Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68B - Marine Fisheries › Chapter 68B-4 - GEAR SPECIFICATIONS AND PROHIBITED GEAR › Section 68B-4.015 - Gear Specifications for the Panhandle Region: Recreational Net Fishing; Areas Closed to Net Fishing

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The requirements in this rule shall apply in the Panhandle
				  Region, which shall include the state waters of Gulf, Bay, Walton, Okaloosa,
				  Santa Rosa, and Escambia Counties.
(1)
				No person shall fish with, set, or place any beach or haul seine in the waters
				of the region described in this subsection to harvest or attempt to harvest any
				marine fish.
(a) All the waters of Lake Wimico
				and its tributaries, including the Jackson River from its confluence with the
				Apalachicola River westward to the lake, Depot Creek, the Intracoastal Waterway
				from a line intersecting each shoreline drawn through Flashing Red Marker 10 on
				the north and Green Marker 1 on the south (near the eastern end of East Bay)
				eastward to the lake, and the Gulf County Canal from the US Highway 98
				(Highland View) Bridge northeastward to the Intracoastal Waterway.
(b) All the waters of Sandy Creek, its
				tributaries, and within 100 yards of its mouth in East Bay, in Bay County. The
				mouth of Sandy Creek shall be construed to be the narrowing of the waterbody
				near 30°03'30" N. Latitude.
(c)
				All of the waters of Walkley Bayou (also known as Bull Bayou), its tributaries,
				and within 100 yards of its mouth in East Bay, in Bay County.
(d) All of the waters of Farmdale Bayou (also
				known as Maddox Bayou), its tributaries, and within 100 yards of its mouth in
				East Bay, in Bay County.
(e) All of
				the waters of Cook's Bayou (also known as Laird Bayou), its tributaries, and
				within 100 yards of its mouth in East Bay, in Bay County. The mouth of Cook's
				Bayou shall be construed to be the narrowing of the water body just south of
				30°07'25" N. Latitude.
(f) All
				of the waters of Callaway Bayou and its tributaries north of a straight line
				beginning at Wilson Point on the west and running northeasterly to Green Point
				on the east, in Bay County.
(g) All
				of the waters of Doty's Cove (also known as Emmon's Cove), its tributaries, and
				within 100 yards of its mouth in East Bay, in Bay County.
(h) All of the waters of Martin Lake and its
				tributaries east of US Business Highway 98 in Bay County.
(i) All of the waters of Watson Bayou, its
				tributaries, and within 100 yards of its mouth in East Bay, in Bay
				County.
(j) All of the waters of
				Massalina Bayou and its tributaries northeast of Beach Drive, in Bay
				County.
(k) All of the waters of
				Johnson Bayou and its tributaries north of Beach Drive, in Bay
				County.
(l) All of the waters of
				Mill Bayou, its tributaries, and within 100 yards of its mouth in North Bay, in
				Bay County.
(m) All of the waters
				of Pretty Bayou, its tributaries, and within 100 yards of its mouth in West
				Bay, in Bay County.
(n) All of the
				waters of Burnt Mill Creek (or Bayou) north of a straight line beginning at
				Graze Point on the west and running southeasterly to Cedar Point on the east,
				in Bay County.
(o) All of the
				waters of Crooked Creek and its tributaries north of a straight line beginning
				at Crooked Point on the west and running northeasterly to Doyle Point on the
				east, in Bay County.
(p) All of the
				waters of Lake Powell and Phillips Inlet, their tributaries, and within 100
				yards of the mouth of Phillips Inlet in the Gulf of Mexico, in Bay and Walton
				Counties.
(q) All of the waters of
				Pippin Lake, its tributaries, and within 100 yards of its mouth in
				Choctawhatchee Bay, in Okaloosa County.
(r) All of Blackwater Bay and its tributaries
				north of the Interstate 10 Bridge, in Santa Rosa County.