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JF Griffin - Index

JF Griffin - magazine - Index

Lake Thonotosassa, Hillsborough County:
open to fishing.
■ Trotlines may be used from sunset until 9
a.m. Sunday through Thursday.
■ No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Parker, Polk County: open to fishing.
■ Wire traps may be used for nongame fish.
■ No bag limit for channel catfish.
Saddle Creek Park, Polk County: open to
fishing.
■ Cast nets are prohibited.
■ Black bass 15 inches or more in total length
and less than 24 inches in total length must
be released immediately.
■ Black bass bag limit: 3
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Lakes Tohopekaliga (West Lake Tohopekaliga),
Cypress, Hatchineha, and
kissimmee), Polk and Osceola counties:
open to fishing.
■ No bag limit for channel catfish.
■ Minnow lift nets, fish traps and trotlines
may be used.
Manatee Lake, Manatee County: open to
fishing.
■ Trotlines may be used from sunset until 9
a.m., Sunday through Thursday.
■ Outboard motors more than 20 h.p. may
not be used.
■ No bag limit for channel catfish.
Webb Lake, Charlotte County: open to fishing
during posted hours.
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Bluegill and redear sunfish less than 8
inches in total length must be released
immediately.
■ Black bass must be released immediately.
■ Vehicles may be used only on designated
roads.
Marl Pits 1 and 3, Charlotte County: open
to fishing.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Bluegill and redear sunfish less than 8
inches in total length must be released
immediately.
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Black bass must be released immediately.
Marl Pit 2, Charlotte County: open to
fishing.
■ Bluegill and redear sunfish less than 10
inches must be released immediately.
■ Bluegill and redear sunfish combined bag
limit: 10
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Black bass must be released immediately.
Tenoroc Fish Management Area, Polk
County
■ Fishing, hunting or trapping is allowed only
by FWC permit. All anglers and hunters
must check in and out at the Tenoroc
Fish Management Area headquarters
and deposit their valid fishing or hunting
license with the custodian unless otherwise
instructed. Permitted alligator hunt participants
are exempt from the requirement to
enter at designated points.
■ Days and hours of operation and quotas
shall be as designated by the FWC and
posted at area headquarters (currently Friday
through Monday only). Quotas will be
established for each lake, and fishing is permitted
in designated lakes only. Lakes may
be closed to public access for management
purposes or if access to the lake exposes
the public to danger, by posting notice at
the Tenoroc check station office. Quotas for
open lakes may be temporarily increased to
accommodate anglers during times when
other lakes are closed due to management
construction projects, road repair, unsafe
access or special recreational events.
■ Discharge of firearms is limited to the FWC
firing range or at FWC sponsored events,
■ All dogs must be leashed, except as authorized
by FWC.
Unless otherwise specified, Tenoroc FMA
harvest restrictions are:
■ Crappie bag limit: 10
■ Crappie less than 10 inches in total length
must be released immediately.
■ Sunshine bass bag limit: 6
■ Channel catfish bag limit: 6
■ Black bass must be released immediately.
■ Fish may not be filleted, nor their head
or tail fins removed, until the angler has
checked out at the area headquarters.
■ Cast nets and minnow seines are prohibited.
■ No person shall have any gun under his/
her control while under the influence of
alcohol or drugs.
■ Public access is prohibited in areas posted
as “Restricted” for protection of threatened
or endangered species, or environmentally
sensitive areas.
■ Motor vehicles may be operated only on
named roads, designated parking areas,
and fishing ramps as designated in the area
use brochure.
■ Vehicles may not obstruct designated
roads, boat ramps, gates or fire lanes.
■ Swimming and float tubes are prohibited.
Regulations for Tenoroc lakes are as
follows:
Lakes A, Butterfly, C, F, Fish Hook, G,
Half-Moon, Horseshoe, Hydrilla, Legs
Lost, Lake East, Lost Lake West, Tern, 2,
3, and 4 (primitive launch only on Butterfly,
F, Fish Hook, G, Half-Moon, Lost Lake
East, Lost Lake West, and Tern):
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
Lakes B and 5:
■ Boats are restricted to idle speed–no wake.
■ Black bass 15 inches in total length or
longer must be released immediately.
■ Black bass bag limit: 2
FMA REGULATIONS
Picnic Lake:
■ Gasoline motors may not be used on boats.
■ Black bass bag limit: 2
■ Black bass 15 inches in total length or
longer must be released immediately.
Pine (formerly East and West Pasture
Lakes) and Derby Lakes:
■ Boats may not be used.
■ Closed to fishing unless authorized by
FWC permit for agency-sanctioned events
except for anglers who have been certified
by the U.S. Veterans Administration,
U.S. Social Security Administration, by a
branch of the U.S. Armed Services, or by
a licensed Florida physician to be totally
and permanently disabled and has obtained
a permanent license issued pursuant to
373.561 (5)(b),F.S. or unless that person
presents proof of acceptance as a client for
retardation services by the Department of
Children and Family Services. One properly
licensed person may fish if accompanying
or assisting a permitted individual as
described above.
■ Other than anglers described above, no
one 16 years or older shall fish on Pine or
Derby lakes unless accompanied by a child
under 16 years of age.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Anglers may keep no more than 5 bluegill
and redear sunfish 8 inches or longer in
total length per day.
Cemetery Lake:
■ Boats may not be used.
■ Panfish bag limit: 20
■ Anglers may keep no more than 5 bluegill
and redear sunfish 8 inches or longer in
total length per day.
Lake Crago:
■ Largemouth bass, crappie and sunshine
bass: statewide size and bag limits apply.
■ Wire traps may be used for nongame fish.
■ Trotlines may be used from sunset until 9
a.m.
■ No bag limit for channel catfish.
■ Boats are restricted to idle speed – no
wake.
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