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BoatFlorida Gulf State Waters: Tampa Bay RegionSheepshead · Open

7 Mile North Reef

27.54°N · 82.88°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
81
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
8 kn
NE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1 ft chop
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
37% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 81 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 8kn NE G12. Sea 1 ft chop Easy. Air 75.9°.

Why this score

Current
0.2 kn light
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 with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Minimum 12 inches total length. Vessel limit 50 per trip during March and April. State regulations extend into federal waters. Open year-round.
Other species here
Gag Grouper ClosedCobia Retention openKing Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention openSpanish Mackerel Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Gulf State Waters: Tampa Bay 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 7 Mile North Reef

7 Mile North Reef is an artificial reef in Florida's Gulf state waters off St. Petersburg, part of the Tampa Bay region's network of offshore structure. Sheepshead stack on the reef from January through March, and bottom fishing with live fiddler crabs, sand fleas, or live shrimp works tight to the structure. Gray Snapper take over from May through August, holding close to the reef where bottom fishing with live pilchards or cut bait, backed by a steady chum line of frozen chum blocks or cut sardines, pulls them up off the cover. Gag Grouper peak from October through December and respond to live pinfish or live grunts dropped straight to the bottom. Above the reef, King Mackerel run March through May and again August through October, Spanish Mackerel follow a similar spring and fall pattern, and Cobia move through in March–April and September–October, so slow trolling live threadfin herring or sight casting bucktail jigs covers the pelagic side of the spot.

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