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 |
Largemouth Bass
Open Season: All year |
14" min. |
5, only 2 less than 14" |
Spotted Sea Trout
Open Season: All year |
12" min. |
10 |
Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
Open Season: All year |
12" min. |
5, only 2 less than 12" |
Gray Trout (Weakfish)
Open Season: All year |
14" min. |
10 |
Crappie
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
n/a |
Flounder
Open Season: All year |
13" min. |
n/a |
Striped Bass
Open Season: All year (additional regulations apply) |
18" min. |
3 |
Red Drum
Open Season: All year |
18" min.-27" max. slot |
1 |
White Bass
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
25 |
Greater Amberjack
Open Season: All year |
28" min. FL |
1 |
Walleye
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
8 |
Bluefish
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 |
Muskellunge and Tiger Musky
Open Season: All year |
30" min. |
2 |
Cobia
Open Season: All year |
33" min. |
2 |
Sauger
Open Season: All year |
15" min. |
8 |
Dolphin
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 |
Kokanee Salmon
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
7 |
King Mackerel
Open Season: All year |
24" min. |
3 |
American and Hickory Shad
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 |
Spanish Mackerel
Open Season: All Year |
12" min. |
15 |
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Please consult with your local authorities for additional fishing regulations for both Fresh and Saltwater areas! |
Tuna: Yellowfin, Bluefin, Bigeye
Open Season: (federal permit required) |
27" min. CFL
(Federal length) |
Contact NMFS at 301-713-2347 for closures and limits |
Sharks (excl. spiny & smooth dogfish)
Open Season: Regulations vary |
54-84" FL |
1 per vessel per day |
Sharks, Atlantic sharpnose
Open Season: Regulations vary |
84" maximum FL |
1 per vessel per day |
Blue Marlin
Open Season: All year |
99" min. LJFL |
1 of any marlin species |
White Marlin
Open Season: All year |
66" min. LJFL |
1 of any marlin species |
Sailfish
Open Season: All year |
63" min. LJFL |
1 |
Tarpon
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
1 |
Striped Bass (Ocean)
Open Season: All year |
28" min. |
2 |
Striped Bass (Coastal)
Open Season: All year |
18" min. |
3 |
Alewife and Blueback herring
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
25/day |
Eels
Open Season: All year |
6" min. |
50/day |
Scup
Open Season: All year |
7" min. |
n/a |
Black Sea Bass (north of Cape Hatteras)
Open Season: All year |
10" min. |
25/day
Rule change pending |
Black Sea Bass (south of Cape Hatteras)
Open Season: All year |
10" min. |
20/day |
Red, Scamp, Yellowfin and Yellowmouth Grouper
Open Season: All year |
20" min. |
5 combined grouper species |
Black and Gag Grouper
Open Season: All year |
24" min. |
2 (included in 5 combined grouper species) |
Speckled Hind (Kitty Mitchell)
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
1 per vessel per trip (included in 5 combined grouper species) |
Warsaw Grouper
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
1 per vessel per trip (included in 5 combined grouper species) |
Red Porgy (Silver Snapper, Pinky)
Open Season: Possession prohibited |
14" min. |
1 per day |
Dog, Gray, Cubera, Mahogany, Queen, Schoolmaster and Yellowtail Snapper
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 combined snapper species |
Mutton Snapper
Open Season: All year |
n/a |
10 combined snapper species |
Silk and Blackfin Snapper
Open Season: All year |
12" min. |
10 combined snapper species |
Red Snapper
Open Season: All year |
20" min. |
2 per day (included in 10 combined snapper species) |
Vermilion Snapper
Open Season: All year |
11" min. |
10 |
Reef Complex Species (sheepshead, spadefish, hogfish, gray triggerfish, queen triggerfish, whitebone porgy, jolthead porgy, knobbed porgy, longspine porgy, yellow jack, crevalle jacks, bar jack, almaco jack, lesser amberjack, banded rudderfish, white grunt, margates)
Open Season: All year |
