General FMA Regulations
Access Restrictions
Lake Iamonia and Carr Lake, Leon County: Gasoline motors may not be used on boats during the regular duck season (Nov. 22–30 and Dec. 6–Jan. 25).
Lake Miccosukee, Jefferson County: Gasoline motors more than 10 horsepower may not be used on boats during the regular duck season (Nov. 22–30 and Dec. 6–Jan. 25).
Regulations for Fish Management Areas
- A fishing license is required for residents from 16 to 64 years of age, and for nonresidents 16 or more years of age, to fish by any method, including cane poles, on a Fish Management Area. Refer to Fishing License Fees for exemptions.
- The possession of fishing tackle is prohibited on any Fish Management Area that is closed to fishing.
- Bag limits and methods of taking freshwater fish apply except as provided for a particular Fish Management Area.
- The possession of nets (other than legal minnow seines, cast nets or dip nets), fish traps, trotlines or setlines is prohibited unless specifically authorized by rules established for a particular Fish Management Area.
- Persons entering or leaving Fish Management Areas that have designated entry points shall enter or leave only at such designated points.
- Any vehicle, boat or other transportation device may be searched while in, entering or leaving a Fish Management Area.
- Fish Management Areas may be temporarily closed to accommodate management projects (e.g., drawdowns), or if unsafe conditions exist, or as otherwise specified in a specific Fish Management Area rule.
- Intentional release of wildlife or freshwater fish on Fish Management Areas is prohibited.
- In the Suwannee River, areas north and west of the Suwannee River, and in any tributary, creek or stream of the Suwannee River (green shading and line): the bag limit for striped bass is 3, each of which must be at least 18 inches in total length (20 fish combined bag limit of striped bass, white bass, and sunshine bass, see Bag & Length Limits).
Striped bass stocking and habitat areas across northern and central Florida. Map shows key rivers and counties where populations are supported. - In the lower Ochlockonee River (downstream of the Jackson Bluff dam to Ochlockonee Bay)(blue line): the bag limit for striped bass is 3, with no minimum length limit and only one of which may be 24 inches or longer in total length (20 fish combined bag limit of striped bass, white bass, and sunshine bass, see Bag & Length Limits).
