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Hillsboro Canal is a public canal in Palm Beach County and Broward County, Florida, managed by State of Florida (sovereign / public-trust water). You can fish it on an Florida licence, but bank access is only at road crossings, parks, FWC access sites and other public land; riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A South Florida urban canal — the only place in the US to catch butterfly peacock bass, stocked by FWC to control exotics. Also largemouth, oscar, Mayan cichlid, clown knifefish and, in the tidal reaches, snook and tarpon.
It runs roughly 56 miles through the South region. Anglers here mostly fish for butterfly peacock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, oscar; mayan cichlid, clown knifefish, jaguar guapote, snook are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Hillsboro Ca At S-10-A Nr Deerfield Bch., Fl USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are L-7 Canal and L-7.
Species from FWC fish-management and boat-ramp data.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Florida. Some city and county park lakes, and a few Fish Management Areas, have posted hours — check the property rules. Bowfishing and gigging at night are popular and legal on most fresh water.
Boats: Most Florida rivers and canals take a bass boat or a jon boat; the spring runs and the upper rivers are kayak water, and idle-speed / manatee zones are marked and enforced.
Bank & bivvy camping: Florida sovereignty lands: you can fish and wade any navigable water below the ordinary high-water line. Bank access is at FWC and county ramps, WMA landings, bridges and the river-camp system.
Tackle: Statewide black-bass daily limit is 5, only one 16 inches or longer; many trophy lakes (Okeechobee, the Kissimmee and Harris chains, several FMAs) have their own slot or catch-and-release rules, and some have special crappie or panfish limits — check the FWC regulations for this water. Butterfly peacock bass: 2 per day, only one over 17 inches.
Boat ramps: 9 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp and others nearby.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 262100080190001 — Hillsboro Ca At S-10-A Nr Deerfield Bch., Fl. Full gauge data →
Anyone 16–64 needs a Florida freshwater fishing licence — resident annual is about $17, non-resident annual about $47, and non-resident 3-day (~$17) and 7-day (~$30) licences are sold. There is no trout stamp. Florida residents 65+ and residents fishing in their home county with cane poles are exempt. Buy from the FWC (GoOutdoorsFlorida.com). A Florida freshwater fishing licence covers public rivers, creeks and the fresh reaches of the canals. Where a river or canal turns brackish you also need a saltwater licence for snook, redfish and tarpon (and a snook permit and tarpon tag).
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