New This Year: Fishing
Effective September 1, 2023
Freshwater Fishing
- modified fishing regulations for community fishing lakes and applied these regulations to additional waterbodies
- modified blue and channel catfish harvest regulations for five lakes
- returned to statewide limits for largemouth bass on Lake Nasworthy
- implemented catch-and-release only for largemouth bass on Lake Forest Park
- established boundaries for Choke Canyon and O.H. Ivie reservoirs
Saltwater Fishing
- shortfin mako shark is now a prohibited species
- anglers must use descending devices on reef fish with barotrauma
- the bag limit for cobia is 1