Regulations
LA Licenses | LA Fishing Seasons | LA Fishing Regulations
| Species | Size Limit | Bag & Possession Limit |
| Cobia (Ling or Lemon Fish) | 33” min fork length | 2 daily per person |
| Drum, Black | 16” min total length | 5 daily per person – bag & possession. No more than one over 27” max total length |
| Drum, Red (Redfish) | 16” min total length | 5 daily per person – bag No more than one over 27” max total length |
| Flounder, Southern | None | 10 daily per person (for each consecutive day on the water) |
| Mackerel, King | 24” min fork length | 2 daily per person |
| Mackerel, Spanish | 12” min fork length | 15 daily per person |
| Mullet, Striped | None | 100 lbs. Daily |
| Seatrout, Spotted (Speckled Trout) | 12” min total length | 25 daily per person, 15 daily per person with no more than two over 25” (in specified areas) |
| HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES | ||
| Marlin, Blue | 99” min lower jaw fork length | None |
| Marlin, White | 66” min lower jaw fork length | None |
| Sailfish | 63” min lower jaw fork length | None |
| Shark, Atlantic Sharpnose & Bonnethead | None | 1 daily per person- possession |
| Shark, other (EXCEPT prohibited, silkey and sandbar) | 54” min fork length | 1 in aggregate per vessel per trip – possession. No silky or sandbar sharks or prohibited species |
| Swordfish | 29” min carcuss length or 33lbs. Min dressed weight 47” min length (lower jaw to tail fork) | 1 per person or 4 per vessel per trip |
| Tuna, Bigeye | 27” min curved fork length | None |
| Tuna, Bluefin | 27” min curved fork length | None |
| Tuna, Yellowfin | 27” min curved fork length | 3 daily per person |
| REEF FISH | ||
| Grouper, Black and gag Grouper, Red and Yellowfin Grouper, Scamp | 22” min total length 20” min total length 16” min total length | 5 daily in aggregate No more than one speckled hind and one Warsaw grouper per vessel and not more than one red grouper per person including in the bag limit |
| Grouper, Goliath and Nassau | Take Prohibited | Take/Possession Prohibited |
| Snapper, Red | 15” min total length | 2 daily per person |
| Snapper, Mutton | 16” min total length | 10 daily per person in aggregate |
| Snapper, Queen, Blackfin, Silk and Wenchman | none | 10 daily per person in aggregate |
| Snapper, Schoolmaster, Cubera, Gray(mangrove), Yellowtail, Dog and Mahogany | 12” min total length | 10 daily per person in aggregate |
| Snapper, Lane | 8” min total length | 20 daily per person in aggregate |
| Snapper, Vermilion | 10” min total length | 20 daily per person in aggregate |
| Almaco Jack | None | 20 daily per person in aggregate |
| Gray Triggerfish | 14” min fork length | 20 daily per person in aggregate |
| Tilefish, Goldface, Blackline, Anchor and Blueline Tilefishes | None | 20 daily per person in aggregate |
| Amberjack, Greater | 30” min fork length | 1 daily per person |
| Amberjack, Lesser and Banded Rudderfish | 14” min fork length 22” max for length | 5 daily per person in aggregate |
| Hogfish | 12” min fork length | 5 daily per person |
| Seabass, Black | 8” min total length | None |