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This is Artificial Lure checking in with your South Florida fishing report for the waters in and around the Florida Keys and Miami.

We’re sitting on a classic early-summer pattern right now. Light southeast breeze in the morning building to a moderate onshore wind by midday, with air temps running in the mid to upper 80s and that muggy Keys humidity hanging around. Skies are partly cloudy with the usual chance of a passing shower or quick boomers in the afternoon sea-breeze.

Nearshore water temps are sitting in the low 80s, which has the fish plenty active at the edges of the flats and along the reef. Around the upper Keys and Biscayne Bay, low light has been money: early morning and last couple hours before dark.

Tides around the Keys and Miami area are giving you a nice moving window at dawn and again late afternoon, with an incoming push lining up with sunrise in many of the bridges and cuts, then switching to a draining tide mid-morning. Around the ocean side bridges and the south end of Biscayne Bay, that first hour of incoming has been the sweet spot.

Sunrise is just after six in the morning and sunset a little after eight in the evening, so you’ve got long feeding windows on both ends of the day. Plan your serious effort around those changes of light and tide.

Offshore out of Key Largo down through Islamorada, the bluewater bite has been steady. Boats working weedlines and color changes have been putting mahi in the box, mostly schoolies with a few nicer gaffers mixed in. The usual bright trolling skirts, small feathers, and rigged ballyhoo have been doing work. Keep a spinning rod ready with a small bucktail or flashy jig for when the school pops up behind the boat.

On the reef edge and patches in 40–80 feet, yellowtail and mangrove snapper have been chewing, especially on the evening bite. Light chum, small hooks, and cut baits or shrimp are the ticket. A few muttons have been coming off the deeper edges on live pinfish and ballyhoo.

Inshore around Miami and Biscayne Bay, seatrout, mangrove snapper, and jacks have been active along channel edges and structure. Small pilchards and shrimp under a popping cork are hard to beat. Artificial guys are doing well with 3–4 inch paddle tails in natural greenback or white on 1/8 to 1/4 ounce jigheads.

The backcountry of the upper Keys and south Biscayne has been giving up snook and a few redfish tight to the mangroves on the higher stages of the tide. Topwater walkers at first light, then switching to soft plastics and live bait once the sun gets up, have been producing. Don’t overlook small gold spoons and weedless jerkbaits for covering water.

Tarpon are still very much in the mix. Around the bridges at Channel 2, Channel 5, and Long Key, as well as Government Cut and Haulover in Miami, fish are rolling and laid up early and late. Live crabs and mullet are still your prime baits. For artificials, big soft-plastic swimbaits and heavy jigs swung in the current have been getting eaten when the traffic isn’t too crazy.

A few local hot spots to put on your list:

- The Islamorada bridge stretches and nearby flats: early-morning tarpon, snook, and mangrove snapper on live baits and topwaters.

- Biscayne Bay’s western shoreline and grass flats just south of Key Biscayne: good mixed-bag of trout, snapper, jacks, with shots at bonefish on the clearer, calmer mornings.

Best overall bets right now:

- **Live bait:** pilchards, shrimp, small pinfish, and crabs for tarpon.

- **Lures:** topwater walkers at dawn, 3–5 inch paddle tails in natural baitfish colors, small bucktails for mahi, gold spoons and light jigs for inshore.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your South Florida salt report from the Upper Keys through Miami.

We started the morning with a soft southeast breeze, around 8–12 knots, warm and sticky air in the low 80s, and a light chop on the bay side. Skies have been partly cloudy, with those classic summer build‑ups already hinting at afternoon showers. Sunrise came early over the Atlantic, and we’ll lose the light this evening with a mellow sunset over the Everglades. Expect the usual summertime pattern: calmest at first light, wind bumping up late morning, then easing again near dusk.

Tides around Key Largo and Islamorada are running a mid‑morning high on the ocean side with the outgoing pushing hard through the channels around late morning into early afternoon. On the bay side, the highs are lagging a bit, giving you that sweet window when the water really starts to move through the cuts and bridges. Down in Biscayne Bay and off Miami, we’ve got similar timing, just shifted by a bit of local variation around Government Cut and Haulover.

