Speaker 1: Good morning, anglers, artificial lure coming to you with today's
fishing report for May sixteenth, twenty twenty five, covering the
vibrant waters of the Florida Keys and Miami area. We
kicked off early with a light east breeze, warm temps,
and clear skies. Sunrise hit around six thirty six am,
with sunset coming up close to seven fifty four pm.
The tides are running moderate today, with an incoming push
early morning and another swing in the late afternoon, which
always helps fire up the bite. Fishing in Miami and
the Upper Keys right now is classic late spring action. Offshore,
the edge has been loaded with kingfish and blackfintuna. Several
boats this week reported steady catches with kingfish running into
the thirty pound range and blackfintuna regularly coming over the rails.
A few sailfish and wahoo are still hanging around, but
the main event is meat fishing. These pelagics are your
target if you want something for the cooler. The bite's
been hottest at first light and again right before dusk,
so plan your trip around those windows for the best
shot at action. Wire leaders are a must for kingfish,
four some dolphin, mahi Mahi have made appearances off shore,
though they're scattered. Look for weed lines or floating debris
between five hundred and nine hundred feet, especially on the
Atlantic side. Trolling small feathers, benita strips or bright skirted
ballyho will put you in the game for mahai right now.
Five on the bottom, mutton snapper are chewing well on
the edge, and grouper season is open. Both have been
coming up for folks dropping live pinfish or ballyhoo around
rex and patch reefs. Amberjack are still on the deep wrecks,
offering a hard fight for those looking for something heavier.
Mangrove and yellowtail snapper are starting to heat up as well,
especially as we move towards summer. Inshore, the backcountry and
flats are alive. Redfish are active on the flats around
the keys, with live shrimp and soft plastic jerk baits
doing most of the work. If you want a fun
early morning wade, look for tailors on the edges of
the grass beds at first light. Hotspots today include the
edge off Holover Inlet for kingfish and tuna, and the
Islamorada Hump for blackfin and Mahai for bottom fishing. Rex
in one hundred to two hundred feet off Miami Beach
have been steady for muttons and groupers. Top baits and
lures right now, live pilchards or goggle eyes on the
drift wire, stingers for kings, and vertical jigs for tuna,
and jack's for snapper and grouper. You can't beat a
fresh live bait dropped right into the structure. That's the bite,
tight lines and good luck out there. And that is
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