Statewide
Illegal Gear: cannot harvest using any multiple hooks in conjunction with live or dead
natural bait; snatching prohibited
Allowable Gear: hook and line and cast net
Zero captain and crew bag limit when on a for-hire trip
Big Bend
Recreational
Slot limit: 15–19 inches total length
Bag limit: 5 per person/day
Season: Open year-round
Over-slot allowance:
o May possess no more than one fish per person or per vessel, whichever is less,
that is greater than 19 inches total length, included in the bag limit.
Commercial
Slot limit: 15–24 inches total length
Bag limit: 50 fish per Saltwater Products License
Vessel limit: 50 fish if only one SPL holder;100 fish if 2 or more SPL holders
Open season: June 1 – Oct. 31
Closed season: Nov. 1 – May 31
Big Bend: All Florida Waters and
adjacent federal waters of the Gulf
of Mexico lying east of 84°20.800ꞌ
West Longitude in Franklin County
and north of a line running due east
and due west from the westernmost
point of Fred Howard Park
Causeway (28°09.350'N,
82°48.398'W). Includes all waters of
Pinellas County north of 28°09.350'
North Latitude and all waters of the
counties highlighted in yellow, as
well as Ochlockonee Bay and the
Ochlockonee, Withlacoochee, and
Anclote rivers and their tributaries.