Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) Visitors shall swim only in designated
areas and all persons swimming in any of the waters of any State Park shall
obey any order of the lifeguard or other Park official in charge.
(2) All persons fishing in any of the State
Parks shall abide by the fishing regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and other fishing laws
which are in force in the State of Alabama.
(a) A person so fishing shall, upon demand,
exhibit his catch or fishing license to any game warden or other officer of the
Department for inspection.
(b) No
fish shall be placed in the State Park lakes or waters except with permission
of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(c) The daily creel limits are posted in a
conspicuous place at each State Park lake. Any person who catches, takes or has
in his or her possession more fish than allowable by the posted creel or
possession limits shall be in violation of this regulation.
(d) Fish shall be taken by rod and reel or
pole and line only, in State Park lakes or waters. Use of other methods of
fishing such as trot lines, set hooks, gigs, nets, seines, spear guns, bow and
arrow, etc., is prohibited.
(e) It
shall be unlawful to fish for sharks or use any type of shark fishing gear on
any Gulf State Park Public Beach or on the Gulf State Park Saltwater Pier,
unless specifically provided otherwise by regulation. It shall be unlawful to
land or to attempt to land any shark on any line originally cast from said
State Park Pier or Beach, unless specifically provided otherwise by
regulation.
(f) It shall be
unlawful to participate in any water related activity within 100 yards of the
Gulf State Park Saltwater Pier. This shall include but not be limited to,
wading, swimming, surfing, fishing, boating, and scuba diving.
(3) Motorized vessels are
prohibited on any of the waters of the State Parks unless by special written
permission from the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, except as otherwise provided for herein. At Oak Mountain, Chewacla
and Paul M. Grist State Parks, electric troll motors not to exceed a size that
can be operated by a storage battery may be used. At Lake Shelby in Gulf State
Park, Lake Lurleen State Park and Frank Jackson State Park, any size motor may
be used.
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate
a vessel of any kind on the waters within Frank Jackson and Lake Lurleen State
Parks to tow a person or persons on water skis, aquaplane or any other
recreational device.
(b) It shall
be unlawful to operate any personal watercraft on any fresh water lake within
Gulf State Park, Lake Lurleen, and Frank Jackson State Park.
Author: Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §§
9-2-3,
9-2-9,
9-2-12.
PENALTY: As provided by Section
9-2-9, Code of Ala.
1975.
