Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.122 - Georgia Reciprocal Fishing Agreement Regulation

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) This regulation shall apply to those
			 waters referred to in this regulation which are covered by the reciprocal
			 agreement with the State of Georgia and which are within the jurisdiction of
			 the State of Alabama, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
			 Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.
(2) The State of Alabama and the State of
			 Georgia have a reciprocal agreement concerning fishing in certain reciprocal
			 waters, whereby fishing licenses of Georgia and Alabama are mutually recognized
			 for fishing from the banks or on the waters of the Chattachoochee River forming
			 the boundary between Alabama and Georgia and all impoundments thereon as now
			 exists or which may exist in the future, with the exception of that portion of
			 West Point Reservoir lying upstream (north) of Georgia Highway 109 bridge on
			 the Chattachoochee River arm of said reservoir. The waters covered by this
			 agreement do not include other streams or tributaries which flow into the
			 Chattachoochee River or its impoundments.
(3) For the purpose of this agreement, "sport
			 fishing" shall be defined as the lawful taking by ordinary hook and line, pole,
			 casting reel and rod and use of artificial lures, spinning reel and rod, or fly
			 rod.
(4) The term "commercial
			 fishing" shall be defined as the legal taking of non-game fish by any person
			 from either state.
(5) No person
			 shall take, catch, or have in possession on any one day, more than fifty (50)
			 in the aggregate of all of the following species or more than one day's creel
			 limit for any species.
The daily creel limit shall be as follows:
Species Daily Creel Limit
Black Bass..........................................10
(Includes Largemouth, Smallmouth, Kentucky or Spotted, Redeye
				or Coosa, and Shoal)
WHITE BASS, SALTWATER STRIPED BASS
AND SALTWATER STRIPED-WHITE BASS
HYBRIDS, IN THE AGGREGATE...........................15
(Only 2 of which may be 22 inches or longer in length)
CRAPPIE.............................................30
BREAM...............................................50
(Includes Bluegill, Redbreast, Warmouth, Shadow Bass and all
				other species of bream)
PICKEREL............................................15
(6) Nets shall not be used to take fish from
			 any of the waters covered by this agreement provided, however, minnow seines,
			 dip nets and cast nets meeting the requirements of the respective states for
			 catching minnows for use as live bait are hereby permitted, and provided
			 further that baskets and snaglines may be used for catching and taking non-game
			 fish, upon securing from the proper authority or authorities of the state upon
			 whose side of the boundary line between the states such basket or snagline is
			 used, any license required for the use of such basket or snagline, and upon
			 compliance with any other laws or rules of the state governing the use of such
			 baskets or snagline.
(7) Fish may
			 not be caught or taken by any hook or combination of hooks pulled through the
			 water (snatching); provided however, said hooks may be so used with bait and/or
			 lures to entice fish to strike or bite such bait or lure.
(8) Snaglines, trotlines and wire baskets may
			 be used for catching and taking fish in any of the waters covered by this
			 agreement according to the laws, rules and regulations of the state in which
			 the fishing takes place.
Author:
Riley Boykin Smith
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.