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Beach Access #4 Snorkel Reef 1

30.39°N · 86.62°W

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
68
Fair
Tide
0.9 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
12 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
2 ft @ 4 s SE
Air temp
73°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
81% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 68 Fair. Tide 0.9ft Falling ▼. Current -1.5kn Ebb. Wind 12kn E G19. Sea 2 ft @ 4 s SE Easy. Air 73.2°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Sheepshead
Retention open
Daily limit
8 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 12"
Gear
Legal gear: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Illegal: multiple hooks used with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum size 12 in total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. State regulations extend into federal waters. Special regulations apply in Biscayne National Park (not applicable to this area).
Other species here
Common Snook Retention openRed Drum Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openSpotted Seatrout Retention openGray Snapper Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Panhandle Region · synced today

Seasonality

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When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~8 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

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STRUCTURE
Artificial Reef

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About Beach Access #4 Snorkel Reef 1

Beach Access #4 Snorkel Reef 1 is an artificial reef off the Destin shoreline in the Panhandle region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Spanish Mackerel run here from March through October, and anglers target them by trolling small spoons and diving plugs or by casting metal jigs and gotcha plugs to breaking fish. The reef structure holds Gray Snapper from May through August, and bottom fishing with live shrimp or live pinfish works them tight to the reef. Sheepshead stack on the reef from January through March and respond to fiddler crabs and sand fleas fished on the bottom. Spotted Seatrout peak in March–April and October–November, Red Drum move through from September through November, and Common Snook round out the reef's species mix.

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