inch's
limit
5 (in any
combination)
limit
| "TERRY'S
Parks & Wildlife" visual reference guide |
| This chart is a
visual reference guide to the fish and what its limits
are, RE = "September's
new rules and regs"..
we
catch fish that sometimes we dont know what they are and or if there is
a limit to it, so with this all one need to do is find the
fish
on the page and one will know if it has a bag or size limit to it. |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
| Amberjack,
Greater |
1 |
34 —
No limit |
| Bass:
striped, its hybrids and subspecies |
5 (in any combination) |
18 —
No limit |
| Bluefish |
No limit | No limit |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Cobia |
2 | 37 —
No limit |
Drum,
black  |
5 | 14 — 30a |
Drum, red |
3 | 20 — 28b |
Flounder:
all species, their hybrids and subspecies c |
5/2c
(in any combination) |
14 —
No limit -c |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Grouper,
gag |
2 | 22 —
No limit |
Grouper,
Goliath (formerly
called Jewfish)  |
0 | Catch
and release only |
Lookdown, pompano |
No limit | No limit |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Mackerel,
king |
2 | 27 —
No limit |
Mackerel,
Spanish |
15 | 14 —
No limit |
Mullet:
all species, their hybrids and subspecies |
No limit | No
limit — 12d (during Oct., Nov., Dec. & Jan.) |
Permit |
No limit | No limit |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Pigfish  |
No limit | No limit |
Pinfish |
No limit | No limit |
Pompano |
No limit | No limit |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Scamp |
No limit | No limit |
Seatrout, sand |
No limit | No limit |
Seatrout,
silver |
No limit | No limit |
Seatrout,
spotted |
10 e
See special regulation e below for Lower Laguna Madre |
15 — 25 f |
Searobin |
No limit | No limit |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Atlantic sharpnose, blacktip, bonnethead |
See
special regulations g below |
24 —
No limit |
| allowable shark species | 1 | 64 —
No limit |
| Sharks, prohibited species g | 0 | Catch
and release only |
Sheepshead |
5 | 15
—No limit |
Snapper,
lane |
No limit | 8 —
No limit |
Snapper,
red i |
4 | 15 —
No limit |
Snapper,
vermilion Bee-liner,
Mingo,
Bastard Snapper  |
No limit | 10 —
No limit |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Schoolmaster Barred Snapper, Schoolmaster |
no info | no info |
Blackfin
Snapper Hambone
Snapper, Blackspot Snapper,  |
no info | no info |
Snapper,
Cubera,Cuban
Snapper, Cuban Dog Snapper, |
no info | no info |
Snapper,
Dog,Yellow Snapper,  |
no info | no info |
Snapper,
Grey,Black Snapper,
Mangrove Snapper, |
no info | no info |
| Snapper,
Lane,Candy Snapper, |
no info | no info |
Mahogany Snapper, |
no info | no info |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Mutton
Snapper  |
no info | no info |
Snapper,
Queen,Ball Bat, Silk
Snapper,  |
no info | no info |
| Snapper,
Red,North American
Red Snapper, |
no info | no info |
Snapper, Silk,Yelloweye Snapper, |
no info | no info |
Snapper,
Yellowtail,Flag, Snapper |
no info | no info |
Wenchman ,Pink
Snapper,Bigeye Snapper,  |
no info | no info |
| Species | Daily Bag | (Min-Max) inch's |
Snook |
1 | 24 — 28 |
Tarpon |
1 | 85 — no limit |
Tripletail |
3 | 17 — no limit |
whiting |
No limit | No limit |
a Black Drum: No more than one black drum over 52 inches may be retained per person per day and counts as part of the daily bag and possession limit. b Red drum special regulation: During a license year, one red drum over the stated maximum length limit may be retained when affixed with a properly completed Red Drum Tag and one red drum over the stated maximum length limit may be retained when affixed with a properly completed Bonus Red Drum Tag. Any fish retained under authority of a Red Drum Tag or a Bonus Red Drum Tag may be retained in addition to the daily bag and possession limit as stated in this section. c Flounder special regulation: Daily bag is 5 fish except for the period Nov. 1-30 when the daily bag is 2 fish and flounder may be taken only by pole and line. Possession limit is equal to the daily bag.. d Mullet: May not take from public waters, or possess on board a boat, mullet over 12 inches during October, November, December, and January. No limits apply during other months. e Spotted Seatrout: Special Regulation: For the Lower Laguna Madre, the daily bag limit and the possession limit shall be 5 fish in all inside waters south of marker 21 located inside the area known as the Land Cut. Inside waters are all bays, inlets, outlets, passes, rivers, streams, and other bodies of water landward from the shoreline of the state along the Gulf of Mexico and contiguous to, or connected with, but not a part of, the Gulf of Mexico and within which the tide regularly rises and falls. f Spotted Seatrout: No more than one spotted seatrout over the stated maximum length may be retained per person per day and counts as part of the daily bag and possession limit. gSpecial Regulation: the daily bag limiy is 1 fish for all allowable shark species INCLUDING Atlantic sharpnose, blacktip, and bonnethead. hProhibited shark species: Atlantic angel, Basking Bigeye sand tiger, Bigeye sixgill, Bigeye thresher, Bignose, Caribbean reef, Caribbean sharpnose, Dusky, Galapagos, Longfin mako, Narrowtooth, Night, Sandbar, Sand tiger, Sevengill, Silky, Sixgill, Smalltail, Whale, and White. iSpecial Regulation: Red snapper may be taken using pole and line, but it is unlawful to use any kind of hook other than a circle hook. |