Canyons, Ledges, Rocks, and Shoals

Iztapa Canyon

Area with live bottom.

Pourtales Escarpment

32° 46.310' ,-117° 22.783'

Average Depth: 58' Buoy Location in GPS ddm: 34° 34.350' / 076° 58.300' LORAN Coordinates: 27162.4 / 39545.3 General Location: 129° M, 7.0 nm from the Bogue Inlet sea buoy Material Deployment Date(s) GPS  (Decimal Minutes) Railroad boxcars: 9 Railroad flatcars: 1 29-Nov-86 34° 34.300' / 076° 58.3...

Small ledge that is good to work for flounder and redfish.

3 foot ledge that holds grouper and snapper.

Name MARATHON REEF County MONROE Depth (in feet) 115 Relief (in feet) 0 Description 1982 MARATHON'S VACA CUT BRIDGE SPANS Date of Deployment December 31 1982 Primary Material BRIDGE SPANS CONCRETE Tonnage 0 Coordinates 24.6398, -80.95925

La Perouse Point

Good ledge off the island here that goes down to the river channel. Good place to work for bass.

Good place to catch Swordfish. Nice ledge that drops hundreds of feet quickly.

Deep spot not far offshore. Good place to troll.

34.243381 -77.308897

This is a good spot to catch Giant Trevally or Ulua. Live mullet is the bait of choice for many. There are also many different reef fish found here. I caught a Christmas Wrasse and Brown Unicornfish here. 

The Islamorada Hump is probably the most well known fishing spot in the Florida Keys. The hump or seamount is in Gulf Stream near Continental Shelf offshore of Monroe County or about 16n miles offshore of Islamorada. The hump rises to 290 feet from the surface and holds a variety of fish year round. 

28.8658833333333 -83.1614166666667

Money Rock

Nice deep water hump.

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.