- Depth
- 55-80 ft
- Access
- By boat
- Best months
- April to October
- Species
- Greater amberjack, Red snapper, Gag grouper, Mangrove (gray) snapper, King mackerel (kingfish), Cobia
A NOAA-surveyed wreck (2019) with a least depth of about 55 feet over roughly 80 feet of modeled bottom, so something like 25 feet of relief. It's 22.0 nautical miles west of Longboat Pass and 29 from New Pass, just south of the SR 64 line that separates Sarasota from Tampa Bay.
How to fish it
With that much relief, work live baits mid-water for amberjack and kingfish, and bottom baits tight to the hull for snapper and gag.
Watch out for: Charted as a dangerous wreck, though its surveyed least depth is about 55 feet. It snags anchors and tackle, and the Coast Pilot warns that storms can move wrecks from their charted positions.
Rules here: Federal waters: federal Gulf reef fish rules, the State Reef Fish Angler designation, circle hooks and a dehooking tool. Carry a descending device, and check FWC and NOAA for gag, red snapper and amberjack seasons. The rules to check in Sarasota offshore waters