Speaker 1: This is your daily fishing Report podcast for Florida Keys Miami,
and here is what is bending our rods today. Good
morning from the Florida Keys in Miami. This is Artificial
Lure with your local angler's fishing report for Wednesday, April sixteenth,
twenty twenty five. Weather's warming up quick down here and
it definitely feels like springs in the air. We're seeing
some classic Keys conditions. Expect early morning tempts in the seventies,
climbing toward the low eighties by afternoon, with a healthy
breeze still hanging around from the southeast. The wind's been
steady at fifteen to twenty knots, so seas are a
bit bumpy offshore, but it's nothing the locals aren't used to.
If you're heading out, chase some lea sides or backcountry
pockets to stay out of the chop. Sunrise this morning
hit at seven oh seven am, and we'll see sunset
around seven forty six pm in the Keys, just a
bit earlier over in Miami at six fifty seven am
and seven forty four pm. That gives you plenty of
daylight to fish both the early bite and a prime
sunset session. Tides are swinging moderate today, with a good
push early and slack midday. That incoming tide just after
sunrise is a solid window for feeding tarpon, snook and
trout around the bridges and channels. If you're fishing the flats,
that rising water is your ticket for stalking bonefish or
permit in skinny water. Fishing action has been steady, but
you've got to put in the time. Tarpinfishing is just
starting to heat up. Anglers are jumping a few each
morning in the local channels and along the bridges. A
couple fish landed yesterday in the forty to fifty pound range,
mostly caught on live mullet, with some hits on dead
bait as well. Five snook are biting around the Mangrove
creeks and some structure in the back country, and there's
a good showing of big jacks and nurse sharks mixed
in for some drag screaming fun on the flats. Bonefish
are making good ghostly appearances, with some landed on cut
shrimp or small crabs. Permit action has been slower than usual,
likely because of that late cold snap in March, but
some encouraging signs as bigger fish starts sliding north. Trout
biting up around the grassy bays and channels best early
or late in the day. Offshore and in the Gulf,
Spanish mackerel, kingfish, kobia, and snapper are active. Big jacks
and sharks are running heavy, so bring some stout tackle
if you want a tussle. If you're bait fishing, live mullet, pinfish,
shrimp and pilchards are top choices for artificials. Locals are
scoring with doa shrimp paddle, tail jigs, unweighted soft plastics
and bait busters in the channels and around structure. Out
on the flats, you can't go wrong with a small
jig or crab pattern for bones and permit, and flashy
lures for barracuda and jacks. Hotspots to try today Islamarada
bridges and nearby channels for early morning tarpan and jack's
flats around Key Largo and Tavernier for bonefish and permit
when the tide's flooding. In back country creeks behind Marathon
and Flamingo for snook, redfish and juvenile tarpin. Wind might
be up, but with a little local knowledge and the
right bait. There's action to be had. Get out there
and tight lines, and that is it for today. Hit
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