01Where can you fish from a pier in Florida?
Public fishing piers save you a boat and a license in most cases, because a pier usually holds a blanket license that covers everyone on it.
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Do you need a fishing license in Florida?
Yes, unless you are exempt: Florida requires a freshwater or saltwater fishing license, or both, for anyone 16 or older.
For residents the annual saltwater license and the annual freshwater license are $17 each, or $32.50 for the two together, and a resident can take an annual saltwater shoreline license at no cost. Visitors pay $17 for three days, $30 for seven days or $47 for a year, for each kind. You do not need a license if you are under 16, a Florida resident aged 65 or over, fishing in salt water from a licensed pier or on a licensed charter boat, or fishing in fresh water in your county of residence on your own homestead. There are license-free days too: in fresh water, the first Saturday and Sunday in April and the second Saturday and Sunday in June; in salt water, the first Saturday and Sunday in June, the first Saturday in September and the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Seasons and limits still apply on those days. Besides the license, keeping snook takes a $10 permit, spiny lobster a $5 permit, and reef fish from a private boat the free State Reef Fish Angler designation.
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02When is red snapper season in Florida?
Red snapper has two seasons in Florida, one for the Gulf and one for the Atlantic, and both are set again every year.
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03When is lobster season in Florida?
Florida's spiny lobster season opens with a two-day sport season, often called mini season, on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday of July, and the regular season runs from August 6 to March 31.
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04Where is the fishing in Florida?
Florida calls itself the fishing capital of the world and it has the license sales to argue it.
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, do I need a license ↗ Read September 23, 2026
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, saltwater licenses and permits ↗ Read September 23, 2026
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, freshwater licenses ↗ Read September 23, 2026
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, license-free fishing days ↗ Read September 23, 2026
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When is lobster season in Florida?
Florida's spiny lobster season opens with a two-day sport season, often called mini season, on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday of July, and the regular season runs from August 6 to March 31.
Where is the bonefish fishing in Florida?
Bonefish are a fish of the far south, in the Keys and Biscayne Bay, and in Florida every one goes back: the species has been catch and release only since September 1, 2013.
When is flounder season in Florida?
Flounder may be kept for most of the year, but every year the harvest closes statewide from October 15 through November 30 and reopens on December 1.
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