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St. Pete Beach Reef

27.68°N · 82.86°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
0.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 ft chop
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
67% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 0.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 6kn ENE G14. Sea 1.5 ft chop Easy. Air 75.6°.

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
Spanish Mackerel Retention openGag Grouper ClosedCobia Retention openKing Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper 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
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About St. Pete Beach Reef

St. Pete Beach Reef is an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico off St. Petersburg, Florida, within the Tampa Bay Region of Florida's Gulf state waters. The structure holds bottom species through the cooler months, with Gag Grouper peaking from October through December and Sheepshead from January through March, while Gray Snapper take over from May through August. Bottom fishing is the dominant approach for all three, with live pinfish and live grunts for grouper, live fiddler crabs and sand fleas for sheepshead, and live shrimp or knocker rigs for snapper. Pelagic traffic over the reef builds in spring and fall, when King Mackerel peak March through May and August through October, Spanish Mackerel March through May and September through October, and Cobia March through April and September through October. Anglers slow troll live threadfin herring or live blue runners for kings, cast small spoons and metal jigs to Spanish mackerel, and sight cast live crabs or bucktail jigs to cobia cruising the structure.

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