big
mutton or even a handful of amberjack. The reefs are
also starting to show more yellowtail and mangrove snapper, so
keep cut bait handy for a mixed bag. If you're
looking for hotspots, check out the flats off Islamrada for
redfish action and hit the hump off shore. If you're
hunting mahi around Miami. The reefs off Haulover and the
troughs outside government cut are producing a steady stream of kingfish, blackfin,
and the odd sailfish. For bottom fishing, hit the rex
in one hundred and twenty to two hundred feet. Best
baits this week are live pilchards, threadfin, and pinfish. For artificials,
don't leave home without a couple of silver spoons, trolling feathers,
and soft plastic jerk baits. Early morning is your best window,
especially with that first incoming tide. That's your Friday report
from the Florida Keys up through Miami, Tight lines and
may your next cast be the big one. And that
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