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Statewide bag and length limits
Special bag and length limits apply to some lakes, rivers (this page) and Fish Management Areas
(pages 20-25). Other fishes considered to be nongame fishes have no bag or possession limits,
except as noted in individual Fish Management Area regulations.
Possession limit is two days’ bag limit. It is illegal to transport or possess more than two days’
bag limit of fish per licensed angler without a commercial license. Exceptions are fish legally
acquired from aqua culturists (fish farmers) for use in aquaria, for brood stock, pond stocking or
properly marked for the market. Fish may not be filleted nor their head or tail removed until the
angler is finished fishing for the day to allow confirmation of measurements. Non-native fishes,
except for peacock bass and triploid grass carp, should not be returned to the water, and should
be consumed or disposed of properly. No freshwater fish or their eggs may be taken or possessed
except as permitted by these rules nor shall anyone wantonly or willfully waste the same.
■ 5 Black bass (largemouth, Suwannee, spotted, and shoal bass, individually or in total), only
one of which may be 22 inches or longer in total length.
—In south Florida (see page 14 for map): only one bass may be 14 inches in total length or
longer.
—South and east of the Suwannee River (see map): black bass less than 14 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
—In the Suwannee River (see map), areas north and west of the Suwannee River, and in any
tributary river, creek or stream of the Suwannee River: black bass less than 12 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
■ 50 Panfish including bluegill, redear sunfish (shellcracker), flier, longear sunfish, mud
sunfish, shadow bass, spotted sunfish (stumpknocker), warmouth and redbreast sunfish,
individually or in total.
■ 25 Crappie (speckled perch).
■ 20 Striped bass, white bass, and sunshine bass (individually or in total), of which only 6
may be 24 inches or longer in total length.
—In the Suwannee River, areas north and west of the Suwannee River, and in any tributary,
creek or stream of the Suwannee River: the bag limit for striped bass is 3, each of which must
be at least 18 inches in total length (20 fish combined bag limit).
■ 2 Butterfly peacock bass,
only one of which may be 17 inches or longer in total length.
(NOTE: It is illegal to possess grass carp or alligator gar without a permit; these fish must be
released immediately. See page 11.)
Special bag and length limits
See Fish Management Area regulations for bag and length limits for lakes in the Fish Management
Area system (pages 20-25).
■ Jim Woodruff Reservoir, Lake Seminole: 10 black bass, each must be at least 12 inches or
greater in total length; 15 striped bass, white bass and sunshine bass (individually or in total),
of which no more than two may be 22 inches or longer in total length; 30 crappie (speckled
perch), in total; 50 panfish (does not include crappie); 15 pickerel (chain, grass and redfin).
Possession limit is 50 fish total, regardless of species.
■ St. Marys River and it tributaries: 10 black bass, all of which must be at least 12 inches in
total length; two striped bass, sunshine bass or white bass, both of which must be at least 22
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Lake County, Florida
The Lake County Welcome Center is located at
20763 U.S. Highway 27, Groveland, Florida, 34736.
How to Measure
Your Catch
Total Length is the straight line
distance from the most forward
point of the head with the mouth
closed to the farthest tip of the
tail with the tail squeezed or
compressed.
inches in total length; 30 crappie (speckled
perch); 50 total panfish (does not include
crappie); 15 pickerel (chain, grass and
redfin).
■ Lake Talquin, Leon and Gadsden counties:
Black bass less than 18 inches in total
length and crappie less than 10 inches in
total length must be released immediately.
■ Lake Jackson, Leon County: Black bass
less than 18 inches in total length must be
released immediately.
■ Lake Kerr, including Little Lake Kerr:
No person shall kill or possess any black
bass that is 15 inches or more in total length
and less than 24 inches in total length. No
person shall take in one day more than
three black bass of which only one may be
24 inches or longer in total length.
■ Wildcat Lake, Marion County (Ocala
National Forest): Black bass must be
released immediately.
■ Edward Medard Reservoir, Hillsborough
County: Black bass caught from 15
to 24 inches in total length must be released
immediately. Black bass bag limit is three.
■ St. Johns River Water Management
Area (Farm 13, including the Stick
Marsh), Indian River and Brevard
counties: Black bass must be released
immediately.
■ S.N. Knight Tract, Indian River County
(locally known as Kenansville Lake):
Black bass must be released immediately.
■ Lake Weohyakapka (Walk-in-Water),
Polk County: Black bass from 15 to 24
inches in total length must be released
immediately. Black bass bag limit is three,
only one of which may be 24 inches in total
length or longer.
■ Lake Okeechobee,
including Harney
Pond Canal (C-41) north of S.R. 78 to water
control structure S-71; Indian Prairie Canal
(C-40) north of S.R. 78 to water control
structure S-72; all of Taylor Creek and Nubbin
Slough; C-38 Canal/ Kissimmee River
south of water control structure S-65E to
S.R. 78, and C-41-A Canal, from the intersection
of the C-38 Canal upstream to the S-84
structure, Okeechobee County: Black bass
less than 18 inches in total length must be
released immediately; crappie (speckled
perch) less than 10 inches in total length
must be released immediately.
■ Lake Trafford (Collier County): Five
black bass, each must be 18 inches or
greater in total length and only one fish may
be 22 inches or greater in total length.
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