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Speaker 1: Good morning, anglers, artificial lure coming to you with today's

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fishing report for May sixteenth, twenty twenty five, covering the

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vibrant waters of the Florida Keys and Miami area. We

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kicked off early with a light east breeze, warm temps,

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and clear skies. Sunrise hit around six thirty six am,

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with sunset coming up close to seven fifty four pm.

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The tides are running moderate today, with an incoming push

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early morning and another swing in the late afternoon, which

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always helps fire up the bite. Fishing in Miami and

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the Upper Keys right now is classic late spring action. Offshore,

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the edge has been loaded with kingfish and blackfintuna. Several

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boats this week reported steady catches with kingfish running into

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the thirty pound range and blackfintuna regularly coming over the rails.

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A few sailfish and wahoo are still hanging around, but

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the main event is meat fishing. These pelagics are your

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target if you want something for the cooler. The bite's

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been hottest at first light and again right before dusk,

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so plan your trip around those windows for the best

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shot at action. Wire leaders are a must for kingfish,

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four some dolphin, mahi Mahi have made appearances off shore,

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though they're scattered. Look for weed lines or floating debris

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between five hundred and nine hundred feet, especially on the

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Atlantic side. Trolling small feathers, benita strips or bright skirted

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ballyho will put you in the game for mahai right now.

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Five on the bottom, mutton snapper are chewing well on

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the edge, and grouper season is open. Both have been

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coming up for folks dropping live pinfish or ballyhoo around

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rex and patch reefs. Amberjack are still on the deep wrecks,

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offering a hard fight for those looking for something heavier.

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Mangrove and yellowtail snapper are starting to heat up as well,

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especially as we move towards summer. Inshore, the backcountry and

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flats are alive. Redfish are active on the flats around

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the keys, with live shrimp and soft plastic jerk baits

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doing most of the work. If you want a fun

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early morning wade, look for tailors on the edges of

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the grass beds at first light. Hotspots today include the

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edge off Holover Inlet for kingfish and tuna, and the

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Islamorada Hump for blackfin and Mahai for bottom fishing. Rex

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in one hundred to two hundred feet off Miami Beach

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have been steady for muttons and groupers. Top baits and

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lures right now, live pilchards or goggle eyes on the

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drift wire, stingers for kings, and vertical jigs for tuna,

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and jack's for snapper and grouper. You can't beat a

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fresh live bait dropped right into the structure. That's the bite,

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tight lines and good luck out there. And that is

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