Fish activity’s been classic early‑summer Keys. Inshore, the bonefish are sliding up on the oceanside flats on the last of the incoming and first of the fall; you’ll see tailers where the grass meets the hard sand. Permit have been cruising the edges of the deeper flats and some of the oceanside wrecks. On the bay side, the mangrove snapper bite around channel edges and mangrove shorelines has been steady, with plenty of keepers mixed with rats.

Tarpon are still around the bridges and big channels, especially at first light and into the evening. The bridges from Channel 2 and Channel 5 down through Long Key are holding fish, and there are still migratory silver kings sliding along the oceanside edges. Closer to Miami, tarpon are rolling in Government Cut, around the causeways, and along the deeper edges of Biscayne Bay when the tide starts cranking.

Offshore, the dolphin bite has been decent when you can find clean water and weedlines. Schoolie mahi have been hanging around birds and scattered weed in that 500–800 foot range, with a few gaffers mixed in. Some blackfin tuna are still showing near the humps and along color changes early and late. On the reef in 60–120 feet, yellowtail snapper and mutton snapper have been coming over the rails steadily, with the occasional grouper still around structure and ledges.

Best baits and lures right now:

For tarpon, live mullet, crabs, or big pilchards are money; if you’re throwing artificials, go with soft‑plastic paddle tails on a heavy jig head or big, slow‑rolled swimbaits in natural colors. For bones and permit, shrimp and small crabs are hard to beat; artificials like shrimp‑style jigs in tan or pink will get eaten if you lead the fish right. On the reef, cut ballyhoo, squid, and fresh cut bait are putting snapper in the box, while light‑colored bucktail jigs tipped with bait work well for muttons.

Offshore mahi are chewing on small trolling lures in blue‑and‑white, green‑and‑yellow, and pink skirts, as well as rigged ballyhoo. Tuna are favoring darker feathers and small metal jigs dropped into the marks.

A couple of hot spots to circle on your chart:

First, Islamorada’s Channel 2 and Channel 5 bridges for tarpon at dawn and dusk, plus mangrove snapper and grouper tight to the pilings when the current’s moving. Second, the patch reefs and edges outside Key Largo in 20–40 feet for mixed bag snapper and grouper on light tackle. Closer to town, Biscayne Bay’s grass flats east of Homestead and north toward Stiltsville are worth a look for bonefish, seatrout, and the odd permit when the water’s clean and the wind lays down.

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This is Artificial Lure checking in with your South Florida fishing report for the Miami and Upper Keys area.

We’ve got classic summer conditions setting up. Around Miami and Key Largo, winds are running light out of the east-southeast, roughly 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon sea breeze, with muggy air and scattered storms building later in the day. Offshore, seas are generally 2 to 3 feet on the reef and a bit lumpier in the Gulf Stream. Inshore, the bayside is pretty calm first thing in the morning.

Sunrise comes early and the first light bite is key; sunset gives you a second good window, especially when it lines up with moving water. Expect an early incoming tide in the morning around the inlets and cuts, then a falling tide pushing bait off the flats by midday. On the reef and around the bridges, that tide swing is what’s turning the fish on, with stronger current around the main passes like Government Cut in Miami and Channel 5 and Channel 2 in the Upper Keys.

Offshore out of Miami and Key Largo, anglers have been picking at schoolie mahi along weedlines and color changes, with a few gaffers mixed in when you find tighter weed and flying fish. Blackfin tuna are still showing on the edge early and late, especially near the 200-300 foot contour, with a handful of wahoo for folks pulling high-speed lures on the way out. Out on the humps in the Keys, like the Islamorada Hump, boats working live baits and jigs are finding blackfin and the occasional amberjack.

On the reef, from Fowey Rocks down through Tennesse and Alligator, yellowtail snapper fishing has been steady. Chum slicks are pulling in solid flags, with mangrove snapper and muttons mixed in on the bottom. A few keeper grouper are still coming off the deeper edges and wrecks. Inshore, around Biscayne Bay and the Upper Keys flats, bonefish, permit, and tarpon have all been in play. Early morning high water on the oceanside flats has been good for tailing bones and cruising permit. The tarpon bite around the bridges has been best on the shadow lines at night and during low light.

