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Offshore Site-120' Reef (SL0035)

Artificial reef St. Lucie County, Florida, Atlantic side. 2 Loads These Coordinates, 547 Tons Culverts On 12/6/2007 And 514 Tons Railroad Ties 12/8/2007.

Latitude27° 24.048' N
Longitude80° 2.206' W
Decimal27.40079, -80.03677
Depth122 ft
Relief19 ft
MaterialCulverts and Railroad Ties
Weight1,061 tons
DeployedDecember 8, 2007
WaterFederal

What bites on Offshore Site-120' Reef

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 Offshore Site-120' Reef

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 Offshore Site-120' 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 Offshore Site-120' 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 (18 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
SeaRover Services Dive Trail SL00580.2 miWSW130 ft
2012 Offshore Reef-02 SL00470.4 miWSW111 ft
Offshore Site-140' Reef SL00360.6 miE140 ft
Fort Pierce Sportfishing Club Concrete Pile SL00590.7 miS122 ft
Ken M Reef SL00160.7 miNE136 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.