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Lake Seminole Fishing Regulations 2026
Lake Seminole fishing regulations as of 2026-05-08: 307 current rules across 2 states (Florida, Georgia). Anglers target catfish, crappie, largemouth bass.
Florida waters
255 rules from FWC, 12 species.
Channel Catfish
Lake Seminole, Pinellas CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake SeminoleOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No limit — no limit; No bag limit for channel catfish
Al Lopez Park Lake, Hillsborough County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Alligator Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Alligator Lake, Columbia County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Baymeadows
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Baymeadows, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bear Creek Park
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bear Creek Park, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bear Lake, Santa Rosa County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bethesda Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bethesda Pond, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bobby Hicks Park Pond, Hillsborough County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Broward County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Caloosa Park Lake, Palm Beach County
- Daily bag
- 6
Camp Blanding Area
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Camp Blanding Area, Clay County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
CherryOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Cherry, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Clear Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Clear Lake, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Clermont Chain Of Lakes, Lake County (Cook, Winona, Palatlakaha, Crescent, Louisa, Minnehaha, Hiawatha, Minneola, Wilson, Susan And Cherry)Open
- Status
- Permitted
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
No bag limit for channel catfish.
CookOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Cook, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
CrescentOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Crescent, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Crystal Springs Park
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Crystal Springs Park, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
CypressOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Doral Glades Park Lake, Miami-Dade County
- Daily bag
- 6
Doral Glades Park, Miami-Dade County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Dover District Park Lake, Hillsborough County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Duval
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Eagle Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Eagle Lake, Hamilton County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
East Lake TohopekaligaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
East Lake Tohopekaliga, Osceola CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Edward Medard Park Reservoir, Hillsborough County
- Gear
- Cast Net Prohibited
Persons possessing a valid freshwater commercial fishing license may use cast nets to catch nongame fish other than channel catfish from 12:01 AM Tuesday to 12:01 AM Friday.
Flagler County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Fox LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Fox Lake, Brevard CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Freedom Lake Park, Pinellas County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Gadsden Park Pond, Hillsborough County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hal-Scott Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hal-Scott Lake, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hanna Park Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hanna Park Ponds, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hardee County Park, Hardee County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
HatchinehaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
HiawathaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Hiawatha, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Huguenot Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Huguenot Pond, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hurricane Lake, Okaloosa County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Joe Budd Pond, Gadsden County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Juniper Bay Lake, Walton County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Juniper Lake, Walton County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Karick Lake, Okaloosa County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
KissimmeeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Koon LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Koon Lake, Lafayette CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Blue CypressOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake CragoClosed
- Status
- Closed
No bag limit for channel catfish
Lake Crago, Polk CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake DiasOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Dias, Volusia CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Griffin, Lake County Including All Emeralda Marsh Water Bodies Open To Lake Griffin, And Including All Points Lakeward Of A Boundary Line Delineated By: County Road 44 And Burrell Lock And Dam On Haynes Creek (Formerly Haines Creek); County Road 464c At Moss Bluff Lock And DamOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Istokpoga, Highlands CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Ivanhoe
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Ivanhoe, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake JacksonOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Lawne
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Lawne, Orange CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
No bag limit for channel catfish
Lake MarianOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Marian, Osceola CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Montgomery, Columbia County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Okeeheelee, Palm Beach County
- Daily bag
- 6
Lake PanasoffkeeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Panasoffkee, Sumter County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Parker, Polk CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Piney Z, Leon County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Santiago In Demetree Park
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Santiago In Demetree Park, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Lake Santiago, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Stone, Escambia County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Tarpon, Pinellas CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Thonotosassa, Hillsborough CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Underhill
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Underhill, Orange CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lake Victor, Holmes County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lakes Hatchineha And Kissimmee, Polk CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lakes Lochloosa And OrangeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Lakes Lochloosa, Alachua CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Lakes Orange, Alachua CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Lakes Tohopekaliga (West Lake Tohopekaliga)Open
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Lakes Tohopekaliga (West Lake Tohopekaliga), Cypress, Hatchineha, And Kissimmee, Osceola And Polk CountiesOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Min size
- 30"
No bag limit for channel catfish. Channel catfish less than 30 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Largo Central Park Nature Preserve, Pinellas CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
No bag limit
Long LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
LouisaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Louisa, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Manatee Lake, Manatee CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No limit — no limit; No bag limit for channel catfish.