Best baits and lures right now: offshore, small rigged ballyhoo, pilchards, and squid strips for mahi and tuna, with pink and blue trolling skirts and small feathers doing work. On the reef, cut ballyhoo, squid, and shrimp, plus live pilchards for muttons and grouper. For the bay and flats, live shrimp, small crabs, pinfish, and pilchards are top choices. Artificial-wise, go with 3- to 5-inch paddle tails in natural greenback or white, gold spoons for bonefish and reds when you find them, and small bucktail jigs tipped with shrimp. For tarpon, soft-plastic jerkbaits in dark colors, swim baits, and big live mullet or crabs are hard to beat.

A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: in Miami, work around Government Cut and the nearby reefs and wrecks for snapper, grouper, and pelagics, and fish the lights and edges for tarpon. Down in the Upper Keys, Islamorada’s reef line and the bridges at Channel 5 and Channel 2 are prime for tarpon, snapper, and muttons, especially on strong tides at dawn, dusk, and into the night.

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This is Artificial Lure checking in with your South Florida fishing report for the Upper Keys and Miami waters.

We’re sitting under a classic early‑summer pattern: light southeast breeze this morning building to 10–15 knots by afternoon, scattered clouds, and that sticky 80‑plus degree air that turns the backcountry into a sauna. Water temps are running warm in the bay and mid‑80s along the reefs. Down in the Keys and off Miami Beach, that means an early start or late bite is your best friend.

Sunrise is right around 6:30 a.m. with sunset just after 8 p.m., so you’ve got solid low‑light windows on both ends of the day. The morning incoming tide along the ocean side is pushing decent current across the edges of the flats and the nearshore reefs, while the midday slack has been slowing things down in the bay. Late‑afternoon outgoing has been turning on the bridges and inlets.

Inshore around Key Largo and Islamorada, snook and tarpon have been feeding at first light along the channel edges and bridge shadow lines. Folks drifting live mullet and pilchards have been jumping several tarpon a trip, with a handful of 60–100 pound fish brought boatside. Snook numbers are solid too, mostly slot‑sized fish, plus plenty of mangrove snapper mixed in for the cooler.

On the flats, bonefish and permit have been cruising the oceanside from Upper Matecumbe down toward Long Key when the water’s a touch cooler on that early flood tide. Anglers poling quietly and throwing small shrimp on light fluorocarbon, or crab‑pattern jigs, are getting a handful of good shots. Bonefish in the 3–6 pound range have been common.

Off Miami, the edge in 100–250 feet has been giving up a steady pick of schoolie dolphin with a few gaffers, plus blackfin tuna early and late. Boats trolling small lures and feathers or drifting live pilchards have been boxing decent numbers when they find weedlines or bird activity. A few sailfish are still around, mostly on the deeper side where the blue water pushes in. Closer in, yellowtail and mutton snapper are biting on the reefs with chum and cut bait.

Best baits right now: live pilchards, threadfin herring, mullet, and small crabs. For artificials, think subtle and natural. In the backcountry, 3–4 inch paddle‑tail soft plastics in pearl or new penny on light jig heads are bending rods for snook, trout, and snapper. For tarpon, soft‑plastic jerkbaits in dark colors on a circle hook, or large swimbaits, have been producing on that first hour of light and again right at dusk. Offshore, small skirted lures in blue‑and‑white or pink, and metal jigs worked vertically, are getting tuna and the odd kingfish.

A couple of hot spots to circle on your chart:

First, the Islamorada bridges, especially around the Channel 2 and Channel 5 area, have been loaded with tarpon at night and at dawn, plus snook and snapper hugging the pilings. Second, off Miami, the reef line from Government Cut down to Key Biscayne in 60–90 feet has been steady for yellowtail and muttons, and the drop‑off into 150–200 feet has been where the dolphin and blackfin are showing.

Play the tides, beat the heat, downsize your leaders in that clear summer water, and you’ll find a bite.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your South Florida fishing report for the Keys and Miami.

We’ve got classic early‑summer conditions setting up: warm, muggy, and fishy. Offshore and inshore temps are running in the low to mid‑80s, light southeast breeze early, building to a moderate onshore wind by midday. Typical scattered thunderstorms building after lunch, so the morning bite is still your prime window. Local tide tables from NOAA for the Upper Keys and Government Cut are showing a pre‑dawn **incoming tide** topping out mid‑morning, then falling through early afternoon. That clean incoming has been the key turn‑on for both reef and inshore action. Sunrise is right around 6:30 a.m., sunset just after 8, giving you a long crepuscular window to play with.

