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Speaker 1: Good morning from the Florida Keys in Miami area. Artificial

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lure here with your Friday May ninth, twenty twenty five

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fishing report. The sun rose today at six forty am

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and will set around seven fifty five pm, giving us

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a nice long window for getting out on the water.

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Weather's typical for early May, warm, humid, with a light

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southeast breeze, though the Keys are seeing slightly breezier conditions

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than Miami. Those heading offshore should expect some chop, but

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nothing you can't handle if you pick your windows. Tides

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are swinging through a typical May cycle, so expect a

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mid morning incoming tide and an outgoing tide later in

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the afternoon. That means a prime bite inshore early, with

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things picking up offshore closer to midday as the water

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movement gets those pelagics fired up. In the Keys, Captain

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Ridge Murphy reports that the flats are hot with redfish,

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with anglers catching solid numbers on live shrimp, soft plastics,

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and gold spoons. Off in the blue water, Mahi are around,

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but catches are scattered. Those finding weed lines are picking

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up a few mahi here and there, be ready to troll.

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Ballyho or small feathers for the best shot up Around Miami,

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the edge is just alive. Kingfish and blackfintuna are pushing shallow,

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with anglers finding success trolling benita strips and drifting live

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pilchards or threadfin. The king bite is steady and some

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boats are scoring multiple fish in the fifteen to thirty

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pound range each trip. Don't be surprised if you hook

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up with a smoker. Five blackfin tuna are hitting best

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at dawn and dusk, so plan your trip around those

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low light periods. Bottom fishing is really heating up with

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grouper season now open and plenty of mutton snapper chewing

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on live bait. Dropping live pinfish or bally who around

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the reefs and recks is your ticket to a big

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mutton or even a handful of amberjack. The reefs are

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also starting to show more yellowtail and mangrove snapper, so

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keep cut bait handy for a mixed bag. If you're

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looking for hotspots, check out the flats off Islamrada for

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redfish action and hit the hump off shore. If you're

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hunting mahi around Miami. The reefs off Haulover and the

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troughs outside government cut are producing a steady stream of kingfish, blackfin,

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and the odd sailfish. For bottom fishing, hit the rex

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in one hundred and twenty to two hundred feet. Best

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baits this week are live pilchards, threadfin, and pinfish. For artificials,

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don't leave home without a couple of silver spoons, trolling feathers,

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and soft plastic jerk baits. Early morning is your best window,

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especially with that first incoming tide. That's your Friday report

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from the Florida Keys up through Miami, Tight lines and

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may your next cast be the big one. And that

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is it for today. Hit the subscribe button and never

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miss out. Keep those tips up and lines wet. This

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has been a quite please production with the help of AI.

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Thanks for listen ning.