Marl Pit 2, Charlotte CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Marl Pits 1 And 3, Charlotte County
- Daily bag
- 6
Merritt’s Mill Pond, Jackson CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Miami-Dade
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Miami-Dade County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
MinnehahaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Minnehaha, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
MinneolaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Minneola, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Montgomery Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Montgomery Lake, Columbia County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mosaic Fish Management Area, Polk And Hardee Counties
- Daily bag
- 6
Mosaic Fish Management Area, Polk/Hardee Counties
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Newnans LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Newnans Lake, Alachua CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Oceanway Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Oceanway Pond, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
PalatlakahaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Palatlakaha, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Palm Beach County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Palm Lake, St. Lucie County
- Daily bag
- 6
Pellicer Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pellicer Pond, Flagler County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Plantation Heritage Park Lake, Broward County
- Daily bag
- 6
Pope Duval East And West Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pope Duval East Ponds, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pope Duval Ponds, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pope Duval West Ponds, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ronnie Vanzant Park
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ronnie Vanzant Park, Clay County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Saddle Creek Park, Polk County
- Daily bag
- 6
Secret Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Secret Lake, Seminole County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shadow Bay Park
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Min size
- 30"
Channel catfish less than 30 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Shadow Bay Park, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
South LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
South Lake, Brevard CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
St. Augustine Road Ponds (North And South)
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
St. Augustine Road Ponds (North), Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
St. Augustine Road Ponds (South), Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
St. Augustine Road Ponds, Duval County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
St. Lucie
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel catfish bag limit: 6
Starke LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Starke Lake, Orange CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Steven J. Wortham Park Lake, Hillsborough County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
SusanOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Susan, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Suwannee LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Suwannee Lake, Suwannee CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Tenoroc Fish Management Area, Polk County
- Daily bag
- 6
The Northern-Most Tropical Park Lake, Miami-Dade County
- Daily bag
- 6
Tropical Park Lake, Miami-Dade County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Turkey Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Turkey Lake, Orange County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Walsingham Park Lake, Pinellas County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Watertown Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Watertown Lake, Columbia County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Webb Lake, Charlotte County
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
WilsonOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Wilson, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
WinonaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish.
Winona, Lake CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No bag limit for channel catfish
Crappie
Jim Woodruff Reservoir / Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 30 fish/day
Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 30 fish
All Of L-50 Canal In Glades CountyCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
All Of Sportsman’s Canal (Ld-3) In Glades CountyCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
All Of Taylor Creek And Nubbin Slough In Okeechobee CountyCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
C-38/Kissimmee River South Of Sfwmd Structure S-65e To St. Rd. 78Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
C-41-A Canal, Southeast Of S-84Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Fisheating Creek To U. S. 27Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Harney Pond Canal (C-41) North Of St. Rd. 78 To South Florida Water Mgmnt. District (Sfwmd) Structure S-71Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Indian Prairie Canal (C-40) North Of St. Rd. 78 To Sfwmd Structure S-72Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Jim Woodruff Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 30 fish
Lake Crago, Polk CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Gear
- Statewide Limits Apply
statewide size and bag limits apply
Lake Griffin, Lake County Including All Emeralda Marsh Water Bodies Open To Lake Griffin, And Including All Points Lakeward Of A Boundary Line Delineated By: County Road 44 And Burrell Lock And Dam On Haynes Creek (Formerly Haines Creek); County Road 464c At Moss Bluff Lock And Dam
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Lake Jackson (Walton County)
- Daily bag
- 30 fish
Lake OkeechobeeCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie (speckled perch) less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Lake TalquinCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately. less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately
Lake Talquin, Leon And Gadsden Counties
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Lake Underhill, Orange County
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Long Lake
- Daily bag
- 25
Mosaic Fish Management Area, Polk And Hardee CountiesCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Daily bag
- 10
- Min size
- 10"
less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately
Mosaic Fish Management Area, Polk/Hardee Counties
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Perdido River
- Daily bag
- 30 fish
- Min size
- 9"
St. Marys River
- Daily bag
- 30 fish
St. Marys River And Its Tributaries
- Daily bag
- 30 fish
Tenoroc Fish Management Area, Polk CountyCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Daily bag
- 10
- Min size
- 10"
less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Tenoroc Long Lake, Polk County
- Daily bag
- 25 fish/day
That Portion Of Bear Creek Lying Between Lake Talquin And Bear Creek RoadCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately. less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately
That Portion Of The Little River Lying Between Lake Talquin And County Road 268Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
That Portion Of The Ochlockonee River Lying Between Lake Talquin And The Railroad Trestle That Is Located Immediately Below U.s. Highway 90Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
That Portion Of The Rocky Comfort Creek Lying Between Lake Talquin And County Road 65-BCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately.