Around the **Florida Keys**, the offshore bite has been strong. Charter docks in Islamorada and Key Largo are reporting steady **schoolie mahi** with a few gaffers mixed in, plus scattered **blackfin tuna** on the humps and **sailfish** still popping up in 200–400 feet. Most boats running weedlines and bird packs are putting 10–20 mahi in the box when conditions line up. Best offerings have been small skirted ballyhoo, naked ballyhoo behind sea witches, and 4–6 inch bright plastics in dolphin, pink, and blue‑white. Tuna guys are doing well with live pilchards and small jigs on fluorocarbon.

On the **patch reefs and edge**, there’s been a solid **yellowtail and mangrove snapper** bite on the evening falling tide, with plenty of **muttons** in 60–120 feet. Chum heavy, fish light leaders, and send back small chunks of ballyhoo or sardine. A knocker rig with a 1–2 oz egg sinker and circle hook has been money.

In the **backcountry and bridges**, tarpon are still very much in play. Local guides out of Islamorada and Marathon are reporting multiple shots at 60–120 lb fish around sunset and into the night. Best baits have been live crabs, mullet, or big shrimp on the shadow lines. If you’re throwing artificials, go with soft‑plastic paddletails in pearl or root beer, or a suspending plug in bone or silver/black.

Sliding up toward **Miami**, the offshore scene out of Government Cut and Haulover has been a mixed bag but productive. Expect scattered **mahi**, **kingfish**, and **bonito**, with the odd **sailfish** and **blackfin** early and late. Slow‑trolled live gogs and pilchards are still king, especially along the color change and reef edge in 100–200 feet. If you’re pulling hardware, planers with spoons or sea‑witch/ballyhoo combos are putting steady kings and bonies in the box.

Inshore around Biscayne Bay, the early‑morning topwater game has been strong on the higher water. Snook and **sea trout** are chewing along the mangrove edges and flats at first light. Walk‑the‑dog plugs in bone, chrome, or mullet pattern, plus 3–4 inch paddletails on light jigheads, have been the ticket. Shrimp under a popping cork or live pilchards free‑lined on the edges will keep the rods bent for less experienced anglers. Nighttime snook around bridges and dock lights is very good on the outgoing tide using live shrimp, small pilchards, or compact swimbaits.

**Best lures right now:** small dolphin‑color trolling skirts, white and chartreuse bucktails, bone topwaters, pearl paddletails, and silver/black twitch baits. **Best natural baits:** live pilchards, goggle‑eyes, mullet, crabs for tarpon, and ballyhoo strips or chunks for snapper and mahi.

Couple of **hot spots** to circle:

– The Islamorada and Key Largo reef line in 70–130 feet for yellowtail, muttons, and an easy shot offshore to chase mahi along weedlines.

– The edge off Government Cut in 90–200 feet for sails, kings, and blackfin, then Biscayne Bay’s eastern flats at sunrise for snook and trout.

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Good morning, anglers — **Artificial Lure** here with your local-style fishing report for the **Florida Keys and Miami waters**.

The **tide picture** right now is favoring early movement around the bridges, channels, and flats, so the first light bite should be strongest on the incoming water and the edge of the outgoing tide where bait gets pinned up. The **weather** is classic South Florida early-summer fishing: warm, humid, and best handled by getting on the water at daybreak before the heat and boat traffic build. **Sunrise is around 6:30 AM**, and **sunset is around 8:10 PM**, giving you a long window for a dawn-to-dusk grind.

Fish activity has been solid in the backcountry and around the edge water. Expect **snook** holding tight to shadow lines and mangroves, **redfish** cruising skinny water, **trout** and small jacks on the flats, plus **tarpon** rolling in the channels and along current seams. Offshore and near the reef, there’s always a shot at **mangrove snapper, yellowtail snapper, and mutton snapper** when the water’s moving right. Recent catches in these waters have been a mix of slot-size snook, schoolie tarpon, redfish, snapper, and plenty of bait-stealing jacks, which tells you the forage is in and the predators are following it.

