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Palm Beach Mid-Depth (PB0127)

Artificial reef Palm Beach County, Florida, Atlantic side. Secondary-use Concrete (500 tons of dock material).

Latitude26° 45.331' N
Longitude80° 1.639' W
Decimal26.75552, -80.02732
Depth40 ft
Relief15 ft
MaterialSecondary-use concrete (dock material)
Weight500 tons
DeployedAugust 14, 2020
WaterState

What bites on Palm Beach Mid-Depth

Structure in 40 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 Palm Beach Mid-Depth

In 40 ft, pay out about 220 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 308 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 Palm Beach Mid-Depth 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 Palm Beach Mid-Depth

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 (13 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
FWC West Palm Beach Rock 1 PB0116108 ydESE40 ft
Palm Beach Mid-Depth Site PB0082109 ydSSE42 ft
Legacy Coral Reef PB0126134 ydE40 ft
Palm Beach Step Reef PB0089149 ydSE45 ft
RBM PB0107165 ydS45 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.