September 6, 2025 • 3 mins
Good morning from the Florida Keys—it’s Artificial Lure here with your sunrise fishing report for Saturday, September 6, 2025.
First light hit the water at 7:10 AM and we've got a gorgeous day lining up across the Islands. Tidal swings will be strong today—Key West is seeing a low tide at 2:38 AM, high around 9:30 AM at 2.3 feet, another low at 3:49 PM, and a final high as the sun goes down at 10:21 PM. These healthy tides mean strong currents, so expect fish to be moving and feeding, especially around peak times, according to Tide-Forecast.com. Sunset tonight is 7:40 PM, with the moon on the rise just after 7.
Weather’s classic late Keys summer—air temp starting in the upper 70s rising to high 80s, with light southeast breezes, mostly sunny, and only a slim chance of passing showers. Water clarity out on the reef is solid, with that green-blue snap you want for both offshore and inshore action.
The offshore bite is still red hot. According to The Inside Scoop with Boat Buyers Beware, boats out of Islamorada and Marathon reported solid dolphin (mahi-mahi) action in the 400–800 ft. range, with scattered big blackfin tuna showing just outside the deep edge. Trolled rigged ballyhoo and small pink or blue skirted lures worked best, especially early before the sun gets too high. Deep droppers off the ledge in 1,200–1,600 feet have also scored some swordfish for determined crews—never a guarantee, but the reward is always worth trying. The daytime swordfishing tech pioneered by Bud N' Mary’s crew is the benchmark out here, and there are still a handful of broadbill catches being logged most weeks.
On the reefs and patch coral, the mangrove snapper bite is excellent right now. Channel edges and rock piles in 25–70 feet are giving up limits to folks using live pinfish, pilchards, or fresh-cut baits. A 1/2 oz jighead with a live shrimp is getting smoked by yellowtails and the occasional grouper. If you’re aiming for fun and a fight, sharks and the odd cobia have been shadowing these schools—toss out a livie or a big chunk bait under a float and hold on.
Backcountry and bridge fishing is outstanding at dawn and dusk. The Islamorada Daily Fishing Report notes strong tides pushing bait with tarpon and snook hunting the shadow lines of Channel 5 and Channel 2 bridges—drifting live mullet, pinfish, or crabs is putting big silver kings in the air and snook in the net. Bonefish and permit are tailing on hard sand flats during the incoming tide mid-morning; rig up with a light spinning rod or fly, small pink or natural jigs, or a live shrimp for best results.
If you’re looking for a spot to start, head to Alligator Reef Light for consistent snapper and the occasional pelagic passing by, or hit the channels around Lower Matecumbe for bridge tarpon and mixed-bag snappers on the turn of the tide. Up north, Key Largo patch reefs are holding good numbers of lane snapper and grunts, with some rooster-sized yellowtail on the deeper patches.
For bait, it's hard to beat live pilchards or mullet right now, but fresh-cut ballyhoo is a close second. Artificial lures in white or chartreuse, as well as silver spoons and bucktail jigs, are getting steady attention, especially early and late in the day. Offshore, rigged ballyhoo with skirted lures is still king for mahi and tuna.
Thanks for tuning in to your Florida Keys fishing report—tight lines out there, and don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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First light hit the water at 7:10 AM and we've got a gorgeous day lining up across the Islands. Tidal swings will be strong today—Key West is seeing a low tide at 2:38 AM, high around 9:30 AM at 2.3 feet, another low at 3:49 PM, and a final high as the sun goes down at 10:21 PM. These healthy tides mean strong currents, so expect fish to be moving and feeding, especially around peak times, according to Tide-Forecast.com. Sunset tonight is 7:40 PM, with the moon on the rise just after 7.
Weather’s classic late Keys summer—air temp starting in the upper 70s rising to high 80s, with light southeast breezes, mostly sunny, and only a slim chance of passing showers. Water clarity out on the reef is solid, with that green-blue snap you want for both offshore and inshore action.
The offshore bite is still red hot. According to The Inside Scoop with Boat Buyers Beware, boats out of Islamorada and Marathon reported solid dolphin (mahi-mahi) action in the 400–800 ft. range, with scattered big blackfin tuna showing just outside the deep edge. Trolled rigged ballyhoo and small pink or blue skirted lures worked best, especially early before the sun gets too high. Deep droppers off the ledge in 1,200–1,600 feet have also scored some swordfish for determined crews—never a guarantee, but the reward is always worth trying. The daytime swordfishing tech pioneered by Bud N' Mary’s crew is the benchmark out here, and there are still a handful of broadbill catches being logged most weeks.
