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Snipe Point

24.70°N · 81.68°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
66
Fair
Tide
0.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
14 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
81°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 66 Fair. Tide 0.4ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 14kn E G19. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 80.6°.

Why this score

Current
0.5 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. 5 per person within the 10 snapper aggregate. Special regulations apply in Biscayne National Park.
Other species here
Tarpon Retention openCommon Snook Retention openGreat Barracuda Retention openGray Snapper 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
8-25 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Snipe Point

Snipe Point is an outer, exposed drop-off near Key West where a sand bottom falls away through 10 to 25 feet of water in the Florida Keys' southwest state waters. Tarpon and mutton snapper both peak here from March through June, while great barracuda take over the winter months from December through February, with gray snapper and common snook also working the edge. Tarpon anglers rely on live bait drifting with live crabs, live mullet, live pinfish, or live shrimp along the drop, and fly fishing with tarpon flies or toad flies covers fish that show higher in the water column. Mutton snapper respond to bottom fishing on the sand with cut ballyhoo, live pilchards, squid, or cut bonito, with flatline fishing and jigging as follow-up options. In winter, casting tube lures, topwater plugs, needlefish lures, or bucktail jigs across the edge targets cruising barracuda.

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