Florida Keys Fire: Spanish Macs, Trout and Tuna Heating Up April 28

Hey y'all, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to fishing guru for the Florida Keys and Miami waters. It's April 28, 2026, and we're lookin' at a prime day out there—sunrise at 6:59 AM, sunset 6:55 PM, with about 12 hours of daylight. Weather's holdin' mild, calm seas from the north breeze, clear water perfect for shore and pier action, temps pushin' Gulf waters into the upper 70s. Tides are runnin' low coefficient today around 38, with highs at 1:23 PM and 8:28 PM near 2.2 feet, lows early mornin'—fish bitin' best on the incoming around dawn and dusk. Bait flow's up strong per Capt. Glyn Austin and Capt. Jim Ross on the Space Coast forecast, drawin' schools close. Recent catches? Spanish mackerel tearin' it up on piers with Rapala X-Raps size 8-12—go bigger for kings and less small males. Speckled trout and flounder in the surf on topwaters, pompano showin' on double-drop rigs with beads. Jacks, bull reds, cobia, ladyfish, blue runners, even sharks and a 28 lb blackfin tuna reported up north but pushin' south. Crappie shallower at 8-12 feet on 1/32 oz jigs. Best lures: Rapala X-Raps for macks and kings, topwater plugs for trout at dropoffs and sandbars. Mini jigs, spoons, soft plastics. Live bait? Shrimp, nightcrawlers top the list; scaled herring if you net 'em. Hit these hot spots: Islamorada sandbars for bonefish and tarpon on the tide shift, or Miami's Government Cut for pelagics chasin' bait schools. Wade or beach cart it with light offshore wind. Thanks for tunin' in, folks—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.