On the reefs and patch coral, the mangrove snapper bite is excellent right now. Channel edges and rock piles in 25–70 feet are giving up limits to folks using live pinfish, pilchards, or fresh-cut baits. A 1/2 oz jighead with a live shrimp is getting smoked by yellowtails and the occasional grouper. If you’re aiming for fun and a fight, sharks and the odd cobia have been shadowing these schools—toss out a livie or a big chunk bait under a float and hold on.
Backcountry and bridge fishing is outstanding at dawn and dusk. The Islamorada Daily Fishing Report notes strong tides pushing bait with tarpon and snook hunting the shadow lines of Channel 5 and Channel 2 bridges—drifting live mullet, pinfish, or crabs is putting big silver kings in the air and snook in the net. Bonefish and permit are tailing on hard sand flats during the incoming tide mid-morning; rig up with a light spinning rod or fly, small pink or natural jigs, or a live shrimp for best results.
If you’re looking for a spot to start, head to Alligator Reef Light for consistent snapper and the occasional pelagic passing by, or hit the channels around Lower Matecumbe for bridge tarpon and mixed-bag snappers on the turn of the tide. Up north, Key Largo patch reefs are holding good numbers of lane snapper and grunts, with some rooster-sized yellowtail on the deeper patches.
For bait, it's hard to beat live pilchards or mullet right now, but fresh-cut ballyhoo is a close second. Artificial lures in white or chartreuse, as well as silver spoons and bucktail jigs, are getting steady attention, especially early and late in the day. Offshore, rigged ballyhoo with skirted lures is still king for mahi and tuna.
Thanks for tuning in to your Florida Keys fishing report—tight lines out there, and don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning from the Forur to Keys. It's artificial lure.
Here with your sunrise fishing report for Saturday, September sixth,
twenty twenty five. First light hit the water at seven
ten am, and we've got a gorgeous day lining up
across the islands. Tidal swings will be strong today. Key
West is seeing a low tide at two thirty eight am,
high around nine thirty am at two point three feet,
(00:20):
another low at three forty nine pm, and final high
as the sun goes down at ten twenty one pm.
These healthy tides mean strong currents, so expect fish to
be moving and feeding, especially around peak times. According to
tide forecast dot com, sunset tonight is seven forty pm,
with the moon on the rise just after seven. Weather's
classic late Key summer air temperature starting in the upper
(00:43):
seventies rising to high eighties with light southeast breezes, mostly
sunny and only a slim chance of passing showers. Water
clarity out on the reef is solid, with that green
blue snap you want for both offshore and inshore action.
The offshore bite is still red hot to the inside
scoop with boat buyers beware boats out of Islamorada and
(01:04):
Marathon reported solid dolphin Mahai mahdi action in the four
hundred to eight hundred feet range, with scattered big black
fintuna showing just outside the deep edge. Trolled rig balahu
and small pink or blue skirted lures work best, especially
early before the sun gets too high. Deep droppers off
the ledge in one thousand, two hundred one thousand, six
(01:25):
hundred feet have also scored some swordfish for determined crews.
Never a guarantee, but the reward is always worth trying.
The daytime swordfish and tech pioneered by Bud nay Mary's
Crew is the benchmark out here, and there are still
a handful of broad bill catches being logged most weeks
on the recent patch coral. The mangrove snapper bite is
(01:46):
excellent right now. Channel edges and rock piles from twenty
five to seventy feet are giving up limits to folks
using live penfish, pilchards or fresh cut baits. A one
half ounce jighead with a live shrimp is getting smoked
by yellowtails and the occasional grouper. If you're eating for
fun in a fight sharks in the odd kobia have
(02:06):
been shadowing these schools. Toss out a livy or a
big chunk bait under a float and hold on. Backcountry
and ridge fishing is outstanding at dawn and dusk. DII Islamoran.
