Here are the Florida Fishing regulations keep in mind that the regulations change all the time. Make sure you keep up on the limits

Basic Recreational Saltwater Fishing Regulations according to the newsletter "Fishing Lines" from the Division of Marine Resources.

This is a brief summary of regulations governing the taking of saltwater species in Florida for personal use.   It is not intended or designed to provide specific information on commercial harvesting of these species.  The failure to include complete laws, rules, and regulation in this summary does not relieve persons from abiding by those laws, rules, or regulations.  All measurements will be considered total length unless otherwise specified.  Total length definition shall apply to the particular species being measured.  Definition of total length varies from species to species (refer to Measuring Your Catch).
(For pictures and more information on these fish, see Florida's Fish)

Must remain in whole condition until landed ashore (heads and tails intact).
Measured as total length.

Species

Minimum Size Limits

Closed Season

Daily Rec. Bag Limit

Remarks

Greater Amberjack

28" fork

1 per person per day

Lesser Amberjack
Banded Rudderfish

Not less than 14"or more than 20" fork

5 Aggregate of lesser amberjack and banded rudderfish

Black Drum

Not less than 14"
or more than 24"

5 per person per day

May possess one over 24".

Cobia (Ling)

33" fork

2 per person per day

Dolphin

20" fork

10 per person per day

Gray Triggerfish

12"

Grouper

20"

5 Aggregate of all species per person per day

Includes Yellowfin, Red, Yellowmouth, Misty, Scamp, Yellowedge.  Harvest of Nassau and Jewfish prohibited.

Grouper-
Black and Gag

24" Atlantic & Monroe county; 22" Gulf

2 per person per day Atlantic & Monroe county.  5 per person per day Gulf.

Are included in Grouper aggregate bag limits.

Grouper-Warsaw
Speckled Hind

1 per vessel per day of each species

Are not included in Grouper aggregate bag limit.  Illegal to buy or sell.

Hogfish

12" fork

5 per person per day

Mackerel-King  

20" fork

2 per person per day

Bag limit in Gulf-Atlantic fishery reduced to 1 when federal waters are closed to all harvest.  Call FMP for details.

Pompano-African

Not less than 24" fork

2 fish per person per vessel/day whichever is less

Hook and line gear only.

Red Porgy

14" on Atlantic coast

5 per person per day - Atlantic

Sheepshead

12"

15 per person per day

Snapper-Cubera

Not less than 12" or more than 30"

10 per person per day
Under 30" included in aggregate bag limit

No more than two 30" or larger per person or vessel, whichever is less.  30" or larger not included in aggregate.

Snapper-
Gray (Mangrove)

10"

5 per person per day
Aggregate bag limit

No more than 10 snappers aggregate of all snappers with a bag limit.

Snapper-Lane

8"

10 bag limit applies toward aggregate of all snappers if harvested in Atlantic

Lane Snapper harvested in Gulf of Mexico not subject to aggregate bag limit.

Snapper-Mutton

16"

10 per person per day
Aggregate bag limit

No more than 10 Snappers aggregate of all Snappers with a bag limit.

Snapper-Red

16" Gulf; 20" Atlantic

Closed when adjacent Federal waters closed

4 Gulf of Mexico per day - 2 Atlantic

No more than 10 Snappers aggregate of all Snappers with a bag limit.

Snapper-
Schoolmaster

10"

10 per person per day
Aggregate bag limit

No more than 10 Snappers aggregate of all Snappers with a bag limit.

Snapper-
Vermilion

10"

no bag limit in Gulf.  10 (Atlantic) per day

Not counted in Snapper aggregate bag limit

Snapper-
all others

12"

10 aggregate of all snappers with a bag limit

Includes Blackfin, Cubera under 30", Dog, Mahogany, Queen, Silk and Yellowtail.

MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT (Total Length):  Spanish Hogfish 2"

MAXIMUM SIZE LIMIT (Total Length):  Angelfish (except rock beauty) 8";  Butterflyfish, Jawfish 4";  Rock Beauty 5";  Gobies 2";  Spanish Hogfish 8";  Spotfin Hogfish 8"

BAG LIMIT Fishes / Invertebrates: 20 per person per day.  No more than 5 Angelfish and no more than 6 Octocoral colonies.  Plants:  1 gallon per person per day.

Live landing and live well requirements. Harvest in Biscayne National Park and John Pennekamp State Park prohibited.   Unlawful to harvest or possess Longspine Urchin, Hard and Fire Corals, Sea Fans, Florida Queen Conch and Bahama Starfish.  Harvest of live rock in state waters is prohibited.

PROTECTED SPECIES

It is unlawful to harvest, possess, land, purchase, sell, or exchange the following species:
Nassau Grouper, Jewfish, Sawfish, Basking Shark, Whale Shark, Spotted Eagle Ray, Sturgeon, White Shark, Sand Tiger Shark, Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark, Manta Rays