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LandShark Reef

30.09°N · 87.11°W

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Best score for the day · 3 PM
63/100
FAIR

Now 60 · 11 AM CDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
FWC · Federal Gulf Waters off Florida · Red Snapper openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 16" · Reef fish gear requirements apply

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
60
Fair
Tide
0.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
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Ebb
Wind
17 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2 ft @ 5 s SE
Air temp
75°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 60 Fair. Tide 0.4ft Falling ▼. Current -1.4kn Ebb. Wind 17kn E G19. Sea 2 ft @ 5 s SE Choppy. Air 74.7°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Red Snapper
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 16"
Gear
Reef fish gear requirements apply
Annual quota
Not published
Other
2026 fall season, Fri-Sun only. 2 per person within snapper aggregate; charter captain and crew zero. Private vessels only in federal waters.
Season
Oct 30 to Nov 1
Other species here
Gag Grouper ClosedKing Mackerel Rules not loaded yet · Check FWC ↗Red Grouper Retention openGray Snapper Retention openGreater Amberjack Closed
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Source: FWC · Federal Gulf Waters off Florida · synced today

Seasonality

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When Red Snapper is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
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STRUCTURE
Artificial Reef

About LandShark Reef

LandShark Reef is an artificial reef in federal Gulf waters off Pensacola, Florida, where placed structure holds bottom fish and draws pelagics overhead. Red Snapper peak from April through August and Gray Snapper from May through August, while Greater Amberjack stack up in April and May and Gag Grouper turn on from October through December alongside Red Grouper. Bottom fishing with live pinfish, cigar minnows, squid, or cut bait works the base of the structure for snapper and gag, and vertical jigging with metal jigs or bucktail jigs covers the same water column. Amberjack respond to live hardtails and live menhaden fished over the reef, as well as butterfly jigs and topwater poppers. King Mackerel run from April through October and take slow-trolled live cigar minnows, live blue runners, or live threadfin herring around the reef.

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