Recreational gag grouper season off Franklin and Wakulla counties now closed

Recreational fishing for gag grouper closed in state waters off the coast of Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties today but opens in most other Gulf of Mexico state waters and all Gulf federal waters.

Franklin, Wakulla, Taylor and Jefferson counties have a separate gag grouper season from the rest of the state that runs from April the 1^st through June 30^th.

For the rest of the Florida gulf coast the season opens on July 1^st and continues through December 3rd.

Gag grouper caught in federal waters during the July 1-through-Dec. 3 season can still be taken ashore in Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties, but boats with gag grouper aboard may not stop and must have gear stowed while traveling through state waters in that region.

The gag grouper recreational harvest minimum size and bag limits are 22 inches total length and two gag grouper per person.

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