Snook Regulations. Slot Limit: Not less than 28" or more than 33" total length Daily Bag Limit: 1 per harvester per day; zero captain and crew for-hire limit Special regulations apply for this species when fishing in Biscayne National Park.
License Requirements: Snook permit and recreational fishing license. Allowable Gear: Hook and line only Must remain in whole condition until landed.
To learn more about catch-and-release and the best way to handle a fish, visit MyFWC. A snook permit, as well as a recreational saltwater license, is required to harvest snook unless the angler is exempt from the recreational license requirements.
Researchers are collecting data on the harvest of snook. These carcasses provide biological data, including the size, age, maturity and sex of the catch. Obviously, we have to protect the most successful breeders. The to inch slot is designed to allow anglers to harvest sizeable fish while protecting the older, larger females, which are the most fertile fish.
Also, males reach sexual maturity earlier than females, within two to three years, vs. A inch male has spawned many, many times. Since the majority of the population is comprised by males we can harvest a limited number of older males and younger, less productive females while maintaining a healthy breed stock. There's good news for Florida snook and anglers. A recent assessment of the Gulf and Atlantic populations shows that on both coasts the species is responding well to temporary closures put into place after the freezes.
Snook faired better on the Atlantic side because of the influence of the warm, Gulf Stream current. The Stream comes so close to the coast from Palm Beach southward that water temps didn't plummet to lows capable of causing fish kills. From Jupiter northward, it seems that a significant percentage of adult breeders managed to escape their wintertime haunts in the backcountry shallows for warmer ocean water in the nick of time.
Snook stats seem fishy: Florida snook population numbers are good, but something's still not adding up. State of the Redfish: Florida redfish stocks in good shape, except in Indian River Lagoon, researchers say. It's not the first time a big chunk of "Snook Country" has been crossed off in red "no harvest here" lines.
We've been down this road before, especially if an angler lives on Florida's Southwest Coast. The trouble is, we're going down this road all too often lately.
Before I get into why I think this is a huge problem, let me explain where you can and can't take a home a snook in the Sunshine State, starting Wednesday at a. Where you can keep a snook: Anywhere you can catch one along the entire Atlantic Coast of Florida, in the Florida Keys, the Everglades, Biscayne Bay, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River where a few snook live and every once in a while an angler catches one. This zone is broken into two sections with differing closure periods, until further notice.
Keep an eye on this ruling coming in October: The area of Tampa Bay — all waters of Tampa Bay and Hillsborough County, all waters of Pinellas County, and waters north of State Road 64 which bisects Manatee County including all waters of the Braden River, and all tributaries of the Manatee River, excluding all waters of Palma Sola Bay — is closed to harvest of snook, redfish and trout until Oct.
On Oct. Augustine, the 7-member governor-appointed Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will review this regulation, put in place because of the terrible red tide fish kill this past summer, and decide whether to end it, or extend it. Here, you still will not be able to keep a snook until Sept.
Also, you cannot keep a redfish or spotted seatrout in this zone until May 31, I know this is confusing.
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