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Car Bodies Reef

30.19°N · 87.16°W

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
60
Fair
Tide
0.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
17 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
74°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 60 Fair. Tide 0.2ft Falling ▼. Current -1.3kn Ebb. Wind 17kn ESE G21. Sea 2 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 74.3°.

Why this score

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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 gear: hook and line, cast net, seine, spear or gig. Illegal: multiple hooks used with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum size 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 (not applicable to this area).
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: Panhandle Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Sheepshead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Sheepshead
~6 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

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STRUCTURE
Artificial Reef

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About Car Bodies Reef

Car Bodies Reef is an artificial reef in the Florida Gulf State Waters off Pensacola, part of the Panhandle Region's network of placed structure. The reef draws bottom species and pelagics alike, with Gag Grouper peaking October through December, Sheepshead January through March, Cobia March through June, and Gray Snapper May through August. King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel hold over the structure from April through October, when slow trolling live cigar minnows or live menhaden targets the kings and trolling small spoons or straw rigs works the Spanish. Bottom fishing dominates over the reef itself, with live pinfish and frozen sardines for grouper, live shrimp and cut bait for Gray Snapper, and fiddler crabs or sand fleas for Sheepshead. Cobia cruising the structure in spring respond to sight casting with bucktail jigs or live eels.

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