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Matecumbe Keys

24.87°N · 80.66°W

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Conditions
Time
2 PM
Now
Score
63
Fair
Tide
1.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
16 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
81°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
43% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 63 Fair. Tide 1.7ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 16kn E G18. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 81.0°.

Why this score

Current
0.3 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
15-40 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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About Matecumbe Keys

The Matecumbe Keys spot is an outer, exposed drop-off off Islamorada, where mixed bottom falls away from 15 to 40 feet along the edge of Florida Keys state waters. Yellowtail Snapper peak here from May through July, and anglers target them by chumming and flatline fishing with cut ballyhoo, silversides, live pilchards, or glass minnows drifted back along the ledge. Mutton Snapper peak from March through June and respond to bottom fishing with live ballyhoo, cut ballyhoo, live pilchards, or squid set right on the transition between shallow and deeper bottom. Winter shifts the focus to Black Grouper from November through February, worked with live pinfish, live grunts, or live ballyhoo on the bottom, while Great Barracuda peak from December through February and draw sight casting with tube lures, topwater plugs, and jerkbaits. Gray Snapper, Hogfish, and King Mackerel round out the species mix along this edge.

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