On the WDF Website the Boat Limit Rule is included in their "Concise Explanatory Statement" and from the following text sounds like it doesn't go into effect until May 1 since they don't have an emergency order shown to override.

The "Concise Explanatory Statement" lists the
changes to sportfishing rules that were
adopted by the Fish and Wildlife Commission
at their February meeting. Unless they are
put in place earlier by an emergency
rule, these changes will take effect May 1,
2001, and will be listed in the
2001-2002 fishing pamphlet, available on May
1.