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Blake Charron Foundation Reef (SL0080)

Artificial reef St. Lucie County, Florida, Atlantic side. Steel tugboat (85' x 30' x 42').

Latitude27° 24.367' N
Longitude80° 1.080' W
Decimal27.40612, -80.01800
Depth155 ft
Relief42 ft
MaterialSteel Tugboat (85')
DeployedSeptember 25, 2021
WaterFederal

What bites on Blake Charron Foundation Reef

Structure in 155 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 Blake Charron Foundation Reef

In 155 ft, pay out about 795 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 1113 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 Blake Charron Foundation 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 Blake Charron Foundation Reef

Fort Pierce fishing report — today: tides, wind, seas, water temperature and the GO / NO-GO call for inshore and offshore, updated through the day. Also nearby: Stuart fishing report (19 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
2012 Offshore Reef-01 SL00460.2 miS158 ft
Dixie Barge SL00570.2 miSE171 ft
Muliphen Reef SL00110.3 miENE185 ft
A. A. Hendry Reef SL00870.3 miE163 ft
Tug Lesley Lee Reef SL00430.3 miS152 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.