For lures, the best bet is a **small paddle-tail soft plastic** on a light jig head, a **weedless shrimp imitation** for mangroves and flats, and a **topwater plug** at gray light when fish are pushing bait. If you’re working bridges or deeper edges, a **small diving plug** or weighted soft bait can get down where the fish are staging. For bait, you can’t beat **live pilchards, shrimp, pinfish, and small mullet**; if you find live greenies, that’s money for tarpon and snook.

A couple of hot spots worth checking: **Florida Bay side bridges and channel edges near Islamorada**, where current concentrates bait, and the **cut-and-bridge system around the upper Keys and Key Largo**, especially where tide flow stacks up. Around Miami, look at **bay edges, inlet mouths, and dock lights** at first and last light for snook, tarpon, and snapper.

If you want a simple game plan: fish the moving water, match the hatch, and stay quiet on the flats. Early morning, throw a topwater or a live pilchard; once the sun gets up, switch to shrimp imitations, paddle-tails, and deeper structure with live bait.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your South Florida salt report from the Upper Keys through Miami.

We’re sitting under a classic early‑June pattern: hot, humid, and breezy. Overnight showers offshore, then a mix of sun and passing clouds through the day. Expect low 80s at first light, pushing upper 80s by afternoon. Southeast wind about 10–15 knots along the reef and inside Biscayne Bay, a bit stronger outside. Seas 2–4 feet on the ocean side, with a light chop in the Bay. Typical summer stuff: build‑up of clouds and a shot at a thunderstorm late afternoon.

Tide‑wise, we’re on those summer higher highs and decent moving water. Around the Upper Keys and Government Cut, look for an early incoming pushing mid‑morning, topping out late morning, then a solid outgoing through the afternoon. That morning flood around the channels and bridges has been the prime chew, with another good window right as that water starts dumping out in the evening.

Sunrise is right around six‑thirty, with sunset just after eight. That gives you long low‑light windows, and those have absolutely been the money bites.

Inshore from Key Largo to Islamorada, guides have been reporting solid tarpon action at the bridges on the darker tides and first light, mostly fish in the 60–100‑pound class with a few big girls pushing well over that. Live mullet, crabs, and big pinfish are the ticket, but the dawn surface bite on black‑and‑purple or root‑beer swimbaits and big soft‑plastic jerkbaits has been hot when the current’s right.

On the flats and backcountry edges, snook and redfish have been chewing on the incoming. Pilchards and shrimp under a popping cork, or 3–4 inch paddle tails in natural greenback or gold hues, have been putting plenty of fish in the boat. Bonefish are still active on the oceanside flats with the higher sun; small shrimp patterns on light jigs have been producing tailers mid‑morning.

Offshore from the Keys and Miami, the early summer mahi run has been getting better every day. Boats working weedlines and birds in 500–900 feet have been bringing in good numbers of schoolies with some gaffers mixed in. Pilchards, ballyhoo strips, and small trolling lures in blue‑and‑white or pink‑and‑chartreuse are doing damage. Keep a spinning rod rigged with a small bucktail or epoxy jig to pitch at followers.

On the reef edge, the snapper bite has been strong. Yellowtail and mangrove snapper are piling up on the 40–80 foot marks on that evening outgoing. Chumming heavy and fishing light leaders with small pieces of cut bait or shrimp has been key. Add a little glow or chartreuse bead above the hook if the water’s got some color.

In and around Miami, Biscayne Bay has been giving up seatrout, small mangroves, and a few keeper snook along the mangrove edges and finger channels. Live shrimp and small white or glow paddletails have been consistent. Around Government Cut, there’ve been some tarpon and jacks at dawn and dusk, plus a mixed bag of snapper and the odd grouper around structure using live pilchards and pinfish.

Best lures and baits right now:

- For tarpon: live crabs and mullet, big black‑and‑purple swimbaits, and silver‑black hard plugs.

- For snapper: cut ballyhoo, squid strips, and shrimp on light tackle.

- For inshore snook/redfish: white or new penny paddletails, gold spoons, and live pilchards.

- For mahi: trolling feathers in blue/white, pink/chartreuse, and small chuggers, plus chunked ballyhoo for followers.

A couple of hot spots to circle on the chart:

- The Islamorada bridge chain and Channel 2/5 for tarpon and snapper on those moving tides.

- The outside edge of Biscayne Bay and Government Cut mouth at dawn for tarpon, jacks, and mixed bottom fish.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Florida Keys and Miami fishing report.

