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Suwannee River +3 more

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for Suwannee River, areas north and west of the Suwannee River, and any tributary, creek or stream of the Suwannee River, as the state words them

Suwannee County · River · FL

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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
SpeciesDaily limitSize
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
1min. less than 16 inches in total length must be released immediatelyStatewide
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
5min. no minimum length limit, but only one of the 5 may be 16 inches or longerStatewide
Crappie (speckled perch)
25-Statewide
Butterfly peacock bass
2, only one of which may be 17 inches or longer in total length-Statewide
American eels
25 per angler per daymin. nine inches or greater in total lengthStatewide
Florida bass or largemouth bass
Varies by water: 16.5 pounds or greater (statewide, potential state record certification)
See sizemin. 8 pounds or greaterStatewide
striped bass
3min. at least 18 inches in total lengthThis 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.

Whole water
  • striped bass
    Daily limit 3Size at least 18 inches in total length
  • striped bass
    Daily limit 3 (20 fish combined bag limit)Size at least 18 inches in total length
    See map page 20.

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. 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

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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

Overnight
77°F
Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 mph · 4% precip
Wednesday
95°F
Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 17 mph · 45% precip
Wednesday Night
76°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 17 mph · 53% precip

Streamflow: 55.6 cfs at suwannee river at us 441, at fargo, ga (2026-07-29 04:00)

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 Suwannee River +3 more'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

Statewide rules
Statewide
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.
Special rules - Suwannee River +3 more
This water
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.

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