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New Saltwater Fishing License Requirements And Limits
By Brian Smith

In the last few years most of the states along the Eastern United States Coast have implemented saltwater license requirements for both residents and non-residents. Also most states have implemented size, slot, and bag limits on most saltwater species of fish.

Because Florida is such a popular state for saltwater fishing, and because I live in North Carolina I will talk about these two states but if you are saltwater or planning to fish any state on the eastern United States coast you might want to look at the states requirements.

On January 1, 2007 North Carolina enacted regulations that require both residents and non-residents to purchase and possess a saltwater license. The fees for the North Carolina saltwater licenses can be found easily on line or by visiting a local bait shop when you are at the coast. Also, North Carolina updates the size limits, slot limits and numbers of saltwater fish species that you can keep annually and these vary every year because of increasing and decreasing populations of certain species. These regulations can also be acquired at a local coastal bait shop. The fines for violating some of these regulations in North Carolina can result in fines up to $10,000. You would be well advised to have your license and understand the species of fish you keep in N.C. You can find all of these regulations on line by going to the N.C. Fish and Wildlife website.

In Florida the regulations are very similar. You can purchase a non-resident saltwater license for $17.00 for three days and for

$30.00 for a seven day license. Most states license fees are much less for non-resident licenses and considerably less for resident licenses. You can also fine all the information you will need by going to the Florida Fish and Wildlife website.

To understand how important it is to be familiar with species, limits, and sizes, here are a few examples of the N.C. regulations:'

Red Drum, Channel Bass, Puppy Drum: length, 18" to 27", bag limit one per person.

Spotted trout: length, 12", bag limit 10 per day per person.

These are just a few of the limits that N.C. has put on saltwater species of fish that you can keep each day. All states have similar regulations.

It is important that these regulations have been put in place to insure that our children and grand children will be able to experience the incredible experience of saltwater fishing. If you target different species of fish you can still eat great seafood and put plenty in your freezer while insuring that you will be able to do that for many more generations to come.

Thanks,

Brian

Brian has been fly fishing for over forty years for trout, saltwater fish and bass. He also runs a website dedicated to fly fishing.

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