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Update

FWC approved several draft changes in October. Final consideration of these changes will be in December and, if approved in December, these changes will not go into effect until about a month after that. Proposed changes include reductions to the recreational daily bag limit, increasing the size limit, establishing an Oct. 15-Nov. 30 closure, and extending regulations in federal waters.

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Regulations Gulf and Atlantic State Waters

Gulf Flounder

Minimum Size Limit: 12" total length

Daily Bag Limit: 10 per harvester

Gear Requirements:

  • Legal Gear: spears, gigs, hook and line, seine, cast net
  • Illegal Gear: harvest prohibited by or with the use of any multiple hook in conjunction with live or dead natural bait; snatching prohibited

*Note - Regulations on this page apply to Gulf flounder, Southern flounder, summer flounder and fringed flounder.

Special regulations apply for this species when fishing in Biscayne National Park.

 

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