Species guide
100 species with rules near Santa Rosa Beach.
Summary for convenience; official FWC rules control. Not legal advice.
Hunting
24 species
Bobcat
Opens Tue, Dec 1Canada goose
GeeseOpens Sat, Nov 21Common gallinule (Moorhen)
GallinulesOpen through Mon, Nov 9Coot
Opens Sat, Nov 21Crow
Open today, closes tonight; reopens Sat, Oct 10Deer (antlered)
Opens Sat, Oct 24Deer (antlerless)
Opens Sat, Oct 24Deer (dog training season)
Opens Sat, Oct 31Dove (Mourning and white-winged)
DovesOpen through Sun, Oct 18; reopens Sat, Nov 14Duck (teal and wood duck only)
Opens Sat, Nov 21Gray squirrel
Open all yearLight Geese (Snow, blue and Ross')
Opens Sat, Nov 21Merganser (Common, red-breasted, hooded)
Opens Sat, Nov 21Otter
Opens Tue, Dec 1Quail
Opens Sat, Nov 14Rabbit
Open all yearRail (King and clapper)
Open through Mon, Nov 9Rail (Sora and Virginia)
Open through Mon, Nov 9Snipe
Opens Sun, Nov 1Turkey (fall)
Opens Sat, Oct 24Veterans and Active Military Waterfowl Days
Opens Sat, Feb 6Wild hogs, raccoons, opossums, skunks, beaver and coyotes
Open all yearWoodcock
Opens Fri, Dec 18Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days
Opens Sat, Nov 14
Saltwater
64 species
African pompano
Open all yearAlmaco jack
AmberjackOpen all yearAtlantic bonito, little tunny (bonito)
TunaOpen all yearBanded rudderfish
AmberjackOpen all yearBlack drum
Open all yearBlack grouper
Open all yearBlack, wenchman, queen, blackfin and silk snapper
Open all yearBlackfin tuna
Open all yearBlue crab
Open all yearBlue marlin
Billfish and swordfishOpen all yearBluefin, bigeye, albacore and yellowfin tuna
Open all yearBluefish
Open all yearBlueline tilefish
Open all yearBonefish
Closed nowCobia
Open all yearConey/Graysby
GroupersOpen all yearCubera snapper
Open all yearDolphinfish/Mahi-Mahi
Open all yearFlorida pompano
Open all yearFlounder
Open through Wed, Oct 14; reopens Tue, Dec 1Gag
GroupersClosed nowGolden tilefish
Open all yearGoliath grouper
Closed nowGray (mangrove) snapper
Open all yearGray triggerfish
Open through Thu, Dec 31Greater amberjack
Open through Tue, Oct 13Group 1 sharks: Atlantic sharpnose, blacknose, blacktip, bonnethead, finetooth, smooth dogfish, Florida smoothhound, Gulf smoothhound
Open all yearGroup 2 sharks: bull, nurse, spinner, blue, porbeagle, thresher (common)
Open all yearGrouper aggregate
Open all yearHogfish
Open all yearLane snapper
Open all yearLesser amberjack
Open all yearLionfish
Open all yearMullet (striped, silver/white, fantail and redeye)
Open all yearMutton snapper
Open all yearNassau grouper
Closed nowPermit
Open all yearProhibited sharks (e.g. dusky, sandbar, tiger, lemon, great hammerhead, white, shortfin mako)
Closed nowRed drum (Redfish)
Open all yearRed grouper
Open all yearRed porgy
Open all yearRed snapper
Open today, closes tonight; reopens Fri, Oct 9Rock hind/Red hind
GroupersOpen all yearRoundscale spearfish
Billfish and swordfishOpen all yearSailfish
Billfish and swordfishOpen all yearScamp
GroupersOpen all yearSchoolmaster snapper
Open all yearSheepshead
Open all yearShortfin mako
SharksClosed nowSnowy
GroupersOpen all yearSpanish mackerel
Open all yearSpotted seatrout
Open through Sun, Jan 31Swordfish
Open all yearTarpon
Check the official rulesTripletail
Open all yearVermilion snapper
Open all yearWahoo
Open all yearWarsaw/Speckled Hind
GroupersOpen all yearWeakfish
Open all yearWhite marlin
Billfish and swordfishOpen all yearYellowedge/Misty
GroupersOpen all yearYellowfin grouper
Open all yearYellowmouth grouper
Open all yearYellowtail, dog and mahogany snapper
Open all year
Freshwater
12 species
Alabama shad, American shad, hickory shad and blueback herring
Open all yearAlligator gar
Closed nowAmerican eel
Open all yearBlack bass (Florida, largemouth, Suwannee, spotted, Choctaw and shoal bass, individually or in total)
Open all yearButterfly peacock bass
Open all yearChannel catfish
Northwest FMAOpen all yearCrappie (speckled perch)
Open all yearGrass carp (triploid)
Closed nowPanfish (bluegill, redear sunfish, flier, longear sunfish, mud sunfish, shadow bass, spotted sunfish, warmouth, redbreast sunfish)
Open all yearStriped bass, white bass and sunshine bass
Open all yearSturgeon (Atlantic, Gulf and shortnose)
Closed nowSuwannee, shoal, spotted and Choctaw bass
Open all year
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