Florida Keys Fishing Report: Snook, Redfish, and Yellowtail Snapper Action

Good morning anglers, Artificial Lure here, coming to you live with today’s fishing report from the heart of the Florida Keys, Sunday, September 14th, 2025.

Let’s kick it off with the **tide and solar conditions.** We’re seeing a moderate tidal swing right now. According to Tide-Forecast.com, Summerland Key experiences a high tide around 2:48AM at 1.49 feet, a low tide at 11:15AM sitting just above zero at 0.18 feet, another smaller high at 5:27PM at 0.76 feet, and the final low at 9:46PM at 0.58 feet. **Sunrise hit at 7:11AM**, and you’ll have daylight till sunset at 7:30PM, so there’s plenty of time to fish the changing water depths.

Weather is sitting pretty this morning—warm, lightly breezy, and with typical late summer humidity. Skies are predicted to stay partly cloudy with a slight chance of afternoon showers, which is pretty standard this time of year. Winds are SSE at about 10 knots—excellent for both flats and offshore action.

Now, **fish activity and catch reports.** Recent days have been classic September action. According to the Daily Fish Report for Florida Keys, the **Snook and Redfish bite has been strong in the backcountry**, with many boats reporting double-digit catches in the shallows near grassy banks and mangrove islands. **Yellowtail Snapper** are schooling in good numbers over patch reefs and edges of Hawk Channel, especially on moving tides early and late in the day.

There’s also been a **solid run of Jack Crevalle** near Egmont Key—those bruisers are always willing to hit flashy lures and topwater plugs, especially in frenzied baitfish schools, as Epic Florida Fishing showcased last week. Offshore, King Mackerel and a few Blackfin Tuna have made appearances around the outer reef edges, especially near deep wrecks and drop-offs.

In Marathon, spiny lobster hauls have remained fair, but labor and market news are affecting some commercial crews. Still, recreational divers have had luck in the shallows, especially at slack low tides when these bugs move out of holes for a feed. Locally caught lobster is a treat—remember those closed seasons and legal sizes!

**Best lures and bait right now:**
- For snook and redfish, use soft plastic paddle tails in root beer or chartreuse, rigged weedless for tight structure. Live pinfish or shrimp under popping corks are also dependable.
- Yellowtail snapper are responding to cut squid and silversides on light tackle and chum slicks. Try small jigs tipped with fresh bait.
- Offshore, troll deep-diver plugs in blue or chrome for kingfish, and vertical jigs for tuna.
- Jacks love noisy topwaters or flashy spoons—just cast into the school and hold on.
- If you’re after lobster, stink bait or pigfish scraps in your bully net or lobster trap will draw them out.

**Hot spots today:**
- The **Channel Two Bridge area** at Lower Matecumbe Key is producing snook, redfish, and snapper, especially around tide turns.
- **Hawk Channel patch reefs** for yellowtail snapper and muttons, plus the occasional grouper.
- The **flats around Big Pine Key and Summerland Key** for early morning tailing bonefish and permit—get your crab patterns or live shrimp ready.

Remember, fishing is always best around high solunar activity, but with today’s lower coefficients, focus on the peak tide shifts for action. Be safe on the water and keep an eye out for pop-up storms.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, anglers. Artificial lure here coming to you live
with today's fishing report from the heart of the Florida Keys, Sunday,
September fourteenth, twenty twenty five. Let's kick it off with
the tide and solar conditions. We're seeing a moderate tidle
swing right now. According to tide forecast dot com, summerlin

(00:20):
Key experience is a high tide around two forty eight
AM at one point four to nine feet, a low
tie at eleven fifteen AM sitting just above zero at
zero point one eight feet, another smaller high at five
twenty seven PM at zero point seven six feet, and
the final low at nine forty six PM at zero

(00:40):
point five eight feet. Sunrise hit at seven eleven AM,
and you'll have daylight till sunset at seven thirty pm,
so there's plenty of time to fish the changing water depths.
Weather is sitting pretty this morning, warm, lightly brazy, and
with typical late summer humidity. Skies are predicted to stay
partly class with a slight chance of afternoon showers, which

(01:03):
is pretty standard this time of year. Winds ore Ssee
had about ten knots, excellent for both flats and offshore
action now fish activity and catch reports. Recent days have
been classic September action. According to the Daily Fish Report
for Florida Keys. The snook and redfish bite has been
strong in the back country, with many boats reporting double

(01:26):
digit catches in the shallows near Grassy Banks and Mangrove Islands.
Yellowtail snapper are schooling in good numbers over patch reefs
and edges of Hawk Channel, especially on moving tides early
and late in the day. There's also been a solid
run of jack cravall near Egmont Key. Those bruisers are
always willing to hit flashy lures and top water plugs,

(01:48):
especially in frenzy baitfish schools as Epic Florida Fishing Showcase
last week. Offshore king mackerel and a few blackfintuner have
made appearances around the outer reef edges, especially near deep
wrecks and drop offs. The fifth of the Bleach is
exciting to the jack cravall. In Marathon. Spiny lobster haulls
have remained fair, but labor and market news are affecting

(02:11):
some commercial crews. Still, recreational divers have had luck in
the shallows, especially at slack low tides when these bugs
move out of holes for a feed. Locally caught lobster
is a treat. Remember those closed seasons and legal sizes.
Best lures and bait right now. For snook and redfish,
use soft plastic paddle tails and root beer or chartreuse

(02:34):
rigged weedless for tight structure. Yellowtail snapper are responding to
cut squid and silversides on light tackle and chump slicks.
Try small jigs tipped with fresh bait. Offshore troll, deep
diver plugs and blue or chrome for kingfish, and vertical
jags for tuna. Jacks love noisy top waters or flashy spoons.

(02:57):
Just cast into the school and hold on. You're after lobster.
Stink bait or pigfish. Scraps in your bully net or
lobster trap will draw them out hotspots. Today the Channel
two bridge area at Lower May toicom Key is producing snook,
redfish and snapper, especially around Tige Turns Hawk Channel. Patch

(03:18):
reefs for yellowtail, snapper and muttons, plus the occasional grouper.
The flats around Big Pine Key and Summerland Key for
early morning tailing, bonefish and permit. Get your crad patterns
or live shrimp ready. Remember fishing is always best around
high soul interactivity, but with today's lower coefficients, focus on

(03:39):
the peak tide shifts for action. Be safe on the water,
and keep an eye out for pop up storms. Thanks
for tuning in. Don't forget to subscribe for daily reports
and local tips. This has been a quiet Please production.
For more check out Quiet Please dot ai