St. Marys River and its tributaries
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for St. Marys River and its tributaries, as the state words them
Nassau County · River · FL
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- Game fish may only be taken with pole-andline or rod-and-reel.Statewide
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- There is no limit on the number of rods an angler may use.Statewide
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Panfish Varies by water: less than 4 inches in total length (Panfish raised by licensed aquaculture facility) | 20 | - | Statewide |
Channel catfish | 6 | - | Statewide |
Sunshine bass | 10 | - | Statewide |
black bass | 10 | min. 12 inches or greater in total length | This water |
Bluegill and redear sunfish | 10 | - | Statewide |
freshwater mussels | 10 per person (or 20 half shells); possession limit is two days bag limit | - | Statewide |
Florida bass | 5 | min. no minimum length limit, but only one of the 5 may be 16 inches or longer | Statewide |
crappie (speckled perch) | 30 | - | This water |
Butterfly peacock bass | 2, only one of which may be 17 inches or longer in total length | - | Statewide |
American eels | 25 per angler per day | min. nine inches or greater in total length | Statewide |
Florida bass or largemouth bass Varies by water: 16.5 pounds or greater (statewide, potential state record certification) | See size | min. 8 pounds or greater | Statewide |
panfish (does not include crappie) | 50 | - | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from FL's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- black bassDaily limit 10Size 12 inches or greater in total length
- striped bass, sunshine bass or white bassDaily limit twoSize both of which must be at least 22 inches in total length
- crappie (speckled perch)Daily limit 30
- panfish (does not include crappie)Daily limit 50
- pickerel (chain, grass and redfin)Daily limit 15
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 0 cfs at north prong st. marys river at moniac, ga (2026-07-29 06:45)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in St. Marys River and its tributaries's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near St. Marys River and its tributaries
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