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BoatFlorida Keys State Waters: Southwest RegionPermit · Open

Rachel Bank

24.74°N · 81.08°W

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Conditions
Time
2 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
1.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
83°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 1.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Slack. Wind 9kn ENE G14. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 83.5°.

Why this score

Current
0.3 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Permit
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 22"
Gear
State waters: hook and line only; no multiple hooks with natural bait; no snatching
Annual quota
Not published
Other
SPZ rule. Min 22" fork length. Vessel limit: no more than 2 per vessel. Special regulations apply in Biscayne National Park.
Season
Aug 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Tarpon Retention openRed Drum Retention openGreat Barracuda Retention openBonefish Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Keys State Waters: Southwest Region · synced today

Seasonality

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When Permit is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
8-15 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

About Rachel Bank

Rachel Bank is an exposed sand flat off Marathon in the Florida Keys State Waters Southwest Region, with water running 10 to 15 feet deep along its outer edge. Bonefish move across the sand in April–May and again in September–October, and anglers target them by sight casting with live shrimp, small bucktail jigs, or shrimp-pattern and crab-pattern flies. Permit and tarpon both peak from March through June. Permit respond to sight casting with live crabs, crab flies, and bucktail jigs, while tarpon fall to live bait drifting with live crabs, live mullet, live pinfish, or live shrimp. Great barracuda take over the bank from November through February and hit tube lures, topwater plugs, swimming plugs, and spoons cast across the open sand, and red drum round out the species list.

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