Duck Key Fishing Waypoints

The dolphin were caught 8 miles offshore in a weed line. It will never be found again because it's obviously a moving target. But here are all the other sites we fished and dived on our 2010 Duck Key vacation.


Adelaide Baker Wreck 1
24 42.140
80 53.560
Note: Grouper, mackerel, snapper, barracuda. We dived, snorkeled, and fished this site. 24 ft depth.

Adelaide Baker Wreck 2
24 42.175
80 53.670
Note: Grouper, mackerel, snapper. We dived, snorkeled, and fished this site. 24 ft depth.

Toms Harbor aka StinkRay Bay
24 45.498
80 55.965
Note: Tarpon and stingrays are all over. 5-10 ft deep. This is where all the Tarpon charters fish.

Grouper Hole aka Mackerel Hole
24 43.254
80 54.452
Note: Caught tons of mackerel, snapper, yellowfin, grunts, grouper, goliath grouper. Very active spot.

The Gap
24'39.960 N - 080'58.310 W.
Note: a wall drop-off site, 50-80 feet.

Thunderbolt Wreck
24 39.433N 080 57.808W
Note: Mooring can is about 10-15’ below surface - a swimmer must pass a line through the underwater pendant.
Sunk on March 3, 1986. The ship is 188 ft long and sits upright in 120 feet of water. The main deck is at 100 feet and the superstructure is at 80 ft. Currents are strong.

The Blob
24 39.287
81 00.214 50ft depth
Note: this spot looked very promising, had a great bottom profile, and showed big blobs of fish on the Furuno. No fish.

No Fish Hole
24 38.791
81 01.401 80ft depth
Note: A hole in the middle of nowhere. Looked promising and had lots of fish jumping around. No fish caught in this hole.