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Fish Haven 17 (NW) Reef

30.33°N · 86.78°W

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
60
Fair
Tide
0.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
17 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
73°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
66% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 60 Fair. Tide 0.8ft Falling ▼. Current -1.5kn Ebb. Wind 17kn E G22. Sea 2 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 73.2°.

Why this score

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Slack
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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
King Mackerel Retention openGag Grouper ClosedCobia Retention openSpanish Mackerel 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 Fish Haven 17 (NW) Reef

Fish Haven 17 (NW) Reef is an artificial reef in the Florida Gulf State Waters off Destin, positioned in the Panhandle Region at 30.3316, -86.7812. The structure holds Gag Grouper, which peak from October through December, and anglers target them with bottom fishing using live pinfish, live cigar minnows, live grunts, or cut bait, with jigging butterfly jigs as a supporting approach. Gray Snapper peak from May through August and respond to bottom fishing with live shrimp or cut squid, while chumming with cut sardines or glass minnows draws them up off the reef. Sheepshead take over from January through March, feeding on fiddler crabs, sand fleas, and barnacle-encrusted mussels fished tight to the structure. Overhead, Spanish Mackerel run from March through October and King Mackerel from April through October, with trolling small spoons and slow trolling live cigar minnows or live blue runners working the water column, and Cobia passing through from March to June and again in September and October fall to sight casting with bucktail jigs or live eels.

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