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Fishing Regulations
Black Drum
SPOTTED SEATROUT
Minimum size limit: 15" (total length)
Maximum size limit: 20"
Closed season: None
Daily recreation bag limit: Northwest region; 5 per harvester per day; Southwest region, 4 per harvester per day
Remarks:Harvest allowed using hook and line and cast net. One fish be over 20"
total length. Northwest region includes all state waters north and west of a line running due west from the westernmost point of Fred Howard Park Causeway to the Florida/Alabama line. Southwest region includes state waters lying south of the Northwest region boundary to the Miami-Dade - Monroe County Line on the Atlantic Ocean. Must remain in whole condition(removal of gills and guts allowed). State regulations apply in federal waters. Harvest prohibited by or with the use of any multiple hook in conjunction with live or dead bait.

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