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Sandflea Reef

30.36°N · 86.43°W

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
70
Fair
Tide
0.9 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
2 ft @ 4 s SE
Air temp
75°
Warm
Weather
Clear
20% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 70 Fair. Tide 0.9ft Falling ▼. Current -1.5kn Ebb. Wind 10kn E G18. Sea 2 ft @ 4 s SE Easy. Air 74.8°.

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
Spanish Mackerel Retention openGag Grouper ClosedCobia Retention openKing 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 Sandflea Reef

Sandflea Reef is an artificial reef off Destin, Florida, within the Panhandle Region of Florida's Gulf state waters. Gray Snapper hold on the structure from May through August, while Gag Grouper peak from October through December and Sheepshead take over from January through March. Bottom fishing drives the reef action, with live pinfish and cut cigar minnows for snapper, live grunts for grouper, and sand fleas or fiddler crabs for sheepshead. Higher in the water column, King Mackerel run from April through October and respond to slow trolling with live cigar minnows or live menhaden. Spanish Mackerel move through from March through October and take small spoons on the troll, while Cobia arrive March through June and again in September and October for anglers sight casting bucktail jigs or live eels.

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