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Fish America Foundation #3 (SL0041)

Artificial reef St. Lucie County, Florida, Atlantic side. 500 Tons of Secondary Concrete-1st of Two Deployments This Date & Grant.

Latitude27° 31.227' N
Longitude80° 11.156' W
Decimal27.52044, -80.18593
Depth55 ft
Relief27 ft
MaterialCulverts and Lightpoles
Weight500 tons
DeployedAugust 31, 2009
WaterFederal

What bites on Fish America Foundation #3

Structure in 55 ft on the Atlantic coast usually holds: Black sea bass, Gag grouper, Mangrove snapper, Triggerfish, Cobia, King mackerel. 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 Fish America Foundation #3

In 55 ft, pay out about 295 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 413 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 Fish America Foundation #3 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 Fish America Foundation #3

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 (25 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
Fish America Foundation #2 SL004027 ydS55 ft
Unnamed FWC Reef 2023 (3) SL008634 ydNE55 ft
Fish America Foundation #1 SL003937 ydSW55 ft
Unnamed Reef 5B SL007539 ydNNE57 ft
Unnamed FWC Reef 2023 (2) SL008571 ydNE55 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.