Fishing seasons by state
Every state, month by month: which of our species profiles list that state's waters, the best months to fish, featured fisheries and the official licence source. Pick your state.
South
- Florida 225 species
- Texas 152 species
- Louisiana 161 species
- Alabama 155 species
- Mississippi 157 species
- Georgia 48 species
- South Carolina 65 species
- North Carolina 73 species
- Virginia 33 species
- Arkansas 50 species
- Oklahoma 43 species
- Tennessee 55 species
- Kentucky 17 species
- West Virginia 9 species
Northeast
- Maine 10 species
- New Hampshire 1 species
- Vermont 1 species
- Massachusetts 38 species
- Rhode Island 2 species
- Connecticut 2 species
- New York 71 species
- New Jersey 12 species
- Pennsylvania 68 species
- Maryland 29 species
- Delaware 2 species
- District of Columbia coming soon
Midwest
West
- Washington 77 species
- Oregon 73 species
- California 108 species
- Nevada 2 species
- Arizona 3 species
- Utah 3 species
- Idaho 3 species
- Montana 15 species
- Wyoming 5 species
- Colorado 5 species
- New Mexico coming soon
- Alaska 41 species
- Hawaii 37 species
How these pages are built: each state page aggregates the species in our database whose ranges include that state's waters, then computes peak months from each species' season window. Honest data — thin states say so. Always verify current regulations with the state agency.
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