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Santa Lucia Reef

26.09°N · 81.84°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
0.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 ft chop
Air temp
87°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
58% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 0.4ft Rising ▲. Current +1.1kn Flood. Wind 9kn E G12. Sea 0.5 ft chop Flat. Air 87.4°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Sheepshead
Retention open
Daily limit
8 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 12"
Gear
Legal: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Illegal: multiple hooks in conjunction with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 12 in total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. State regulations extend into federal waters. Special regulations apply in Biscayne National Park.
Other species here
Gag Grouper ClosedCobia Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openKing Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Southwest Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~3 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

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STRUCTURE
Artificial Reef

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About Santa Lucia Reef

Santa Lucia Reef is an artificial reef in Florida Gulf State Waters off Naples, part of the Southwest Region's network of placed structure. Sheepshead hold tight to the reef from January through March, and anglers target them with bottom fishing using live shrimp, fiddler crabs, sand fleas, oysters and clams, or by jigging small bucktail jigs and jig heads tipped with shrimp. Gag Grouper peak from October through December and respond to bottom fishing with live pinfish, live grunts, live sardines, and cut bait dropped close to the structure. Spanish Mackerel move through in March–April and again September–November, when casting small spoons, jigs, and soft plastics or live bait chumming with scaled sardines and threadfin herring draws them up over the reef, while Cobia and King Mackerel also patrol the area. Gray Snapper take over from May through July, feeding on live shrimp, live pilchards, squid, and cut bait fished on the bottom, with frozen chum blocks and cut sardines pulling them off the structure.

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