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BoatFlorida Gulf State Waters: Tampa Bay RegionSheepshead · Open

FWC-1 Reef

27.66°N · 82.84°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
93% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 6kn E G14. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 75.7°.

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
Cobia Retention openGag Grouper ClosedSpanish Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention openKing 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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SPOT PROFILE

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STRUCTURE
Artificial Reef

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About FWC-1 Reef

FWC-1 Reef is an artificial reef in the Gulf state waters of the Tampa Bay region off St. Petersburg, Florida. Gag Grouper peak here from October through December, and anglers target them by bottom fishing with live pinfish, live grunts, or cut threadfin herring dropped tight to the structure. Gray Snapper hold on the reef from May through August and respond to bottom fishing with live shrimp, live pilchards, or knocker rigs, with chumming drawing them up off the bottom. Spanish Mackerel and King Mackerel move through in spring and again in early fall, when casting small spoons and metal jigs works for Spanish and slow trolling live threadfin herring or live blue runners works for kings. Cobia show in March–April and September–October and fall to sight casting with live crabs or bucktail jigs, while Sheepshead take over in January through March on live fiddler crabs, sand fleas, and live shrimp fished on the bottom.

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