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Fort Pierce Sportfishing Club Concrete Pile (SL0059)

Artificial reef St. Lucie County, Florida, Atlantic side. 1,011 tons of secondary use concrete (culverts, pilings, slabs) from two deployments.

Latitude27° 23.485' N
Longitude80° 2.124' W
Decimal27.39141, -80.03540
Depth122 ft
Relief14 ft
MaterialBridge Slab and Pilings
Weight1,011 tons
DeployedJuly 13, 2018
WaterFederal

What bites on Fort Pierce Sportfishing Club Concrete Pile

Structure in 122 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 Fort Pierce Sportfishing Club Concrete Pile

In 122 ft, pay out about 630 ft of rode at 5:1 in calm water, or 882 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 Fort Pierce Sportfishing Club Concrete Pile 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 Fort Pierce Sportfishing Club Concrete Pile

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 (18 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
SeaRover Services Dive Trail SL00580.6 miNNW130 ft
2012 Offshore Reef-02 SL00470.6 miNW111 ft
Offshore Site-120' Reef SL00350.7 miN122 ft
Tug Kathleen SL00550.7 miENE140 ft
2013 Reef-01 SL00480.9 miW102 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.