Species
Size Limit
Harvest Limit
Season/Times
Other
Striped
mullet
None
• You may not harvest
any other fish while
harvesting mullet with a
strike or cast net.
•
Strike net: None
• Live bait: None, but
all mullet you harvest
commercially with a cast
net must remain alive
until you sell it
• Strike net: 3rd Mon. in Oct. —3rd
Mon. in following Jan.; harvest
only allowed Mon. —Fri., from
sunrise to sunset
•
Live bait: year-round, with cast
net only; harvest only allowed
Mon. —Fri., from sunrise to sunset
• Unless harvesting mullet for live bait, you must have
a Mullet Permit ($100 resident, $400 nonresident) to
harvest and sell mullet (plus other commercial fishing
and gear licenses). To qualify, you must have had a
Saltwater Gill Net License during any two years from
1993 to 1995 and provide state and federal income
tax returns (including Schedule C of the federal 1040
form) demonstrating more than 50% of your earned
income came from the capture and sale of seafood in
at least two years from 1993 to 1995.
•
You may only harvest mullet commercially with a
mullet strike net (see page 26). However, you may
harvest mullet for live bait with a commercial cast net
(no more than 12 feet in radius, operated manually,
during any season, with appropriate gear licenses).
Florida
pompano
None
None
•
Strike net: Aug. 1—Oct. 31 of
each year, sunrise to sunset, no
weekends or Labor Day
•
Other legal gears: year-round
You must have a Pompano Permit (no fee) to harvest
and sell pompano caught with a strike net (see page
26); application period is from Jan. 1 to Apr. 30 each year.
Spotted
seatrout
(speckled
trout)
14 in. min. total
length
Annual quota of 1 million
pounds
•
2nd day of Jan. until the last
day of Dec., or until the quota is
reached (whichever comes first).
•
No harvest on weekends (from
official sunset on Fri. to official
sunrise on Mon.).
• When you’re not on a commercial
trip, you may harvest up to the
recreational limit of spotted
seatrout between 10 pm and
5 am when the season is open
and anytime when it’s closed.
You must also have a basic
recreational and a saltwater
fishing license. You may not sell/
barter/trade/exchange these fish.
• You must have a Spotted Seatrout Permit ($100
resident, $400 nonresident) to harvest and sell
spotted seatrout (plus other commercial fishing
and gear licenses). To qualify, you must have had a
Saltwater Gill Net License during any two years from
1993 to 1995 and provide state and federal income
tax returns (including Schedule C of the federal 1040
form) demonstrating more than 50% of your earned
income came from the capture and sale of seafood
in at least two years from 1993 to 1995. Saltwater
guides may not obtain a Spotted Seatrout Permit.
• You may only use commercial rod-and-reel gear to
harvest spotted seatrout. No vessel carrying or fishing
a gill, hoop, trammel, or seine net may have spotted
seatrout aboard.
• All on board a vessel commercially fishing spotted
seatrout must be a licensed commercial fishermen.
•
No commercial harvest of spotted seatrout in
Louisiana waters west of the Mermentau River.
Sheepshead 10 in. min. fork length None
Year-round
Tripletail
18 in. min. total
length
100 pounds per trip; no
more than one vessel trip
per day
Year-round
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Size Limit
Harvest Limit
Season/Times
Other
Striped
mullet
None
• You may not harvest
any other fish while
harvesting mullet with a
strike or cast net.
•
Strike net: None
• Live bait: None, but
all mullet you harvest
commercially with a cast
net must remain alive
until you sell it
• Strike net: 3rd Mon. in Oct. —3rd
Mon. in following Jan.; harvest
only allowed Mon. —Fri., from
sunrise to sunset
•
Live bait: year-round, with cast
net only; harvest only allowed
Mon. —Fri., from sunrise to sunset
• Unless harvesting mullet for live bait, you must have
a Mullet Permit ($100 resident, $400 nonresident) to
harvest and sell mullet (plus other commercial fishing
and gear licenses). To qualify, you must have had a
Saltwater Gill Net License during any two years from
1993 to 1995 and provide state and federal income
tax returns (including Schedule C of the federal 1040
form) demonstrating more than 50% of your earned
income came from the capture and sale of seafood in
at least two years from 1993 to 1995.
•
You may only harvest mullet commercially with a
mullet strike net (see page 26). However, you may
harvest mullet for live bait with a commercial cast net
(no more than 12 feet in radius, operated manually,
during any season, with appropriate gear licenses).
Florida
pompano
None
None
•
Strike net: Aug. 1—Oct. 31 of
each year, sunrise to sunset, no
weekends or Labor Day
•
Other legal gears: year-round
You must have a Pompano Permit (no fee) to harvest
and sell pompano caught with a strike net (see page
26); application period is from Jan. 1 to Apr. 30 each year.
Spotted
seatrout
(speckled
trout)
14 in. min. total
length
Annual quota of 1 million
pounds
•
2nd day of Jan. until the last
day of Dec., or until the quota is
reached (whichever comes first).
•
No harvest on weekends (from
official sunset on Fri. to official
sunrise on Mon.).
• When you’re not on a commercial
trip, you may harvest up to the
recreational limit of spotted
seatrout between 10 pm and
5 am when the season is open
and anytime when it’s closed.
You must also have a basic
recreational and a saltwater
fishing license. You may not sell/
barter/trade/exchange these fish.
• You must have a Spotted Seatrout Permit ($100
resident, $400 nonresident) to harvest and sell
spotted seatrout (plus other commercial fishing
and gear licenses). To qualify, you must have had a
Saltwater Gill Net License during any two years from
1993 to 1995 and provide state and federal income
tax returns (including Schedule C of the federal 1040
form) demonstrating more than 50% of your earned
income came from the capture and sale of seafood
in at least two years from 1993 to 1995. Saltwater
guides may not obtain a Spotted Seatrout Permit.
• You may only use commercial rod-and-reel gear to
harvest spotted seatrout. No vessel carrying or fishing
a gill, hoop, trammel, or seine net may have spotted
seatrout aboard.
• All on board a vessel commercially fishing spotted
seatrout must be a licensed commercial fishermen.
•
No commercial harvest of spotted seatrout in
Louisiana waters west of the Mermentau River.
Sheepshead 10 in. min. fork length None
Year-round
Tripletail
18 in. min. total
length
100 pounds per trip; no
more than one vessel trip
per day
Year-round
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