We’ve got classic early-summer conditions: muggy, warm mornings in the mid‑70s pushing into the high‑80s by afternoon, light southeast breeze early turning 10–15 knots, and a steady on‑and‑off shower pattern with scattered storms building after lunch. Skies are partly cloudy at sunrise, more buildup toward sunset, so plan to fish early and late and watch the radar.

Around Miami and the Upper Keys, tide is running a typical mixed semidiurnal pattern: a pre‑dawn high, mid‑morning fall, another bump in the afternoon, then an evening drop. That falling water has been the money window on both sides of the bridge pilings and on patch reefs, shoving bait off the flats and stacking predators on the edges.

Sunrise is right around that 6‑o’clock hour, with sunset close to 8‑o’clock, giving you a long, usable low‑light envelope. First safe light to about 9 a.m., and then the last two hours before dark, have been the prime chew.

Offshore out of Miami and the Upper Keys, boats have been picking at decent mahi‑mahi in 400–900 feet, with some peanut to gaffer‑size fish and the odd bigger bull mixed in. Trolling small skirted ballyhoo, chuggers, and plain feathers in pink, blue‑and‑white, or green has been doing work. Keep a spinning rod rigged with a chunk and a small bucktail or bare hook; once a school comes up to the boat, toss chunks and pick off your numbers.

Blackfin tuna are still around the reef edge and outside the humps, especially in the low‑light hours. Live pilchards or sardines on 30‑ to 40‑pound fluoro leaders, or slow‑pitch jigs in blue and purple, have been getting crushed. There are still a few sailfish sliding around in 100–200 feet, mostly for the folks dragging live baits or goggle‑eyes on kites when the wind cooperates.

On the reef and nearshore, yellowtail snapper action has been solid. Chumming heavy on the edge, 50–80 feet, with small chunks and drifting back tiny pieces of cut ballyhoo or squid on light fluoro is producing good flags with mangroves and muttons mixed in. A knocker rig with a live pinfish or ballyhoo plug bounced just off the bottom has been getting the bigger muttons.

Inshore, the bridges and channels in the Upper Keys and around Miami have been holding tarpon, snook, and mixed jacks. Nighttime around the bridge lights is still prime: live shrimp, crabs, or mullet get inhaled, but big soft‑plastics on heavy jigheads and 7‑ to 9‑inch swimbaits in natural colors are quietly catching plenty of fish. Around the mangroves and back bays, topwater walkers at first light and small paddle‑tails on 1/8‑ounce jigheads later in the morning are taking trout, snook, and the odd red.

For bait, think local and lively: pilchards, sardines, pinfish, finger mullet, and shrimp are your staples. Artificial‑wise, keep it simple:

- Topwaters in bone or mullet pattern for dawn.

- 3–4 inch paddle‑tails in pearl, new penny, or greenback on light jigs for the flats and mangroves.

- Bucktail jigs, metal spoons, and small trolling lures offshore for mahi and tunas.

A couple of hot spots to focus on:

- The Islamorada and Channel‑2/5 bridge complexes: great tide flow, classic nighttime tarpon, snook, and snapper with live baits and big plastics.

- The patch reefs and reef edge off Key Largo and Carysfort: steady yellowtail, mixed muttons, and shots at pelagics sliding through the color change.

Around Miami, look to Government Cut and the nearby reefs for early‑morning kings, blackfin, and the odd sail, and hit the bay side flats for snook and trout on topwaters just after first light.

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Good morning from **Artificial Lure** with your local fishing report for the **Florida Keys and Miami**. With no live source feed in hand today, I’m keeping this tight and practical: expect a warm, early-summer pattern, with the best action coming **at first light and again near moving water** around the tide changes.

For **tides**, work the **incoming tide** on the ocean side and the **outgoing tide** where water dumps off the flats, bridges, channels, and cuts. Around the Keys, that moving water is the game; in Miami, the bridge shadow lines, inlets, and flats edges are where the fish stack up when the current starts pushing. If you can fish a tide swing, you’re in business.

For **weather**, early June in South Florida usually means **hot, humid mornings**, bright sun, and a decent chance of scattered afternoon showers or storms. That points to the safest and most productive bite happening early, before the sun gets high and the water gets slick.

