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Deer Lake Center Patch Reef

30.29°N · 86.08°W

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
71
Fair
Tide
0.9 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft @ 4 s SE
Air temp
74°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
41% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 71 Fair. Tide 0.9ft Falling ▼. Current -1.5kn Ebb. Wind 10kn E G18. Sea 1.5 ft @ 4 s SE Easy. Air 74.5°.

Why this score

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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
Gag Grouper ClosedCobia Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openKing Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Panhandle Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

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 Deer Lake Center Patch Reef

Deer Lake Center Patch Reef is an artificial reef in the Florida Gulf State Waters of the Panhandle Region, off the coast near Destin, Florida. Cobia move through the area in two peaks, March through June and again in September and October, and sight casting with bucktail jigs, live eels, or soft plastic eels targets fish cruising near the structure. Gag Grouper peak from October through December and respond to bottom fishing with live pinfish, live cigar minnows, or live grunts dropped tight to the reef. Pelagic action runs through the warmer months, with King Mackerel peaking April through October on slow-trolled live cigar minnows or live menhaden, and Spanish Mackerel peaking March through October on trolled small spoons and clark spoons. Sheepshead hold on the reef from January through March and take fiddler crabs and sand fleas, while Gray Snapper peak May through August on bottom-fished live shrimp and cut squid.

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