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Jackson Fish Camp Memorial Reef (CO0117)

Artificial reef Collier County, Florida, Gulf side. 34 Florida Limestone Modules.

Latitude26° 3.684' N
Longitude82° 3.425' W
Decimal26.06140, -82.05708
Depth43 ft
Relief10 ft
MaterialReefmaker Florida Limestone (34)
Weight102 tons
DeployedAugust 18, 2016
WaterFederal

What bites on Jackson Fish Camp Memorial Reef

Structure in 43 ft on the Gulf coast usually holds: Red snapper, Gag grouper, Red grouper, Mangrove snapper, Triggerfish, Amberjack. 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 Jackson Fish Camp Memorial Reef

In 43 ft, pay out about 235 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 329 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 Jackson Fish Camp Memorial Reef 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 Jackson Fish Camp Memorial Reef

Naples fishing report — today: tides, wind, seas, water temperature and the GO / NO-GO call for inshore and offshore, updated through the day. Also nearby: Fort Myers and Sanibel fishing report (30 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
Jackson's Fish Camp Memorial Reef A CO009854 ydSW44 ft
Jackson's Fish Camp Memorial Reef F CO011487 ydNE44 ft
Jackson's Fish Camp Memorial Reef C CO0100115 ydSSE45 ft
Jackson's Fish Camp Memorial Reef B CO0099120 ydENE44 ft
Jackson's Fish Camp Memorial Reef E CO01100.1 miENE45 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.