A daily fishing report notes strong tides pushing bait with
tarpin and snook hunting the shadow lines of Channel five
and Channel two bridges. Drifting live mullet, pinfish or crabs
(02:28):
is putting big silver kings in the air and snoke
in the net. Bonefish and permit are tailing on hard
sand flats during the incoming tide. Mid morning. Rig up
with a light spinning rod or fly, small pink or
natural jigs, or a live shrimp for best results. If
you're looking for a spot to start, head to Alligator
(02:48):
reef light for consistent snapper and the occasional pelagic passing
by or hit the channels around lower may to come
for bridge tarpin and mixed bag snappers on the turn
of the tide. North Key Largo patreefs are holding good
numbers of lane snapper and grunts, with some rooster sized
yellowtail on the deeper patches. For bait, it's hard to
(03:08):
beat live pilchards or mullet right now, but fresh cut
Bally who is a close second. Artificial lures in white
or chartreuse, as well as silver spoons and bucktail jigs
are getting steady attention, especially early and late in the day.
Offshore rig Bally who with skirted lures is still king
for mahe and tuna. Thanks for tuning in to your
(03:30):
Forda Keys Fishing Report. Tight lines out there, and don't
forget to subscribe for daily updates. This has been a
quiet please production. For more checkout quiet please dot ai
Good morning from the Forur to Keys. It's artificial lure.
Here with your sunrise fishing report for Saturday, September sixth,
twenty twenty five. First light hit the water at seven
ten am, and we've got a gorgeous day lining up
across the islands. Tidal swings will be strong today. Key
West is seeing a low tide at two thirty eight am,
high around nine thirty am at two point three feet,
(00:20):
another low at three forty nine pm, and final high
as the sun goes down at ten twenty one pm.
These healthy tides mean strong currents, so expect fish to
be moving and feeding, especially around peak times. According to
tide forecast dot com, sunset tonight is seven forty pm,
with the moon on the rise just after seven. Weather's
classic late Key summer air temperature starting in the upper
(00:43):
seventies rising to high eighties with light southeast breezes, mostly
sunny and only a slim chance of passing showers. Water
clarity out on the reef is solid, with that green
blue snap you want for both offshore and inshore action.
The offshore bite is still red hot to the inside
scoop with boat buyers beware boats out of Islamorada and
(01:04):
Marathon reported solid dolphin Mahai mahdi action in the four
hundred to eight hundred feet range, with scattered big black
fintuna showing just outside the deep edge. Trolled rig balahu
and small pink or blue skirted lures work best, especially
early before the sun gets too high. Deep droppers off
the ledge in one thousand, two hundred one thousand, six
(01:25):
hundred feet have also scored some swordfish for determined crews.
Never a guarantee, but the reward is always worth trying.
The daytime swordfish and tech pioneered by Bud nay Mary's
Crew is the benchmark out here, and there are still
a handful of broad bill catches being logged most weeks
on the recent patch coral. The mangrove snapper bite is
(01:46):
excellent right now. Channel edges and rock piles from twenty
five to seventy feet are giving up limits to folks
using live penfish, pilchards or fresh cut baits. A one
half ounce jighead with a live shrimp is getting smoked
by yellowtails and the occasional grouper. If you're eating for
fun in a fight sharks in the odd kobia have
(02:06):
been shadowing these schools. Toss out a livy or a
big chunk bait under a float and hold on. Backcountry
and ridge fishing is outstanding at dawn and dusk. DII Islamoran.
A daily fishing report notes strong tides pushing bait with
tarpin and snook hunting the shadow lines of Channel five
and Channel two bridges. Drifting live mullet, pinfish or crabs
(02:28):
is putting big silver kings in the air and snoke
in the net. Bonefish and permit are tailing on hard
sand flats during the incoming tide. Mid morning. Rig up
with a light spinning rod or fly, small pink or
natural jigs, or a live shrimp for best results. If
you're looking for a spot to start, head to Alligator
(02:48):
reef light for consistent snapper and the occasional pelagic passing
by or hit the channels around lower may to come
for bridge tarpin and mixed bag snappers on the turn
of the tide. North Key Largo patreefs are holding good
numbers of lane snapper and grunts, with some rooster sized
yellowtail on the deeper patches. For bait, it's hard to
(03:08):
beat live pilchards or mullet right now, but fresh cut
Bally who is a close second. Artificial lures in white
or chartreuse, as well as silver spoons and bucktail jigs
are getting steady attention, especially early and late in the day.
Offshore rig Bally who with skirted lures is still king
for mahe and tuna. Thanks for tuning in to your
(03:30):
Forda Keys Fishing Report. Tight lines out there, and don't
forget to subscribe for daily updates. This has been a
quiet please production. For more checkout quiet please dot ai
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