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Indian Key

24.88°N · 80.67°W

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Conditions
Time
2 PM
Now
Score
61
Fair
Tide
1.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
16 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
81°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
67% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 61 Fair. Tide 1.7ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 16kn ENE G18. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 81.0°.

Why this score

Current
0.6 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Mutton Snapper
Retention open
Daily limit
5 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 18"
Gear
Reef fish gear requirements apply
Annual quota
Not published
Other
18" TL min. Within the 10 snapper aggregate. Special regulations in Biscayne National Park.
Other species here
Yellowtail Snapper Retention openKing Mackerel Retention openGreat Barracuda Retention openHogfish Retention openGray Snapper Retention openBlack Grouper Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Keys State Waters: Southwest Region · synced today

Seasonality

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When Mutton Snapper is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
10-40 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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About Indian Key

Indian Key is an exposed rocky drop-off off Islamorada, where hard bottom falls away from 10 to 40 feet along the outer edge of the Florida Keys. Yellowtail Snapper peak from May through July and Mutton Snapper from March through June, with Gray Snapper, Hogfish, and King Mackerel rounding out the warm-season mix. Anglers target yellowtail by chumming and flatline fishing with cut ballyhoo, silversides, or live pilchards. Muttons respond to bottom fishing with live ballyhoo or squid worked tight to the rock. In winter, Black Grouper peak from November through February and Great Barracuda from December through February, and grouper fishermen drop live pinfish or live grunts along the ledge while barracuda draw sight casts with tube lures and topwater plugs.

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