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Virginia · Summer flounder

Can you keep a summer flounder in Virginia?

Yes, with limits

statewide tidal waters

Open year-round
Size
17.5 inches and up
total length
Daily bag
4
per person per day

17.5 inches from June 1 through December 31, dropping to 16 inches from January 1 through May 31 — the stricter, year-round-safe figure is published here. Unlike Maryland and New Jersey, Virginia runs this open all year with no closed season at all. Virginia's own Potomac River tributaries follow the Potomac River Fisheries Commission's rule instead.

VMRC source page

What we left out on purpose

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