Those Portions Of Blount's, Freeman [Stoutamire], And Harvey And Polk Creeks Lying Between Lake Talquin And State Road 20Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately. less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately
Those Portions Of Ocklawaha And Hammock Creeks Lying Between Lake Talquin And State Road 267Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Min size
- 10"
Crappie less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately. less than 10 inches in total length must be released immediately
Largemouth Bass
Lake CragoOpen
- Status
- Open
open to fishing
Lake Crago, Polk CountyOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Gear
- Statewide Limits Apply
statewide size and bag limits apply
Long LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Gear
- Statewide Limits Apply
statewide size and bag limits apply.
State Of FloridaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
An angler may possess one Florida bass or largemouth bass 16.5 pounds or greater, per day over the legal length or bag limit when submitting for the certification of a potential state record provided they contact the Commission at this link (https://myfwc.wufoo. com/forms/potential-state-record-largemouth-bass/). Bass maintained in live condition may only be possessed on the waterbody or adjacent shore from which the fish was caught and may only be released alive in the same waterbody, unless otherwise directed by Commission staff.
Florida statewide
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Black Bass
Jim Woodruff Reservoir / Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 10 fish
- Min size
- 12"
White Bass
Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 15 fish
- Max size
- 22"
- Slot max
- 22"
no more than two may be 22 inches or longer
Sunshine Bass
Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 15 fish
- Max size
- 22"
- Slot max
- 22"
no more than two may be 22 inches or longer
Striped Bass
Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 15 fish
- Max size
- 22"
- Slot max
- 22"
no more than two may be 22 inches or longer
All Species
Lake Seminole
- Possession
- 50 fish
Lake Seminole, Pinellas CountyOpen
- Status
- Open
- Gear
- Trotlines
Trotlines may be used from sunset until 9 a.m.
Panfish
Jim Woodruff Reservoir / Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 50 fish/day
Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 50 fish
does not include crappie
Pickerel
Jim Woodruff Reservoir / Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 15 fish/day
Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 15 fish
Nongame Fish
Lake Seminole In Jackson CountyClosed
- Status
- Prohibited
- Possession
- 20 slat baskets per licensee
No wire traps permitted.
Striped Bass / White Bass / Sunshine Bass (All Species)
Jim Woodruff Reservoir / Lake Seminole
- Daily bag
- 15 fish/day
Georgia waters
52 rules from DNR WRD, 9 species.
Largemouth Bass
All Pfas
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Min size
- 14"
Largemouth bass (unless otherwise posted) — 5 Largemouth bass: 14 inches minimum unless otherwise posted
All Pfas (Unless Otherwise Posted)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 14"
Dodge County
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Slot min
- 16"
- Slot max
- 24"
only 1 over 24 inches between 16 and 24 inches must be released immediately
Evans County
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Slot min
- 12"
- Slot max
- 16"
with only one (1) over 16 inches between 12 and 16 inches must be released immediately
Hugh M. Gillis
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Slot min
- 16"
- Slot max
- 24"
between 16 and 24 inches must be released immediately
Lake Blackshear
- Min size
- 14"
Lake Lanier
- Min size
- 14"
Lake Lindsay Grace
- Daily bag
- 1 fish
- Slot min
- 15"
- Slot max
- 22"
only one bass may be greater than 22 inches
Lake Lindsay Grace (Wayne Co.)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish
Only one bass may be greater than 22 inches.
