New redfish and speckled trout rules take effect in February

New rules for redfish and speckled trout take effect on February the 1^st and that should be good news for fishermen.

Beginning on the first fishermen will be allowed to keep 2 redfish a day instead of one.

There will also be an increased vessel limit of eight redfish – though the new rules limit the number of redfish that can legally be transported in a vehicle to six per person.

New speckled trout rules will do away with the February fishing closure in north Florida, and the November-through-December closure in southern Florida.

Commercial fishermen will now get 5 months to speckled trout from June through October and will be allowed to sell their catch up to 30 days after the season closes.

The commercial vessel limit has been increased to 150 when there are two commercially licensed fishermen aboard.

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