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SR27-13 Reef

30.36°N · 86.87°W

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
63
Fair
Tide
0.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
15 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
2 ft @ 4 s SE
Air temp
74°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 63 Fair. Tide 0.4ft Falling ▼. Current -1.4kn Ebb. Wind 15kn E G20. Sea 2 ft @ 4 s SE Easy. Air 73.8°.

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 ClosedGray Snapper Retention openCobia Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention openKing Mackerel 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

DEPTH
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STRUCTURE
Artificial Reef

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About SR27-13 Reef

SR27-13 Reef is an artificial reef in the Florida Gulf State Waters off Pensacola, part of the Panhandle Region's network of placed structure. Spanish Mackerel and King Mackerel move over the reef from April through October, when trolling small spoons and straw rigs for Spanish and slow trolling live cigar minnows or live menhaden for kings both cover the water above the structure. Cobia peak from March through June and respond to sight casting with bucktail jigs or live eels. Gray Snapper hold tight to the reef from May through August, and bottom fishing with live shrimp or live pinfish draws them out of the structure. Sheepshead fill the cooler months from January through March on fiddler crabs and sand fleas, while Gag Grouper take over from October through December on live pinfish and live cigar minnows fished on the bottom.

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