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BoatFlorida Keys State Waters: Southwest RegionMutton Snapper · Open

Money Key

24.68°N · 81.22°W

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Conditions
Time
2 PM
Now
Score
59
Fair
Tide
0.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
13 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
81°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 59 Fair. Tide 0.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 13kn ENE G15. Sea 1.5 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 min. Within the 10 snapper aggregate. Special regulations in Biscayne National Park.
Other species here
Gray Snapper Retention openYellowtail Snapper Retention openKing Mackerel Retention openGreat Barracuda Retention openHogfish Retention openBlack Grouper Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Keys State Waters: Southwest Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Mutton Snapper is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Mutton Snapper
~4 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
8-25 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Money Key

Money Key is an outer, exposed drop-off near Marathon in the Florida Keys, where mixed bottom falls away through depths of 10 to 25 feet. Yellowtail Snapper and Gray Snapper peak here from May through July. Mutton Snapper run strongest from April through June, and Great Barracuda take over the colder months from November through February. Hogfish, Black Grouper and King Mackerel round out the resident mix along the edge. Anglers work the drop-off by chumming and flatlining silversides, glass minnows or cut ballyhoo for yellowtail, and by bottom fishing live pilchards or live pinfish for muttons holding on the mixed bottom. Barracuda respond to casting tube lures, topwater plugs and spoons across the shallower side of the break.

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