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2024 UMA Deployment (7 sculptures) (WL0074)

Artificial reef Walton County, Florida, Gulf side. 7 Art sculptures.

Latitude30° 18.754' N
Longitude86° 9.534' W
Decimal30.31257, -86.15890
Depth55 ft
Relief13 ft
MaterialModules (concrete and steel) (7)
Weight18 tons
DeployedAugust 8, 2024
WaterState

What bites on 2024 UMA Deployment (7 sculptures)

Structure in 55 ft on the Gulf coast usually holds: Red snapper, Gag grouper, Red grouper, Mangrove snapper, Triggerfish, Amberjack. 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 2024 UMA Deployment (7 sculptures)

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 2024 UMA Deployment (7 sculptures) 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 2024 UMA Deployment (7 sculptures)

Destin fishing report — today: tides, wind, seas, water temperature and the GO / NO-GO call for inshore and offshore, updated through the day. Also nearby: Panama City Beach fishing report (24 mi).

Nearby reefs

ReefDistanceHeadingDepth
UMA 2022 Super Reef WL006523 ydE55 ft
2018 UWMA Grayton Beach WL003849 ydW59 ft
2020 UMA Deployment WL005255 ydWSW55 ft
Grayton Beach Center Patch WL00190.1 miSW59 ft
Richard Scott Spence Memorial Reef WL00060.2 miSSW59 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.