This is Artificial Lure, checking in with your Komodo fishing report. Around Komodo today we’ve had classic dry‑season conditions: steady southeast trade wind, about 10–15 knots, with air temps sitting in the low 30s Celsius in the afternoon and dropping into the mid‑20s at night. Skies mostly clear with the odd passing cloud band, good visibility, and a bit of afternoon chop on the more exposed straits. Sun popped up early over the islands, just after 6 in the morning, and slid behind the ridges a little after 6 in the evening. That gave us long, bright days but the real action has hugged the low‑light windows around dawn and dusk, when the bait pushes tight to the current lines and reef edges. Tides around Komodo today have been running moderate, with a morning incoming building good pressure on the corners and passes, then easing into a softer outgoing in the afternoon. On the flood, current lines have been clean and defined, perfect for working poppers and stickbaits over the edges. On the ebb, deeper jig bites have picked up as the water slowed. Fish activity has been solid. Inshore, the reef grounds have produced good numbers of **coral trout**, **sweetlips**, and **emperors**, with a few mid‑sized **GTs** cruising the drop‑offs. The bluewater edges and current-swept points have turned up **yellowfin tuna**, **Spanish mackerel**, **dogtooth tuna**, and the odd **wahoo**. Boats working the passes reported schools of **trevally**, **rainbow runners**, and plenty of bait showers through the morning run‑in. Catch reports from the last couple of days have been encouraging: mixed bags of reef fish for the eskies, a handful of GTs in the 10–25 kilo bracket released boatside, yellowfin into the mid‑teens, and doggies to around 20 kilos for those jigging deeper ledges. Bottom fishers soaking bait in 30–60 meters have picked up snapper and grouper steadily when the current has backed off. Lure choice has mattered. For topwater, medium to large **poppers** in natural baitfish or darker profiles, and **floating stickbaits** in blue‑silver or brown‑back patterns have been doing damage on GTs, mackerel, and tuna. Subsurface, 40–80 gram **metal jigs** and **slow‑pitch jigs** in pink, blue, and glow have been producing dogtooth and reef species when worked along the drop‑offs. Around the reefs, 4–6 inch **soft plastics** on 1/2 to 1 oz jigheads in white, chartreuse, and shrimp patterns have been consistent on trout and emperors. For bait, the standouts have been **fresh small squid**, **scad**, and **sardines**, either drifted lightly weighted along the current edges or dropped down to the reef in 40–70 meters. Live bait slow‑trolled along the reef faces has raised the bigger GTs and mackerel, especially on the stronger parts of the tide. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: - The **current-swept corners on the north side of Komodo**, where the main flow hits the reef and forms big pressure waves. Work topwater on the front edge at first light, then switch to jigs as the sun climbs. - The **passes and channels between Komodo and the smaller surrounding islands**, especially where the bottom jumps from 30 down to 70–100 meters. These spots are holding dogtooth and snapper on the ledges, with trevally patrolling the upper water when the bait stacks up. Fish smart: time your sessions around the turn and build of the tide, keep an eye on the current lines, and match your approach to the flow. When the water is racing, go heavy and deep; when it eases, throw surface and lighter mid‑water offerings. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more fishing reports and on‑water insight. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
