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Old Sweat Bank

24.82°N · 80.87°W

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Conditions
Time
2 PM
Now
Score
66
Fair
Tide
1.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
14 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
81°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 66 Fair. Tide 1.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Slack. Wind 14kn E G18. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 80.8°.

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
Bonefish Retention openCobia Retention openGreat Barracuda Retention openPermit 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
3-8 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

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About Old Sweat Bank

Old Sweat Bank is an outer, exposed sand flat off Islamorada in the Florida Keys, holding 5 to 10 feet of water over open bottom. Permit and bonefish both peak here from March through May, bonefish return for a second run in September and October, and mutton snapper hold from March into June. The clean sand bottom suits sight casting for permit with live crabs, crab flies, or soft plastic crabs, while bonefish respond to sight fishing with spinning tackle using live shrimp or bucktail jigs. From December through February, great barracuda take over the bank and strike tube lures, topwater plugs, and jerkbaits cast to fish sighted over the sand. Bottom fishing with cut ballyhoo, live pilchards, or squid targets mutton snapper across the same depths, and cobia also patrol the flat.

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