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Steel Nasa Test Fixture Cylinder 135' (BE0014)

Artificial reef Brevard County, Florida, Atlantic side. 135' Long Steel Cylinder (NASA Mock-Up of The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster).

The state lists this mark as low-accuracy. Use it to get close, then find the structure on your sounder before you anchor.

Latitude28° 20.010' N
Longitude80° 12.250' W
Decimal28.33350, -80.20417
Depth124 ft
Relief14 ft
MaterialCylinders 135'x14' (1)
DeployedApril 11, 1996
WaterFederal

What bites on Steel Nasa Test Fixture Cylinder 135'

Structure in 124 ft on the Atlantic coast usually holds: Red snapper, Vermilion snapper, Gag grouper, Amberjack, Black sea bass. What is actually biting changes with the season, water temperature and tide — the day's plan for this reef has the bite window and what to target that day.

Anchoring on Steel Nasa Test Fixture Cylinder 135'

In 124 ft, pay out about 640 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 896 ft at 7:1 when it's blowing. Drop the anchor up-drift of the structure by about the same distance and fall back onto it. Before you drop, kill the engine for 60 seconds and watch your GPS track — that's your real drift, and it beats any forecast.

Fishing Steel Nasa Test Fixture Cylinder 135' this week?Get the plan for it: GO / NO-GO for your boat, the bite window on the tide, rigs, bait and the rotation list of nearby reefs.
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Today's fishing report near Steel Nasa Test Fixture Cylinder 135'

Cape Canaveral fishing report — today: tides, wind, seas, water temperature and the GO / NO-GO call for inshore and offshore, updated through the day. Also nearby: Sebastian Inlet fishing report (36 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
Titan II Transporter Site 7 BE00243 ydSE120 ft
Titan II Transporter Site 2 BE00299 ydE120 ft
Sufix I BE002081 ydN110 ft
Titan II Transporter Site 30 BE0044162 ydNW110 ft
Titan II Transporter Site 10 BE00210.1 miW110 ft

Before you go

Size limits, bag limits and seasons change — check the current Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) rules for the day you fish, and federal rules, since this reef is in federal water. Carry a descending device for reef fish you release.