Florida Keys & Miami Fishing Report: Mahi, Tuna, Snapper, and More!

Artificial Lure coming to you with your September 6th fishing report for the Florida Keys and Miami area. It’s early fall but it still feels like summer out there, and the bite is on. Here’s what you need to know to get on some fish today.

Let’s talk tides: In Key West, low tide hit at 2:38 a.m., with high tide rolling in at 9:30 a.m., followed by another low around 3:49 and a high just before 10:30 tonight, according to Tide-Forecast.com. Sunrise is at 7:10 a.m., sunset at 7:40 p.m. That means you want to focus your efforts on the moving water of that morning incoming tide for best results, especially near passes and creek mouths.

Weather-wise, we’re seeing gentle south to southwesterly winds, 5 to 10 knots through the day, with seas staying friendly at 1 to 2 feet. But heads up: the National Weather Service out of Key West notes chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms, so pack that rain gear and keep an eye on the sky. Otherwise, it’s classic humid Keys weather—hot, breezy, and plenty fishy.

The action offshore has really picked up—Mahi-mahi and blackfin tuna have been moving in strong past the edge, with multiple reports in the last few days of boats limiting in less than three hours, according to the Islamorada, Florida Daily Fishing Report. Look for birds, weedlines, or floating debris in 500 to 1200 feet, and throw out small purple-and-black trolling feathers or rigged ballyhoo for the mahi. Tuna have been slamming live pilchards and butterfly jigs at the humps.

Back inshore, mangrove snapper are chewing on the patch reefs and around bridges, especially on the rising tide. Use cut shrimp or pilchard chunks on light wire hooks for mangroves. Tarpon are stacked up near the bridges at night, hitting live mullet and big swimbaits. Early morning and late evening are still good for bonefish on the flats—go stealthy with small shrimp or gulp peeler crabs.

Up in Miami, the beaches and inlets are giving up snook and the occasional tarpon after last week’s moon. Try artificial paddle tails and flair hawk jigs around Haulover and Government Cut after dark for best results. Daytime, focus on the surf for snook and blue runners with live pilchards or croakers.

What about bait and lures? Offshore, rigged ballyhoo and small trolling feathers in pink, purple, or blue are getting plenty of looks. Butterfly jigs are crushing blackfin tuna. Inshore, live shrimp or pilchards remain king, but soft plastic jerkbaits and topwater plugs like Super Spooks are making big snook commit early and late.

For the fly anglers, bonefish have been active on the oceanside flats around Islamorada and Lower Matecumbe, especially during that mid-morning moving tide. Small tan or pink shrimp patterns with a slow strip have been the ticket.

Hot spots today:
- The Islamorada Hump for tuna and mahi-mahi, especially with the tides moving mid-morning.
- Snake Creek and Channel 2 bridges—night tarpon and mangrove snapper.
- Biscayne Bay flats, particularly off Matheson Hammock and Stiltsville, for shots at bones and permit on the last of the incoming tide.

Conditions are shaping up for a banner day. Be safe if storms roll in, hydrate out there, and stay ready for a bite on every cast.

That’s your Florida Keys and Miami fishing fix for Saturday, September 6th. Thanks for tuning in! 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore. Coming to you with your September sixth fishing
report for the Florida Keys in Miami area. It's early fall,
but it still feels like summer up there and the
bite is on. Here's what you need to know to
get on some fish today. Let's talk tides. In Key West.
Low tide hit at two thirty eight am, with high
tide rolling in at nine thirty am, followed by another

(00:22):
low around three forty nine and a high just before
ten thirty tonight. According to tide forecast dot Com, sunrise
is at seven ten am, sunset at seven forty pm.
That means you want to focus your efforts on the
moving water of that morning incoming tide for best results,
especially near passes and treek mouse. Weatherwise, we're seeing gentle

(00:44):
south to southwesterly winds five to ten knots through the day,
with seas staying friendly at one to two feet. But
heads up. The National Weather Service out of Key West
notes chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms, so pack that
reindeer and keep an eye on the sky. Otherwise, it's
classic humid Keys weather, cot breezy, and plenty fishy. The

(01:07):
action offshore has really picked up. Mohami, nai and black
fintuna had been moving in strong past the edge, with
multiple reports in the last few days of boats limiting
in less than three hours. According to the Islamorada Florida
Daily Fishing Report, look for birds, reed lines or floating
debris in five hundred to one two hundred feet and

(01:28):
throw out small purple and black trolling feathers or rig
ballyhoo for the Mahi tuna have been slamming live pilchards
and butterfly jigs at the humps. Back in shore, mangrove
snapper are chewing on the patch reefs and around bridges,
especially on the rising tide. Use cut shrimp or pilchered
chunks on light wire hooks for mangroves. Tarpin are stacked

(01:50):
up near the bridges at night, hitting live mullet and
big swin. Baits. Early morning and late evening are still
good for bonefish on the flats. Go stealthy with small
shrimp or gope peeler crabs up. In Miami, the beaches
and inlets are giving up snook and the occasional tarpin
after last week's moon. Try artificial paddle tails and flare

(02:11):
hawk jigs. A try artificial paddle tails around Haulover and
Government Cut after dark for best results. Daytime focus on
the surf for snook and blue runners with live pilchards
or croakers. What about bait and lures offshore rig ballyhoo
and small trolling feathers in pink, purple or blue are
getting plenty of looks. Butterfly jigs are crushing black fintuna inshore,

(02:35):
Live shrimp or pilchards remain king, but soft plastic jerk
baits and top water plugs like super spooks are making
big snooke, commit early and wait for the fly. Anglers.
Bonefish have been active on the ocean side flats around
the Islamorada and lower Mattuckam, especially during that mid morning
moving tide. Small tan or pink shrimp patters with a

(02:57):
slow strip have been the ticket hotspot today. The Islam
morda hump for tuna and mami, especially with the tides
moving mid morning. Snake crake and Channel two bridges night
tarpin and mangroves napper this game. Bay flax, particularly off
Matheson Hammock and Stiltsville for shots at bones and permit
on the last of the incoming tide. Conditions are shaping

(03:18):
up for a banner day. Be safe if storms, roll in,
hydrate out there, and stay ready for a bite on
every cast. That's your Florida, Keys and Miami fishing fix
for Saturday, September sixth. Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget
to subscribe for daily updates. This has been a quiet
please production. For more check out Quiet Please dot ai