Lake Oconee
- Min size
- 14"
Lake Walter F. George
- Min size
- 14"
Lake West Point
- Min size
- 14"
Marben Pfa (Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Min size
- 16"
only one (1) of which can be 16 inches or longer
OcmulgeeCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
Largemouth bass are catch-and-release.
Panic Pond
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Min size
- 24"
greater than 24 inches
Paradise
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
only one over 24 inches
Public Fishing Area Lakes Operated By The Department Of Natural Resources
- Min size
- 14"
This limit will not apply to lakes which have been posted as having a different length limit for largemouth bass.
Public Fishing Areas
- Daily bag
- 5
- Min size
- 14"
unless otherwise posted
West Point Reservoir
- Min size
- 14"
Georgia statewide
- Min size
- 12"
statewide except for specific lakes listed
Channel Catfish
All Pfas (Unless Otherwise Posted)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Berrien County
- Gear
- Allowed
Channel catfish listed among Fish Species at Paradise Berrien County
Dodge County
- Gear
- Live Minnows
Live fish (minnows) are allowed for bait.
Georgia’s FreshwaterIn season
- Season opens
- Mar 1
- Season closes
- Jul 15
Hugh M. Gillis
- Gear
- Allowed
Fish species: Largemouth bass, Bluegill, Redear sunfish, Channel catfish, Black crappie, Brown bullhead.
Public Fishing Areas
- Daily bag
- 5
Georgia statewideOpen
- Status
- Permitted
may be sold if taken while commercial fishing as described in the Game and Fish Code
Flathead Catfish
Georgia’s FreshwaterIn season
- Season opens
- Mar 1
- Season closes
- Jul 15
Georgia statewideOpen
- Status
- Permitted
may be sold if taken while commercial fishing as described in the Game and Fish Code
All Species
Lake SeminoleOpen
- Status
- Permitted
The waters and banks of Lake Seminole, bounded on the west by Florida State Road No. 271; on the south by the Jim Woodruff Dam; on the east by the line immediately east of the Chattahoochee Marina (also known as the Booster Club) running northwest across the reservoir to the tip of land at the junction of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, west of Spring Creek; and on the north by the Herman Talmadge Bridge across the Chattahoochee River
Lake Seminole WmaOpen
- Status
- Permitted
No hunting within 300 yards of a developed recreation area, house, dock, building or other structure.
Blue Catfish
Georgia’s FreshwaterIn season
- Season opens
- Mar 1
- Season closes
- Jul 15
Black Crappie
Hugh M. Gillis
- Gear
- Allowed
Black crappie listed among fish species at Hugh M. Gillis Public Fishing Area; no explicit restrictions stated for this species
White Crappie
OcmulgeeOpen
- Status
- Open
Fish Species: Largemouth bass, Bluegill, White crappie, Redear sunfish, yellow bullhead.
Crappie
Georgia statewide
- Daily bag
- 30 fish
Catfish
Georgia statewideOpen
- Status
- Permitted
year round
FAQ
Which states regulate fishing on Lake Seminole?
Lake Seminole spans 2 states (Florida, Georgia). Each state's wildlife agency sets rules for its own waters; FWC / DNR WRD.
What species can I target on Lake Seminole?
Lake Seminole is best known for catfish, crappie, largemouth bass. Other species are present and tracked in the rule tables below.
When was this last updated?
These rules were last verified against FWC / DNR WRD on 2026-05-08. Always confirm with the official source before keeping a catch.
Reference only. Regulations change mid-season. Always verify with the official source before keeping a catch. Last verified .