Florida · Bluefish
Can you keep a bluefish in Florida?
Yes, with limits
atlantic
Open year-roundSize
12 inches and up
fork length
Daily bag
3
per person per day
The reduced three-fish limit runs from Nassau through Miami-Dade counties, in force since October 2020.
gulf
Open year-roundSize
12 inches and up
fork length
Daily bag
10
per person per day
FWC states this Gulf limit includes Monroe County.
What we left out on purpose
- Atlantic red snapper is deliberately left unstated. FWC's dedicated season page and its general snapper table give different size and bag figures, and a federal court ruling on May 21, 2026 postponed the state management season. Publishing either number would be a guess.
- Gag grouper is in flux on both coasts: the Gulf is closed through August 31, 2026 after a quota overage, and the Atlantic and Monroe closed by executive order effective August 2, 2026 with no stated reopening. The dates here are what FWC published; the daily rebuild re-evaluates them.
- The Gulf red snapper weekend and holiday schedule was read from a summarised page fetch rather than a raw table. The dates are reproduced as published, but this is the entry most worth re-reading at the agency before a trip.
- Several species carry separate rules inside Biscayne National Park. Those figures are not captured here.
- Mutton snapper spawning-area closures around the Dry Tortugas are referenced in angling literature but did not appear on the FWC page read, so none is listed.
