Evening folks, Artificial Lure here with your Sri Lanka coastal fishing rundown. Along most of the island, we’ve had classic southwest–monsoon conditions: warm, humid, and breezy from the southwest, with seas a bit choppy on the west and south coasts and slightly calmer water in the lee of the east and northeast coasts. Expect scattered showers moving through in bands, with clearer spells around the middle of the day and just after sunrise and sunset. Sunrise was just after 5:50 a.m. along the west coast and sunset came in around 6:25 p.m., giving you those tight low‑light windows that have been fishing best. The pre‑dawn grey and the last hour of light have outperformed the bright mid‑day, especially in the clearer water off the east coast. Tidewise, the west and south coasts saw a low early morning, a solid incoming through late morning, and a falling tide into the evening. That pushing mid‑morning tide pushed bait in close around reef edges and river mouths, and that’s when things really switched on. Off Negombo and down toward Colombo, inshore boats trolling the 10–30 m line reported good numbers of school‑size skipjack and yellowfin tuna with the odd mahi mixed in. Most were taken on small diving minnows in blue‑silver and green‑yellow and on simple cedar‑plug style lures pulled a bit faster than normal. A few boats live‑baiting scads around floating debris picked up nicer mahi and a couple of sailfish strikes that didn’t stick. Around Galle and Mirissa, jigging on the offshore reefs produced amberjack, barracuda, and a steady pick of trevally. Anglers working 40–80 g metal jigs in pink, blue, and natural baitfish patterns did well with a fast‑fall, short‑pump retrieve. Live sardines and small fusiliers freelined over the structure were deadly on the bigger GT that moved in when the light dropped. Inshore, the rock points and reefy pockets south of Hikkaduwa gave up good mixed bags: small GT, queenfish, and the odd mangrove jack. Casting medium‑size stickbaits and poppers in white or bone right into the whitewater was the ticket. Those sticking to bait did best with fresh cut sardine and prawn fished on light gear under a small float, especially on the flooding tide. The east coast is starting to shine. Off Trincomalee and Nilaveli, the water’s clearer and slightly calmer. Shore casters working the rocky headlands reported solid queenfish and bluefin trevally on 20–40 g chrome metals and slim minnows worked fast just under the surface. A few lucky anglers tangled with big GT at first light throwing large cup‑faced poppers over reef edges; hookups were brutal and not all fish were landed. Lagoon and estuary anglers around Batticaloa and smaller river mouths found mangrove jack, small barramundi, and estuary cod on live prawns and small mullet fished tight to structure. Soft plastic paddle tails in natural colors, slow‑rolled along the bottom on the last of the incoming tide, produced quiet but quality bites. Right now, the most consistent hot spots: 1. The reef line off Mirissa and Weligama – great for early‑morning trolling and mid‑day jigging for tuna, trevally, and reef species. 2. The rock points and beaches north of Trincomalee – prime for land‑based spinning at dawn and dusk for queenfish, trevally, and the chance of a GT. Best lures today: small to medium diving minnows in blue‑silver, white or bone poppers and stickbaits, and 20–80 g metal jigs in chrome, blue, and pink. Best baits: fresh sardine strips, live or very fresh prawns, and small live baitfish like scad or mullet. That’s your coastal Sri Lanka fishing report from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a trip. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn