All limits per person unless specified. FL = fork length, TL = total length (see How to Measure a Fish)
Finfish Seasons, Limits, Sizes
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SPECIES |
OPEN SEASON |
DAILY LIMIT and POSSESSION LIMIT |
MINIMUM SIZE (inches) |
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Amberjack (no sale 4/1–4/30)* |
3/16–12/31 |
1 |
28 FL |
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Atlantic croaker |
All year |
25 |
8 TL |
|
Atlantic sturgeon |
No Harvest |
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Billfish (Blue marlin, White marlin, Sailfish)* |
Catch and Release Only |
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Black drum |
All year |
15 |
10 TL |
|
Black sea bass* |
All year |
15 |
12 TL |
|
Bluefish |
3/16–11/30 |
15 |
12 FL |
|
Cobia* |
3/16–11/30 |
2 |
33 FL |
|
Dolphin* |
All year |
10 (Not to exceed 60 per boat, except for headboats which are allowed 10 per paying customer. |
20 FL |
|
Flounder |
All year |
15 |
12 TL |
|
Gag grouper |
All year |
2 |
24 TL |
|
King mackerel* |
All year |
3 |
24 FL |
|
Red drum (Channel bass, Spottail bass, Redfish) |
All year |
5 |
14 TL (23 TL maximum) |
|
Red porgy (no sale 1/1–4/30)* |
All year |
3 |
14 TL |
|
Red snapper* |
All year |
2 |
20 TL |
|
Sharks (all sharks other than the SSC and Prohibited Sharks)* |
All Year |
1 per angler or boat, whichever is less |
54 FL |
|
Small shark composite (SSC)* |
All Year |
1 |
30 FL |
|
Prohibited Sharks |
Sand tiger, Sandbar, Silky, Bigeye sand tiger, Whale, Basking, White, Dusky, Bignose, Galapagos, Night, Reef, Narrowtooth, Caribbean sharpnose, Smalltail, Atlantic angel, Longfin mako, Bigeye thresher, Sharpnose sevengill, Bluntnose sixgill, and Bigeye sixgill |
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Sheepshead* |
All year |
15 |
10 FL |
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Southern kingfish (Whiting) |
All year |
No Creel or Possession Limit |
10 TL |
|
Spanish mackerel* |
3/16–11/30 |
15 |
12 FL |
|
Spot |
All year |
25 |
8 TL |
|
Spotted seatrout |
All year |
15 |
13 TL |
|
Striped bass (see Savannah River information under Game Species Daily Limits) |
All year |
2 |
22 TL |
|
Tarpon (no sale) |
3/16–11/30 |
1 |
68 FL |
|
Tripletail |
All year |
2 |
18 TL |
|
Weakfish |
All year |
1 |
13 TL |
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* These species are also federally managed from 3 to 200 miles offshore. Go to www.safmc.net for federal regulations. |
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