Finfish
All limits per person unless specified. FL = fork length, TL = total length
(see “How to Measure a Fish,” under Handling & Releasing Fish)
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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 |
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Atlantic sturgeon |
No Harvest |
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Billfish (Blue marlin, |
Catch and Release Only |
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Black drum |
All year |
15 |
10 TL |
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Black sea bass* |
All year |
15 |
12 TL |
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Bluefish |
3/16–11/30 |
15 |
12 FL |
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Cobia* |
3/16–11/30 |
2 |
33 FL |
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Dolphin* |
All year |
10 (Not to exceed 60 per boat, except for headboats which are allowed 10 per paying customer. |
20 FL |
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Flounder |
All year |
15 |
12 TL |
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Gag grouper |
All year |
2 |
24 TL |
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King mackerel* |
All year |
3 |
24 FL |
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Red drum (Channel bass, Spottail bass, Redfish) |
All year |
5 |
14 TL (23 TL maximum) |
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Red porgy (no sale 1/1–4/30)* |
All year |
3 |
14 TL |
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Red snapper* |
All year |
2 |
20 TL |
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Sharks (all sharks other than the SSC and Prohibited Sharks)* |
All Year |
1 per angler or boat, whichever is less |
54 FL |
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Small shark composite (SSC)* |
All Year |
1 |
30 FL |
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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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Spanish mackerel* |
3/16–11/30 |
15 |
12 FL |
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Spot |
All year |
25 |
8 TL |
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Spotted seatrout |
All year |
15 |
13 TL |
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Striped bass (see Savannah River information under Freshwater Game Species Daily Limits) |
All year |
2 |
22 TL |
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Tarpon (no sale) |
3/16–11/30 |
1 |
68 FL |
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Tripletail |
All year |
2 |
18 TL |
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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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Tagged Fish
Coastal Resources Division (CRD) biologists are conducting long-term studies on the growth, migration and fishing exploitation rates of red drum, tarpon, and tripletail. If you catch a tagged fish, please record and report the following information: 1) your name, address, and phone number, 2) fish species, 3) date caught, 4) tag number, 5) total length and location, and 6) whether the fish was kept or released. To report a tagged fish call (912) 264-7218. If released, please do not remove the tag.
If kept, please return the tag to GADNR/CRD, One Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520. If the tag number is not legible lightly scrape the tag with your fingernail or similar flat object.
Tripletail with tag ID beginning with the prefix “TT” contain surgically implanted acoustic transmitters. Anglers who catch these tagged fish are encouraged to release them with the tag intact, then call and report the catch.
If you are an angler who practices catch and release and would like to become a cooperative angler please contact the Cooperative Angler Tagging Program at 912-264-7218.
Regulations in red are new this year.
Purple text indicates an important note.
