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Raccoon Key

24.58°N · 81.74°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
0.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.5 ft @ 3 s E
Air temp
81°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 0.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 9kn SE G13. Sea 1.5 ft @ 3 s E Flat. Air 81.3°.

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
King Mackerel Retention openYellowtail Snapper 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
10-25 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Raccoon Key

Raccoon Key is an outer, exposed drop-off near Key West, Florida, where mixed bottom falls away through 10 to 25 feet in 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, cut ballyhoo, and live pilchards to pull fish up off the edge. Mutton Snapper run strongest from March through June and respond to bottom fishing along the drop-off with cut ballyhoo, live pilchards, squid, or cut bonito. Winter shifts the focus to Black Grouper in January and February, worked with live pinfish, live grunts, or cut bait on the bottom, while Great Barracuda peak from December through February and strike tube lures, topwater plugs, and needlefish lures cast over the structure. Gray Snapper, Hogfish, and King Mackerel round out the species mix on this stretch of mixed bottom.

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