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Pinellas South Reef

27.72°N · 82.98°W

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Best score for the day · 3 PM
85/100
GOOD

Now 81 · 1 PM EDT

BEST WINDOW
12 PM-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
1 PM
Now
Score
81
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
E · gusty
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
75°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
74% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 81 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 3kn E G12. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 75.0°.

Why this score

Current
0.2 kn light
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

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About Pinellas South Reef

Pinellas South Reef is an artificial reef in the federal Gulf waters off St. Petersburg, Florida, where placed structure on the bottom draws both reef-dwelling and pelagic species. Gag Grouper and Red Grouper peak from October through December, and anglers target them by bottom fishing with live pinfish, frozen sardines, or cut bait worked tight to the structure. Red Snapper peak from May through July and Gray Snapper from May through August, with bottom fishing as the dominant approach and chumming with live pilchards or cut sardines pulling Gray Snapper up off the reef. King Mackerel run strongest from March through May and again from August through October, when slow trolling live threadfin herring, scaled sardines, or blue runners around the reef's edges produces strikes. Greater Amberjack peak in March and April, holding over the structure where live blue runners and vertical jigging with butterfly jigs or knife jigs connect with them.

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