Florida Keys & Miami Fishing Report: Snapper, Trout, Dolphin Bite Strong This Weekend

Artificial Lure checking in with your Florida Keys and Miami area fishing report for Saturday, September 13, 2025—it’s prime time to hit the water, folks. Sunrise was 7:13am, and sunset’s at 7:33pm, giving you more than 12 hours of solid daylight to wet a line. Tidal activity today is moderate, with the morning’s low tide around 8:25am, high peaking near 2:49pm, and another low at 6:58pm. That means the best bite windows are focused around the moving water before the afternoon[Sand Key Light Tide-Forecast].

Weather’s cooperating: most areas are seeing calm seas and light breezes, with the marine forecast calling for good visibility and wave action settling at less than two feet. There’s no active tropical systems in the region, and red tide conditions are clear as of yesterday, with only background concentrations reported well to the north, so fish kills and irritations aren’t a concern right now[Florida Marine Forecast CapeWeather; FWC Red Tide Report].

Inshore action this week around the upper Keys and Miami has been consistent. Mangrove snapper are stacked up under bridges and structure, with plenty of 12-16 inch keepers coming on pilchards, shrimp, and cut bait. Early risers also found a strong speckled trout bite near grass beds in Biscayne Bay, especially on outgoing tide; Gulp! artificial shrimp on jig heads produced best results.

Moving offshore, dolphin (mahi-mahi) made an appearance on color changes and weed lines 8 to 16 miles out, with rafts of sargassum holding decent schoolies. Trollers using bright green and blue skirted lures picked up three to seven fish per trip, averaging 10-15 pounds. A few boats targeting wrecks off Marathon and Islamorada scored on amberjack and black grouper, mostly on live pinfish and butterfly jigs dropped deep. The night bite for yellowtail snapper is hot off reefs in 50 to 70 feet using cut squid and small jigs with chum.[Local reports, recent catch trends]

Tarpon are still prowling the bridges and channels, especially closer to dusk. These bruisers have been crushing live mullet and DOA Baitbusters, so stock up if you’re after silver kings. The flats around Key Largo and Tavernier are showing redfish and bonefish in skinny water, with soft plastic jerkbaits in white or natural hues drawing strikes. Fly anglers are having luck with shrimp and crab patterns when matched to light fluorocarbon.

If you’re hunting hotspots today, set a course for:
- **Long Key Bridge**: Mangrove snapper, jack crevalle, and occasional tarpon moving through the tide.
- **Alligator Reef (Islamorada)**: Yellowtail on the edge, with grouper and permit working the deeper dropoffs.
- **Government Cut (Miami Beach)**: Good snook and trout action in the mornings, with the occasional flounder and redfish push as the tide falls.

Live bait—pilchards, shrimp, and mullet—is tough to beat, but if you’re casting artificials, go for bright Gulp! paddle tails, Rapala X-Rap minnows, and topwater plugs in bone or silver for maximum effect. Offshore, rig skirted ballyhoo and try trolling with Williamson and Boone lures in green/blue.

It’s a hot September day with stable water and plenty of fish moving, so lace up those boots and enjoy the Florida sun. Whether you’re working docks, reefs, or deep blue, this weekend promises action for everyone.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore. Checking in with your Florida Keys in Miami
area fishing report for Saturday, September thirteenth, twenty twenty five.
It's prime time to hit the water, folks. Sunrise was
seven thirteen am and sunsets at seven thirty pm, giving
you more than twelve hours of solid daylight to wet
a line. Tidal activity today is moderate, with the morning's

(00:23):
low tide around eight twenty five am, high peaking near
two forty nine pm, and another low at six fifty
eight PM. That means the best bite windows are focused
around the moving water before the afternoon sand Key light tide.
Forecast Weather's cooperating. Most areas are seeing calm seas and
light breezes, with the marine forecast calling for good visibility

(00:46):
and wave action settling at less than two feet. There's
no active tropical systems in the region and red tide
conditions are clear as of yesterday, with only background concentrations
reported well to the north, so fish kills and the
irritations aren't a concern right now. Florida Marine Forecast Cape
Weather FWC red tide report inshore action this week around

(01:10):
the Upper Keys and Miami has been consistent mangrove snapper
are stacked up under bridges and structure, with plenty of
twelve to sixteen inch keepers coming on pilchards, shrimp and
cut bait. Early risers also found a strong speckled trout
bite near grass beds in Biscayne Bay, especially on outgoing tide.

(01:31):
Gulp artificial shrimp on jigheads produced best results. Moving offshore,
dolphin my Ma made an appearance on color changes and
weed lines eight to sixteen miles out with rafts of
sargassum holding decent scooys. Trollers using bright green and blue
skirted lures picked up three to seven fish per trip,

(01:53):
averaging ten to fifteen pounds. A few boats targeting wrecks
off Marathon and Islamorada scored on amberjack and black grouper,
mostly on live pinfish and butterfly jigs drop deep the
night bite for yellowtail. The night bite for yellowtail is
hot off reefs and fifty to seventy feet using cut
squid and small jigs with chum tarpin are still prowling

(02:16):
the bridges and channels, especially closer to dusk. These bruisers
have been crushing live mullet and doa bait busters, so
stock up if you're after silver kings. The flats around
Key Largo and Tavernier are showing redfish and bonefish in
skinny water with soft plastic jerk baits in white or

(02:36):
natural hues drawing sykes. Fly anglers are having luck with
shrimp and crab patterns when matched to light fluoral carbon.
If you're hunting hotspots today, set a course four long
key Bridge mangrove, snapper, jack, craval and occasional tarpin moving
through the tide. Alligator, isla, morada, yellowtail on the edge

(03:03):
with grouper and permit working the deeper drop offs by
government cut Miami Beach good snooke and trout action in
the mornings with the occasional flounder and redfish push as
the tide falls. Live bait pilchards, shrimp and mullet is
tough to beat, but if you're casting artificials, go for
bright gope paddle tails, rapalla x rap minnows and top

(03:26):
water plugs in bone or silver for maximum effect. Offshore
rig skirted ballyhu and tri trolling with Williamson and Boone
lures in green blue. It's a hot September day with
stable water and plenty of fish moving, so lace up
those boots and enjoy the Florida sun. Whether you're working docks, reefs,

(03:46):
or deep blue. This weekend promises action for everyone. Thanks
for tuning in. Don't forget to subscribe for weekly updates
and hot tips straight from Artificial Lure. This has been
a quiet please production. For more check out quite please
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