Canyons, Ledges, Rocks, and Shoals

Habbs Ledge is on the West side of Butterfish hole and in 144 ft of water.

The Pamlico Point Shoal Lighthouse was screwpile light station that was built on Gull Shoal near Pamlico Point in November of 1891 by the United States Coast Guard. The light station was hexagonal shaped, and approximately 8 miles off of Pamlico Point. All that is left is the beams for the foundation but fish can be caught around it.

Cockburn Sound. Herring, Tailor, Snapper, Squid, King George Whiting, Salmon, Trevally. Water depth 6 - 10m.

Good Snook fishing here, especially in the fall. You can catch small Gag Grouper around the rocks.Speckled Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Bluefish, Mangrove Snapper and Pinfish are common as well.

Located 3 nautical miles East of Plumtree Point, between Back River and the Poquoson River, lies the circular reef site named Back River Reef. This site consists of forty concrete igloos, positioned 50 feet apart in the shape of an "X" with legs running in the Northwest-Southeast and Northeast-Southwest directions. The depth of the reef...

Good hump off the point that had ledges on either side. Good Striped bass area.

Name NAPLES PIER REEF County COLLIER Depth (in feet) 22 Relief (in feet) 3 Description "WIDELY SCATTERED PILES CONFIRMED BY RBF GRANT FWCC-01002" Date of Deployment June 17 1995 Primary Material CONCRETE CULVERTS Tonnage 250 Coordinates 26.13025, -81.84505

28.887383333333 -82.828933333333

The Norwegian merchant freighter Benwood (360'x51') . The Benwood came to rest stern-to on a sandy slope in approximately 25 feet (7.6 m) to 45 feet (14 m) of water between Dixie Shoals (to the north) and French Reef (to the south) off of Key Largo, Florida.

Good ledge for snapper and gags

BAHIA BEACH REEF (BAY) REEF#3 Depth (in feet) 19 Relief (in feet) 8 Description CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKING RAILINGS AND RUBBLE FROM TREASURE ISLAND CAUSEWAY Date of Deployment February 24 2006 Primary Material BRIDGE RUBBLE Tonnage 54.26 

This bank had a depth of 76'. The ledge drops a few feet and it long. Grouper May/June and Oct. / Nov.  Good place to troll for kings.

The Steps  

Lots of rocks in this cove.

Large rock

Lots of rock to work down this bank.

Rocky point

Good rocky point

This spot is the center of a ledge that runs for at least half a mile. The eighth of a mile or so to the east northeast and west southwest of this spot holds Golden Tilefish. I suspect there is more in the area.