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Firehock Memorial Reef (PB0064)

Artificial reef Palm Beach County, Florida, Atlantic side. 7 Ft X 10 Ft X 7 Ft Concrete Diver Sculpture.

Latitude26° 45.047' N
Longitude80° 0.594' W
Decimal26.75078, -80.00990
Depth85 ft
Relief7 ft
MaterialSculpture
Weight3 tons
DeployedSeptember 2, 2005
WaterState

What bites on Firehock Memorial Reef

Structure in 85 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 Firehock Memorial Reef

In 85 ft, pay out about 445 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 623 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 Firehock 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 Firehock Memorial Reef

Palm Beach fishing report — today: tides, wind, seas, water temperature and the GO / NO-GO call for inshore and offshore, updated through the day. Also nearby: Jupiter fishing report (14 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
Shasha Boekanier PB005755 ydN90 ft
Thozina PB0060108 ydN90 ft
St Jacques PB0058143 ydNNW90 ft
Governor's River Walk Corridors-2006 PB00660.1 miNNW85 ft
Gilbert Sea PB00590.2 miN90 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.