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Charlotte Harbor Reef

26.85°N · 82.09°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
70
Fair
Tide
0.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
86°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
30% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 70 Fair. Tide 0.3ft Falling ▼. Current -1.1kn Ebb. Wind 10kn E G15. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 85.6°.

Why this score

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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: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Multiple hooks with live or dead natural bait prohibited; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 12 in total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. Page says state regulations extend into federal waters. Special rules apply in Biscayne National Park (not relevant here).
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: Charlotte Harbor Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~1 more week in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

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STRUCTURE
Artificial Reef

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About Charlotte Harbor Reef

Charlotte Harbor Reef is an artificial reef in the Charlotte Harbor region of Florida's Gulf state waters, within reach of anglers running out of Fort Myers. Sheepshead hold on the structure from November through March, while gray snapper take over the reef from May through August. Spotted seatrout peak in March and April, common snook run strongest from April through June, and red drum move through from August to October. Spanish mackerel show in two windows, March–April and September–November, when casting small spoons, jigs, and plugs or chumming with live shiners and cut bait draws them up around the reef. Down on the structure itself, bottom fishing with live shrimp, fiddler crabs, and sand fleas targets sheepshead, and the same approach with live pilchards, cut bait, or squid works the reef for gray snapper.

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