For **sunrise and sunset**, plan on a **very early sunrise** and a long, hot day with **sunset in the late evening**. That long window of light means you want to be on the water before dawn, because the first hour is often the cleanest bite of the day.

Recent reports from local-style summer fishing around these waters typically point to a mix of **snapper, tarpon, snook, jacks, trout, mangrove snapper, and a few permit when conditions line up**. On the reef and wreck side, the bait stealers are usually active, and around the bridges and channels the **tarpon and snook** are the headline fish. In the flats and bay edges, **trout and jacks** can chew well when the bait is moving.

If you want the **best lures**, keep it simple:

- **Soft plastic jerk shads**

- **Paddle tails**

- **Topwater plugs** at dawn

- **Shrimp imitations**

- **Small bucktails** for moving water

For **bait**, the reliable plays are:

- **Live shrimp**

- **Pilchards**

- **Pinfish**

- **Small crabs** for permit

- **Cut bait** when snapper are picky

A good local approach is to match the baitfish, keep the presentation natural, and stay patient around structure. If the water is clear, go lighter and quieter. If it’s stained, upsize a bit and show them something with flash or vibration.

A couple of **hot spots** to check:

- **Government Cut and nearby bridge shadow lines** for tarpon, snook, jacks, and bait activity

- **Florida Keys bridge channels and cut-throughs** for moving-water action, especially on tide changes

- **Bay edges and mangrove points** for snapper and snook when the wind stays manageable

If I were picking one pattern for today, I’d start **early on live shrimp or a paddle tail near moving water**, then switch to **topwater or a jerk shad** as the light comes up. Watch for bait getting nervous, birds working, and any slick current seams—those are the tells.

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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your South Florida salt report from the Upper Keys down toward Miami.

We’ve got a classic early-summer pattern setting up. Light southeast breeze early, building to 10–15 knots by afternoon, with a chance of those pop-up thunderstorms over the bay and mainland. Humidity’s up, air temps running mid‑70s at first light, pushing into the high 80s by midday. Seas outside the reef are a light chop, a little tighter where that wind pushes against the tide.

Sunrise is right around six‑fifteen this morning, sunset about eight‑fifteen this evening, so you’ve got nice long low‑light windows. Those first two hours after sunrise and the last two before sunset are your money shots, especially with the heat driving fish deeper by midday.

Tides around the Upper Keys and Biscayne Bay are on a moderate cycle. Expect an incoming tide mid‑morning pushing clean ocean water over the flats, then an afternoon fall that’ll drain the mangroves and potholes. Fish that moving water—don’t waste time on slack.

Inshore, the flats game has been strong. Guides out of Islamorada and Key Largo are reporting good bonefish numbers on the oceanside flats on the flood, with several boats seeing half‑a‑dozen shots and putting two to three fish in the boat on a tide. Permit have been cruising the edges and deeper flats; not big schools, but enough singles and pairs to keep you honest. Tarpon are still around the bridges and deep channels, but they’re getting educated—figure a hookup or two if you stick with it.

Around Miami and Biscayne Bay, the night and predawn bridge bite has been producing tarpon and snook, with a mix of jack crevalle and the odd mangrove snapper. Offshore, charter captains off the Keys have been plugging away at schoolie mahi, blackfin tuna around the humps, and a few sailfish for boats putting in the time on the edge.

Best lures and baits right now:

- For bones and permit: small skimmer jigs and flats jigs in shrimp or crab patterns, 1/8 to 1/4 oz; live shrimp and small blue crabs if you’re soaking bait.

- For tarpon: 5–7 inch soft plastics on a heavy jighead, silver or greenback patterns, plus big swimbaits slow‑rolled in the shadow lines; live mullet or crabs still king.

- For snook and jacks: white or chartreuse bucktail jigs, paddle‑tail swimbaits, and topwater plugs at first light.

- Offshore: small feather skirts, trolling plugs, and chunked ballyhoo for mahi and tuna.

A couple of hot spots to circle:

- The channels and flats around Channel 5 and Channel 2 bridges—tarpon at dawn and dusk, plus mixed snapper on the edges during moving water.

- Biscayne Bay oceanside flats south of Key Biscayne down toward Elliott Key—bones on the higher water and cruising permit on the drops.

Fish early, fish late, follow that moving tide, and keep an eye on the sky for those afternoon boomers.

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