Slot Size Chart
Size s1 (mm) t1 (mm) a1 (mm) h1 (mm) M4: 5: 10 - 11: 3.5 - 4.5: 8 - 10: M5: 6: 11 - 12.5: 5 - 6: 11 - 13: M6: 8: 14.5 - 16: 7 - 8: 15 - 18: M8: 10: 16 - 18: 7 - 8: 17 - 21: M10: 12: 19 - 21: 8 -9: 20 - 25: M12: 14: 23 - 25: 9 - 11: 23 - 28: M16: 18: 30 - 32: 12 - 14: 30 - 36. All sizes of red drum are predatory foragers on or near the bottom; inshore foraging (juveniles) typically occurs at marsh grass edges. Adults: Feed primarily on menhaden, spot, anchovies, blue crab, and speckled crab. Juveniles: Feed on opossum shrimp, grass shrimp, juvenile spot, and mud minnows, mud crabs, and fiddler crabs. Use the button below to download the new Slot It Tire Chart Slot It Tire Chart (224 downloads) Phone orders and Curbside Pickup: Monday – Friday: 9AM – 5PM. . The 26-44' protected slot limit for northern pike on Upper Red Lake has changed to a 30-40' protected slot, with only one over 40' allowed and a possession limit of three. The catch and release regulations for largemouth bass on Turtle Lake (Ramsey County), has changed to a 14-20' protected slot, with only one over 20' allowed.
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Valid Sep. 1, 2020 through Aug. 31, 2021.
Notice: Red Snapper season in federal waters closed August 3, 2020.
Bag and length limits apply to listed saltwater species. There are no bag, possession, or length limits on game or nongame fish, except as listed in this guide. See definitions of daily bag and possession limits.
For freshwater finfish species caught in the public salt waters of this state, statewide freshwater limits apply.
Amberjack, greater
- Daily Bag:
- 1
- Min length:
- 38 inches
- Max length:
- No limit
Bass
Striped, its hybrids and subspecies
- Daily Bag:
- 5 (in any combination)
- Min Length:
- 18 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Catfish
Channel and blue, their hybrids and subspecies
- Daily Bag:
- 25 (in any combination)
- Min Length:
- 12 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Flathead
- Daily Bag:
- 5
- Min Length:
- 18 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Gafftopsail
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- Min Length:
- 14 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Cobia
- Daily Bag:
- 2
- Min Length:
- 40 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Drum
Black drum
- Daily Bag:
- 5
- Min Length:
- 14 inches
- Max Length:
- 30 inches
No more than one black drum over 52 inches may be retained per person per day and counts as part of the daily bag limit and possession limit.
Red drum
- Daily Bag:
- 3
- Min Length:
- 20 inches
- Max Length:
- 28 inches
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.
Flounder
All species, their hybrids and subspecies
- Daily Bag:
- 5/2 (in any combination)
- Min Length:
- 15 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Daily bag is 5 fish except from Nov. 1 – 30, when it is 2 fish (flounder may be taken only by pole-and-line); and from Dec. 1 – 14, when it is 2 fish (flounder may be taken by any legal means, including gigging). Possession limit = the daily bag.
Gar, alligator
- Daily Bag:
- 1
- Min Length:
- No limit
- Max Length:
- No limit
Grouper
Black grouper
- Daily Bag:
- 4
- Min Length:
- 24 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Gag grouper
- Daily Bag:
- 2
- Min Length:
- 24 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Goliath grouper (formerly called Jewfish)
- Daily Bag:
- 0 (catch and release only)
Nassau grouper
- Daily Bag:
- 0 (catch and release only)
Mackerel
King
- Daily Bag:
- 3
- Min Length:
- 27 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Spanish
- Daily Bag:
- 15
- Min Length:
- 14 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Marlin
Blue marlin
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- Min Length:
- 131 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
White marlin
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- Min Length:
- 86 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Mullet
All species, their hybrids and subspecies
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- Min Length:
- No limit
- Max Length:
- 12 inches (see below)
- Clarification
- 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.
Sailfish
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- Min Length:
- 84 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Seatrout - spotted
- Daily Bag:
- 5
- Min Length:
- 15 inches
- Max Length:
- 25 inches
- Clarification: 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.
Sharks
- Daily Bag:
- 1 (in any allowable combination) - Special regulation: The daily bag limit is one fish for all allowable shark species including Atlantic sharpnose, blacktip and bonnethead.
Non-offset, non-stainless steel circle hooks MUST be used when fishing for sharks in state waters.
See Shark Limits and Identification for identification tips.
Atlantic sharpnose
- Min Length:
- 24 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Blacktip
- Min Length:
- 24 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Bonnethead
- Min Length:
- 24 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Hammerhead (smooth, great, scalloped)
- Min Length:
- 99 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Other allowable shark species
- Min Length:
- 64 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Prohibited shark species
Atlantic angel, Basking, Bigeye sand tiger, Bigeye sixgill, Bigeye thresher, Bignose, Caribbean reef, Caribbean sharpnose, Dusky, Galapagos, Longfin mako, Narrowtooth, Night, Oceanic Whitetip, Sandbar, Sand tiger, Sevengill, Silky, Sixgill, Smalltail, Whale, and White.
- Daily Bag:
- 0 (catch and release only)
Non-offset, non-stainless steel circle hooks MUST be used when fishing for sharks in state waters.
See Shark Limits and Identification for identification tips.
Sheepshead
- Daily Bag:
- 5
- Min Length:
- 15 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Snapper
Lane
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- Min Length:
- 8 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Red
- Daily Bag:
- 4
- Min Length:
- 15 - No limit
Red snapper may be taken using pole and line, but it is unlawful to use any kind of hook other than a circle hook when using natural bait.
Vermilion
- Daily Bag:
- No limit
- Min Length:
- 10 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Snook
- Daily Bag:
- 1
- Min Length:
- 24 inches
- Max Length:
- 28 inches
Tarpon
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- Daily Bag:
- 1
- Min Length:
- 85 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
Triggerfish, gray
- Daily Bag:
- 20
- Min Length:
- 16 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit
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Tripletail
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- Daily Bag:
- 3
- Min Length:
- 17 inches
- Max Length:
- No limit