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Dredgers Key

24.58°N · 81.77°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
77
Good
Tide
0.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft @ 3 s E
Air temp
79°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
96% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 77 Good. Tide 0.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 11kn SSE G12. Sea 1.5 ft @ 3 s E Easy. Air 79.3°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
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. 5 per person within the 10 snapper aggregate. Special regulations apply 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
5-25 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Inner Protected

About Dredgers Key

Dredgers Key sits in the protected inner waters off Key West, Florida, where a sand-bottom drop-off falls from 5 to 25 feet within the Florida Keys State Waters Southwest Region. Yellowtail Snapper peak from May through July, and anglers target them by chumming and drifting with chum blocks, glass minnows, and live pilchards along the edge of the slope. Mutton Snapper run strongest from March through June and respond to bottom fishing with cut ballyhoo, squid, or cut bonito set on the sand at the base of the drop. Winter shifts the focus to Black Grouper in January and February and Great Barracuda from December through February, the latter taken by casting tube lures, topwater plugs, and needlefish lures over the shallower shelf. Gray Snapper, Hogfish, and King Mackerel round out the species list on this sheltered stretch of water.

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