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FMA REGULATIONS
Regulations for fish
management areas
1. A fishing license is required for residents
from 16 to 64 years of age, and for nonresidents
16 or more years of age, to fish
by any method, including cane poles, on a
Fish Management Area. Refer to Fishing
License Fees for exemptions (page 8).
2. The possession of fishing tackle is prohibited
on any Fish Management Area that is
closed to fishing.
3. Bag limits and methods of taking freshwater
fish apply except as provided for a
particular Fish Management Area.
4. The possession of nets (other than legal
minnow seines, cast nets or dip nets), fish
traps, trotlines or setlines is prohibited
unless specifically authorized by rules
established for a particular Fish Management
Area.
5. Persons entering or leaving Fish Management
Areas that have designated entry
points shall enter or leave only at such
designated points.
6. Any vehicle, boat or other transportation
device may be searched while in, entering
or leaving a Fish Management Area.
7. Fish Management Areas may be temporarily
closed to accommodate management
projects (e.g., drawdowns), or if unsafe
conditions exist, or as otherwise specified
in a specific Fish Management Area rule.
8. Intentional release of wildlife or freshwater
fish on Fish Management Areas is
prohibited.
Northwest Region
(see map on page 4 for regions)
Juniper Bay Lake, Walton County: open to
fishing.
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Lake Piney Z, Leon County: open to
fishing.
■ Black bass must be released immediately.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Swimming, and taking of fish or wildlife
with firearms or possession of alcoholic
beverages are prohibited.
■ Watercraft shall be allowed only as authorized
by the City of Tallahassee.
■ Access is prohibited from sunset until
sunrise.
Lake Victor, Holmes County: open to
fishing.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ No motor vehicles on dams, spillways and
fishing fingers.
Merritt’s Mill Pond, Jackson County: open
to fishing.
■ The taking of fish and wildlife with rifles is
prohibited.
■ Gigs are prohibited.
■ Trotlines may be used.
■ Redear sunfish (shellcracker) bag limit: 10
■ Redear sunfish less than 10 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
■ No bag limit for channel catfish.
Hurricane Lake, Okaloosa County: open
to fishing.
■ Black bass less than 18 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ No motor vehicles on dams, spillways and
fishing fingers.
karick Lake, Okaloosa County: open to
fishing.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ No motor vehicles on dams, spillways and
fishing fingers.
Lake Stone, Escambia County: open to
fishing.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ No motor vehicles on dams, spillways and
fishing fingers.
Bear Lake, Santa Rosa County: open to
fishing.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ No motor vehicles on dams, spillways and
fishing fingers.
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Joe Budd Pond, Gadsden County: Closed
to fishing, except as authorized by permit
for Commission-sanctioned events. Open to
fishing during daylight hours on July 4, 2008
and Saturdays and Sundays from July 5th
through August 31, and Labor Day (Monday,
September 1) 2008, as specified by order of
the Executive Director.
No motor vehicles on dams, spillways and
fishing fingers.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Sunshine bass bag limit: 10
■ Black bass less than 16 inches in total
length must be released immediately
North Central Region
(see map on page 4 for regions)
St. Augustine Road ponds (North and
South), Duval County: open to fishing from
30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes
after sunset.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Swimming, taking of fish or wildlife with
firearms or possession of alcoholic beverages,
and use of cast nets are prohibited.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Black bass less than 16 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
Oceanway Pond, Duval County: open to
fishing from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30
minutes after sunset.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Swimming, taking of fish or wildlife with
firearms or possession of alcoholic beverages,
and use of cast nets are prohibited.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Black bass less than 16 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
Hanna Park ponds, Duval County: open to
fishing from 30 minutes before sunrise until
30 minutes after sunset.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ taking of fish or wildlife with firearms or
possession of alcoholic beverages, and use
of cast nets are prohibited.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Black bass less than 16 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
Pope Duval East and West ponds, Duval
County: open to fishing from 30 minutes
before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Swimming, taking of fish or wildlife with
firearms or possession of alcoholic beverages,
and use of cast nets are prohibited.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Black bass less than 16 inches in total
length must be released immediately.
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