Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION
Subject 391-4-3 - FISHING REGULATIONS
Rule 391-4-3-.05 - Creel and Possession Limits
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
In keeping with sound principles of wildlife research and management, creel and possession limits are:
(1) Ten (10) of any one or a combination of the following species, except only five (5) may be of species (c)-(j) listed below as well as only one (1) fish may be greater than twenty-two (22) inches from Lake Lindsay Grace:
(2) Eight (8) of any one or a combination of mountain trout.
(3) Fifteen (15) of any one or a combination of the following species; provided, however, only two (2) fish may be twenty-two (22) inches or longer in length:
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) to the contrary, from the North Newport River, the Medway River including Mount Hope Creek, the Little Ogeechee River, the Ogeechee River, the Oconee River downstream of Georgia Highway 22 in Milledgeville, the Ocmulgee River downstream of the Georgia Highway 96 bridge between Houston and Twiggs counties, the Altamaha River, and the Satilla River; from the tributaries to such described sections; and from salt water as defined in O.C.G.A. § 27-4-1 two (2) of any one or a combination of the following species each of which must be twenty-two (22) inches or longer:
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) to the contrary, from the Savannah River and its tributaries downstream of J. Strom Thurmond Dam two (2) of any one or a combination of the following species each of which must be twenty-seven (27) inches or longer:
(6) Fifty (50) of any one or a combination of the game species, as defined by O.C.G.A. § 27-1-2 of bream or sunfish;
(7) Eight (8) walleye (walleyed pike);
(8) Eight (8) sauger;
(9) Fifteen (15) of any one or a combination of the following species of pickerel:
(10) Thirty (30) of any one or a combination of the following species:
(11) Eight (8) of any one or a combination of the following species:
O.C.G.A. §§ 27-1-3, 27-1-4, 27-4-10, 27-4-12.