Keys and Miami Fishing Report - June 2025

Artificial Lure here with your Florida Keys and Miami fishing report for June 20, 2025. Sunrise greeted us right at 6:29 AM, with the sun hanging on until about 8:13 PM. Tides are running classic summer patterns—an early morning high around 3:30 AM, dropping out mid-morning, and pushing back in by early afternoon. That sets us up perfectly for both inshore and offshore action through the heart of the day. Water temps are sitting in that sweet mid-80s range, with southeast breezes staying light, so the ocean’s been pretty calm and welcoming—prime conditions for both flats and bluewater anglers. Offshore, mahi mahi are absolutely the highlight right now. Schools are showing strong out past the edge, anywhere from 8–15 miles out, and catches have been hot—most boats are putting 10 to 20 mahi on ice per trip. Average size ranges from 5 to 15 pounds, but just this past week, a monster 57-pound bull was landed off Miami, sight-fished under birds with a live cigar minnow. The best bets have been a mix of trolling rigged ballyhoo or squid, and then switching to pitching live baits once you find the school. Look for birds, weedlines, and floating debris to dial in your search. Blackfin and skipjack tuna are popping up around offshore humps and floating structure, hitting small feathers and live pilchards. You might even bump into a wahoo or the occasional tripletail if you’re working the debris right. Inshore and on the patch reefs, bottom fishers are reporting steady action with mutton snapper and lane snapper, especially around Big Pine and Marathon wrecks. Drop down live pinfish, ballyhoo chunks, or jigs tipped with squid to get in on the bite. Permit have been active on the flats and channel edges—live crabs are your gold standard, but an artificials angler can do well with a well-placed DOA Shrimp or a soft plastic jig. On the flats, it’s game on for permit, bonefish, and big barracuda. DOA Shrimp, Baitbusters, and soft paddle tails are top picks for spooky fish in clear water. For tarpon, nothing beats an unweighted Hogy eel, especially at dawn and dusk along bridges and channel mouths. Don’t forget wire leader if you run into toothy critters—there are still some big cudas and sharks prowling the shallows. A couple of hot spots to circle in your chart: The Islamorada Humps offshore are producing consistent mahi and tuna, while Tennessee Reef and the flats around Key Largo are holding impressive numbers of permit and bonefish. Local bridges like Channel Five and Seven Mile are always worth a look at sunrise or sunset for rolling tarpon. That’s the word around the dock. Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe for weekly updates, tips, and hot spots straight from the Keys. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.