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Sunny Isle Pipe (DA0097)

Artificial reef Miami-Dade County, Florida, Atlantic side. 320 Tons of Concrete Pipe.

Latitude25° 54.565' N
Longitude80° 5.397' W
Decimal25.90941, -80.08995
Depth68 ft
Relief12 ft
MaterialCulverts
Weight320 tons
DeployedJuly 1, 1991
WaterState

What bites on Sunny Isle Pipe

Structure in 68 ft on the South Florida reef tract usually holds: Mutton snapper, Yellowtail snapper, Mangrove snapper, Black grouper, Amberjack, Cobia. 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 Sunny Isle Pipe

In 68 ft, pay out about 360 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 504 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 Sunny Isle Pipe 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 Sunny Isle Pipe

Miami 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 Lauderdale fishing report (13 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
Conception DA00946 ydS71 ft
Sunny Isles Eternal Reefballs Site #16 DA019753 ydENE69 ft
White Coast Tug DA011381 ydSSW68 ft
C-One DA009287 ydS68 ft
Carmen DA013298 ydSW65 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. Carry a descending device for reef fish you release.