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| Freshwater Fishing Regulations | Saltwater Fishing Regulations |
| SPECIES | SIZE
LIMIT Total Length, except where noted FL=Fork Length |
BAG/CREEL
LIMIT per person per day |
SPECIES | SIZE
LIMIT Total Length, except where noted FL=Fork Length |
BAG/CREEL
LIMIT per person per day |
| Black
bass (largemouth, Suwannee, redeye, spotted, and shoal bass) see below Open Season: All year |
only one may be 22" or longer | 5 combined species |
Greater
Amberjack Open Season: All year |
28" FL | 1 |
| Black
bass South Florida Open Season: All year |
only one may be 14" or longer | 5 combined species |
Lesser
Amberjack, Banded Rudderfish Open Season: All year |
14" to 20" |
5 |
| Black
bass South & East of the Suwannee River Open Season: All year |
14" min. | 5 combined species |
Billfish Open Season: All year |
measure tip of lower jaw to fork |
1 (fed. size limits apply) |
| Blue Marlin | 99" min. | ||||
| White Marlin | 66" min. | ||||
| Sailfish | 63" min. | ||||
| Black
bass North & West of, and including, the Suwannee R. Open Season: All year |
12" min. | 5 combined species |
Black
Drum Open Season: All year |
14" to 24"
slot may possess 1 over 24 |
5 |
| Panfish (bluegill, redear sunfish/shellcracker, flier, longear, mus sunfish, shadow bass, spotted sunfish/ stumpknockers, warmouth, and redbreast sunfish) Open Season: All year |
No Size Limit | 50 | Bluefish
Open Season: All year |
12" min. FL |
10 |
| Bonefish Open Season: All year |
18" min. | 1 | |||
| Cobia
(ling) Open Season: All year |
33" min. FL | 2 | |||
| Black
crappie (speckled perch), White
crappie Open Season: All year |
No Size Limit | 25 combined species |
Dolphin Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 |
| Striped
bass, white bass, sunshine bass see below Open Season: All year |
only 6 may be 24" or longer | 20 combined species |
Flounder Open Season: All year |
12" min. |
10 |
| Striped
bass North & West of, and including, the Suwannee R. Open Season: All year |
18" min. | 3 (included in 20 combined species bag limit for striped, white, sunshine) |
Grouper
- Black & Gag Atlantic Ocean & Monroe County Open Season: All year |
24" min. |
2 (included in 5 Grouper combined species bag limit) |
| Butterfly
peacock bass Open Season: All year |
only one may be 17" or longer | 2 | Grouper
- Black & Gag Gulf of Mexico Open Season: All year |
22" min. |
5 |
| Speckled
peacock bass Open Season: Closed |
Possession Prohibited | n/a | Grouper
- Red, Scamp, Yellowfin, Yellowmouth Open Season: All year |
20" min. |
5 |
| Grass
carp Open Season: Closed |
Possession Prohibited
|
n/a | Grouper
- Warsaw Speckled Hind Open Season: All year |
n/a |
1 per vessel (included in 5 Grouper combined species bag limit) |
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| Grouper
- Coney, Graysby, Misty, Red Hind, Rock Hind, Snowy, Tiger, Yellowedge Open Season: All year |
n/a | 5 combined Grouper species |
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| Hogfish
Open Season: All year |
12" |
5 |
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| King
Mackerel Open Season: All year |
24" |
2 |
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| Spanish
Mackerel Open Season: All year |
12" |
10 |
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| Mullet Open Season: All year |
|
50 per person or vessel (whichever is less) | |||
| Permit
& Pompano Open Season: All year |
10"
to 20" |
10 combined species |
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| Pompano
- African Open Season: All year |
24"
min. FL |
2 per person or vessel (whichever is less) | |||
| Red
Drum (redfish) Open Season: All year |
18" to 27" slot |
1 |
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| Red
Porgy Open Season: Closed - Atlantic |
14" Atl. |
Closed |
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| Black
Sea Bass Open Season: All year |
10" |
20 - Atlantic |
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| Shad
(American, Alabama, Hickory) Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 combined species |
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| Shark
Open Season: All year Protected species. Practice of finning & filleting at sea prohibited. No harvest of Sawfish, Basking & Whale Shark or Spotted Eagle Rays |
n/a |
1 per person or 2 per vessel (whichever is less) |
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| Sheepshead
Open Season: All year |
12" min. FL |
15 |
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| Snapper
- Black & Wenchman Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 combined Snapper species |
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| Snapper
- Cubera Open Season: All year |
12"
to 30" slot |
10 |
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| Snapper
- Gray (Mangrove) Open Season: All year |
10" min. |
5 (included in 10 Snapper combined species bag limit) |
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| Snapper
- Lane Open Season: All year |
8" min. |
10 |
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| Snapper
- Mutton Open Season: All year |
16" min. |
10 |
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| Snapper
- Red Gulf Open Season: Apr. 15 to October 31 |
16" min. |
4 |
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| Snapper
- Red Atlantic Open Season: All year |
20" min. | 2 (included in 10 Snapper combined species bag limit) |
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| Snapper
- Schoolmaster Open Season: All year |
10" min. |
10 combined Snapper species |
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| Snapper
- Vermilion Open Season: All year |
10" min. |
10 |
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| Snapper
(blackfin, dog, mahogany, queen, silk, yellowtail) Open Season: All year |
12" min. |
10 |
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| Snook(all
species) Open Season: Feb. 1 to May 31 &Sept. 1 to Dec. 14 |
26"
to 34" slot |
2 |
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| Spotted
Sea Trout Open Season: |
may possess one fish over the max. size limit | ||||
|
South - Jan. 1 to
Oct. 31
|
15" to 20" slot | 5 | |||
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N.W. - Mar. 1 to
Jan. 31
|
15" to 24" slot | 7 | |||
|
N.E. - Mar. 1 to
Nov. 30
|
15" to 20" slot | 5 | |||
| Tarpon
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
2 |
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| Triggerfish(Gray)
add'l requirements apply for all other species Open Season: All year |
12" min. |
n/a |
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| Tripletail
Open Season: All year |
15" min. |
2 |
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| Weakfish
Open Season: All year |
12" min. | 4 | |||
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