South African Fish Bag Limits (How Many Fish Can You Catch Per Day?)
How Many South African Fish Are You Allowed To Keep And Catch Per Day?
South African Saltwater fishing is very popular and many anglers fish the rich oceans of South Africa everyday looking for that prized catch, or that fish of a life time! This page will tell you how many fish you can catch per day and the legal sizes ,or how big the fish can be, to keep them for the table or for trophy purposes. The following is a list of the bag limits of South African fish species... This includes the legal size and how many fish a salt water fisherman can keep in a day... Please abide by these rules so we can keep our fishing stocks as healthy as possible for generations to come! See fish species on the SASSI Red List here...
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South African Salt Water Bag Limits (Per Day)
The bag limit refers to how many South African saltwater fish you are allowed to keep in a day... CM - Centimeters... KG - Kilograms... None - You may take as many fish from the ocean as you would like to...
Fish Species Name |
Scientific Name |
Minimum Size |
Bag Limit |
| Anchovies | Engraulidae | 0 CM | None |
| Baardman (bellman, tasselfish) | Umbrina | 40 CM | 5 |
| Banded Galjoen | Dichistius multifasciatus | 0 CM | 5 |
| Billfishes (Marlin, Sailfish) | Istiophoridae | 0 CM | None |
| Blacktail (Dassie) | Diplodus sargus capensis | 20 CM | 5 |
| Blue Hottentot | Pachymetopon aeneum | 0 CM | 5 |
| Bronze Bream (Bluefish) | Pachymetopon grande | 30 CM | 2 |
| Cape Knifejaw | Oplegnathus conwayi | 0 CM | 5 |
| Cape Stumpnose | Rhabdosargus holubi | 20 CM | 5 |
| Carpenter (Silverfish) | Argyrozona argyrozona | 35 CM | 4 |
| Catface Rockcod (Spotted Rockcod) | Epinephelus andersoni | 50 CM | 5 |
| Chub Mackerel | Scomber japonicus | 0 CM | None |
| Cutlassfish (Walla Walla) | Trichiurus lepturus | 0 CM | None |
| Dageraad | Chrysoblephus cristiceps | 40 CM | 1 |
| Dane | Porcostoma dentata | 0 CM | 5 |
| Dorado (Dolphin Fish) | Coryphaena hippurus | 0 CM | None |
| Elf (Shad) (Closed Season- 1 October - 30 November) | Pomatomus saltatrix | 30 CM | 4 |
| Englishman | Chrysoblephus anglicus | 40 CM | 1 |
| Fransmadam | Boopsoidea inornata | 0 CM | 10 |
| Galjoen (Closed Season 15 October - Last Day Of February) | Dichistius capensis | 35 CM | 2 |
| Garfishes | Belonidae | 0 CM | None |
| Garrick (Leervis) | Lichia amia | 70 CM | 2 |
| Geelbek (Cape salmon) | Atractoscion aequidens | 60 CM | 2 |
| Glassies | Ambassidae | 0 CM | None |
| Hake | Merluccius | 0 CM | 5 |
| Halfbeaks | Hemiramphidae | 0 CM | None |
| Horse Mackerel (Maasbanker, Mosi) | Trachurus trachurus capensis | 0 CM | None |
| Hottentot | Pachymetopon blochii | 22 CM | 10 |
| John Brown | Gymnocrotaphus curvidens | 0 CM | 5 |
| Kingfishes | Caranx | 0 CM | 5 |
| Kingklip | Genypterus capensis | 0 CM | 1 |
| King Mackerel (Couta) | Scomberomorus commerson | 0 CM | 10 |
| Kob (All Species) | Argyrosomus | 50 CM | 1 |
| Large-Spot Pompano (Wave Garrick) | Trachinotus botla | 0 CM | 5 |
| Leopard Cat Shark | Poroderma pantherinum | 0 CM | 1 |
| Mullets (Harders) | Mugilidae | 0 CM | 50 |
| Natal Knifejaw (Cuckoo Bass) | Oplegnathus robinsoni | 0 CM | 5 |
| Natal Stumpnose | Rhabdosargus sarba | 25 CM | 5 |
| Pinky (Piggy, Olive Grunt) | Pomadasys olivaceum | 7.5 CM | 10 |
| Poenskop (Black Musselcracker) | Cymatoceps nasutus | 50 CM | 1 |
| Queen Mackerel | Scomberomorus plurilineatus | 0 CM | 10 |
| Ragged Tooth Shark | Carcharias taurus | 0 CM | 1 |
| Red Steenbras | Petrus rupestris | 60 CM | 1 |
| Red Stumpnose | Chrysoblephus gibbiceps | 30 CM | 1 |
| River Bream (Perch) | Acanthopagrus berda | 25 CM | 5 |
| Rock Salmon (River Snapper) | Lutjanus argentimaculatus | 40 CM | 5 |
| Roman | Chrysoblephus laticeps | 30 CM | 2 |
| Santer (Soldier) | Cheimerius nufar | 30 CM | 5 |
| Sardine (Pilchard, Red Eye) | Clupeidae | 0 CM | None |
| Sauries | Scomberesocidae | 0 CM | None |
| Scads | Decapterus | 0 CM | None |
| Scotsman | Polysteganus praeorbitalis | 40 CM | 1 |
| Slinger | Chrysoblephus puniceus | 25 CM | 5 |
| Snoek (Cape Snoek) | Thyrsites atun | 60 CM | 10 |
| Southern Pompano | Trachinotus africanus | 0 CM | 5 |
| Spotted Grunter | Pomadasys commersonnii | 40 CM | 5 |
| Spotted Gully Shark | Triakis megalopterus | 0 CM | 1 |
| Springer | Elops machnata | 0 CM | 5 |
| Steentjie | Spondyliosoma emarginatum | 0 CM | 10 |
| Stonebream | Neoscorpis lithophilus | 0 CM | 5 |
| Strepie (Karanteen) | Sarpa salpa | 15 CM | 10 |
| Striped Cat Shark | Poroderma africanum | 0 CM | 1 |
| Swordfish (Broadbill) | Xiphias gladius | 25 KG | 5 |
| Squid (Chokka) | Loligo vulgarus reynaudii | 0 CM | 20 |
| Tuna | Thunnus | 6 KG | 10 |
| West Coast Steenbras | Lithognathus auret | 60 CM | 1 |
| White Musselcracker (Brusher) | Sparodon durbanensis | 60 CM | 2 |
| White Steenbras (Pignose Grunter) | Lithognathus lithognathus | 60 CM | 1 |
| White Stumpnose | Rhabdosargus globicebs | 25 CM | 10 |
| Wolfherring | Chirocentrus dorab | 0 CM | None |
| Yellow Belly Rock Cod | Epinephelus marginatus | 60 CM | 1 |
| Yellowtail | Seriola lalandi | 0 CM | 10 |
| Zebra | Diplodus cervinus hottentotus | 30 CM | 5 |
