The effects of Water Temperature
Fish are cold blooded, which means their metabolism is strongly influenced by the temperature of their surrounding environment. Fish want to stay comfortable. Consequently, even a small change or break will cause fish to move from one location to another.
In general, this behavior varies for each species and place, so we can not specify an ideal water temperature, however as a general rule we will try to avoid the temperatures abnormally cold in summer and too warm in winter. Remember, look for the comfort zones and you will find the fish.
At this moment the current water temperature in Missouri Key-little Duck Key Channel is -. The average water temperature in Missouri Key-little Duck Key Channel today is -.
We consider the waves in the open sea.
The waves you will find on the shore can be slightly affected by the orientation of the coastline and the seabed of the beaches, although in most cases they are usually equivalent.
Today Saturday, 16th of February of 2019, the sun rose in Missouri Key-little Duck Key Channel at 6:57 am and sunset was at 6:19 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 1:38 am and the next low tide at 12:44 pm. The first high tide was at 7:09 am and the next high tide at 6:09 pm.
Today we had 11 hours and 22 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:38 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 71, a high value and therefore the range of tides and currents will also be high. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 78. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 86.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Missouri Key-little Duck Key Channel which is of 2.0 ft and a minimum height of -0.3 ft.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of February of 2019.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Missouri Key-little Duck Key Channel, forecast in February.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Missouri Key-little Duck Key Channel and the wind and wave forecast in Missouri Key-little Duck Key Channel before you go fishing.
The moon set at 4:12 am at 294° northwest. Then, the moon rose at 66° northeast at 3:17 pm.
When the solunar period coincides with sunrise or sunset, we can expect more activity than initially planned. These peak periods are reflected in green. We additionally point out in the chart the periods of greatest activity during the year with a big blue fish on the period bar + info
USA: AL | CA | CT | DC | DE | FL (east) | FL (gulf) | FL (west) | FL (keys) | GA | LA | MA | MD | ME | MS | NC | NH | NY | OR | PA | RI | SC | TX | VA | WA
Little Duck Key (East End, Hawk Channel) (0.4 mi.) | Missouri Key-ohio Key Channel (West Side) (0.7 mi.) | Money Key (1.2 mi.) | Ohio Key-bahia Honda Key Channel (West Side) (1.3 mi.) | Molasses Key Channel (Molasses Keys) (2.7 mi.) | Bahia Honda Key (Bahia Honda Channel) (3 mi.) | Cocoanut Key (Florida Bay) (4 mi.) | Little Pine Key (South End) (5 mi.) | Pigeon Key (North Side, Florida Bay) (5 mi.) | Pigeon Key, South Side, Hawk Channel (5 mi.) | No Name Key (East Side, Bahia Honda Channel) (5 mi.) | Johnson Keys (South End) (6 mi.) | Big Pine Key (Spanish Harbor) (6 mi.) | East Bahia Honda Key (South End, Florida Bay) (7 mi.) | Horseshoe Keys (South End) (7 mi.) | Knight Key Channel (Knight Key, Florida Bay) (7 mi.) | Big Pine Key (Bogie Channel Bridge) (7 mi.) | West Bahia Honda Key (7 mi.) | Big Pine Key (Coupon Bight) (7 mi.) | Little Pine Key (North End) (8 mi.) | Big Pine Key (Doctors Arm, Bogie Channel) (8 mi.) | Porpoise Key (Big Spanish Channel) (8 mi.) | Water Key (West End, Big Spanish Channel) (8 mi.) | Johnson Keys (North End) (8 mi.) | Boot Key Harbor Bridge (Boot Key) (8 mi.) | Big Pine Key (Pine Channel Bridge, North Side) (8 mi.) | Vaca Key (8 mi.) | Sombrero Key (Hawk Channel) (9 mi.) | Big Pine Key (Pine Channel Bridge, South Side) (9 mi.) | Mayo Key (Big Spanish Channel) (9 mi.) | Big Pine Key (Newfound Harbor Channel) (9 mi.) | Big Pine Key (West Side, Pine Channel) (9 mi.) | Crawl Key (Big Spanish Channel) (9 mi.) | Little Torch Key (10 mi.) | Big Pine Key Ne (10 mi.) | Little Torch Key (Torch Channel) (10 mi.) | Middle Torch Key (Torch Ramrod Channel) (11 mi.) | Little Spanish Key (Spanish Banks) (11 mi.) | Ramrod Key (Newfound Harbor) (11 mi.) | Big Pine Key (North End) (11 mi.) | Annette Key (North End, Big Spanish Channel) (11 mi.) | Howe Key (South End, Harbor Channel) (11 mi.) | Munson Island (Newfound Harbor Channel) (11 mi.) | Ramrod Key (Niles Channel Bridge) (12 mi.) | Big Torch Key (Niles Channel) (13 mi.) | Summerland Key (Niles Channel South) (13 mi.) | Summerland Key (Niles Channel Bridge) (13 mi.) | Howe Key (Northwest End) (13 mi.) | Vaca Key-fat Deer Key Bridge (13 mi.) | Big Spanish Key (13 mi.)