{"id":66831,"date":"2025-12-01T19:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66831\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:09:07","slug":"seasonal-closure-for-recreational-snook-starts-dec-1-on-florida-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66831\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal closure for recreational snook starts Dec. 1 on Florida west coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recreational harvest season for snook closes Dec. 1 in all west coast snook management regions (Panhandle, Big Bend, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor and Southwest) and on Dec. 15 in all east coast snook management regions (Southeast, Indian River Lagoon and Northeast). This includes all Florida state and inland waters within each management region.<\/p>\n<p>The regional management regions are part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission\u2019s holistic management approach for Florida\u2019s most popular inshore fisheries. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/MyFWC.com\/Snook\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">MyFWC.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Panhandle\u00a0Open Season: March 1-April 30 and Sept. 1-Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 1-end of February and May 1-Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-33 inches total length.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Big Bend\u00a0Open Season: March 1-April 30 and Sept. 1-Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 1-end of February and May 1-Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-33 inches total length.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay\u00a0Open Season: March 1-April 30 and Sept. 1-Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 1-end of February and May 1-Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-33 inches total length.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sarasota Bay\u00a0Open Season: March 1-April 30 and Sept. 1-Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 1-end of February and May 1-Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-33 inches total length.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Harbor\u00a0Open Season: March 1-April 30 and Oct. 1-Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 1-end of February and May 1-Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-33 inches total length.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Southwest\u00a0Open Season: March 1-April 30 and Oct. 1-Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 1-end of February and May 1-Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-33 inches total length.<\/p>\n<p>Southeast\u00a0Open Season: Feb. 1-May 31 and Sept. 1-Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 15 \u2013 Jan. 31 and June 1-Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-32 inches total length.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indian River Lagoon\u00a0Open Season: Feb. 1-May 31 and Sept. 1-Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 15-Jan. 31 and June 1-Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-32 inches total length.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Northeast\u00a0Open Season: Feb. 1-May 31 and Sept. 1-Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Closed Season: Dec. 15-Jan. 31 and June 1-Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Bag Limit: One fish per day per person.<\/p>\n<p>Slot Limit: 28-32 inches total length.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recreational harvest season for snook closes Dec. 1 in all west coast snook management regions (Panhandle, Big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-66831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}