LittleDrummerBoy
Senior Member
Caught a 7 lb striper on a jug line once. Back he went.
Dip nets and cast nets may be used to take threadfin shad, gizzard shad, and blueback herring for bait except cast nets may not be used in State Park Lakes.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, dip nets and cast nets may be used to take for bait threadfin shad, blueback herring, gizzard shad, and other nongame fish as authorized by the board; and landing nets may be used to land fish legally caught.
You where joking ?!Wow you wrote all that in reply to what was obviously a joke! Boy did you get upset about nothing.
Regulation
Law
The regulation says only herring and shad may be taken by cast net while the actual law text says any non game fish can be taken by cast net.
Am I reading it wrong?
Simple:
The law to me says I can use a cast net to take any non protected nongame fish.
The regulations digest seems to say only certain shads and herrings may be taken.
So can a cast net be used to take golden shiners or not?
WOW! Only on GON could a debate get started from a simple question about using a minner trap!
AMEN Brother!If minner traps are outlawed only outlaws will have minner traps.
I guess Im a law breaking outlaw now! Can us minner trap outlaws have our own gang?If minner traps are outlawed only outlaws will have minner traps.
Count me in!I guess Im a law breaking outlaw now! Can us minner trap outlaws have our own gang?
I'm shocked that you would admit that being an upstanding member of this forum.I like shocking minnows. ???
It’s just a little shocker ! Hey saves me 10 bucks from the minnow man. They got a racket going on. ??I'm shocked that you would admit that being an upstanding member of this forum.
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, minnow traps may be used to take only nongame fish five inches or less in length, other than American eels, in the fresh waters of this state except in trout waters as designated pursuant to Code Section 27-4-51. Nongame fish taken in accordance with this subsection may not be sold or offered for sale. Minnow traps must be no longer than 24 inches,and have funnel openings of no greater than 1 inch. Minnow traps shall be checked and emptied daily. Any game fish or American eel caught in any minnow trap shall be immediately released back into the water from which it was taken. The board may by rule or regulation close any lake, stream or other body of water to the use of minnow traps.
Section 27-4-6. Use of minnow seines
It shall be unlawful to take any game fish or American eels by minnow seines from the fresh waters of this state. It shall also be unlawful to take any nongame fish by minnow seines from any of the fresh waters of this state, except where such fish are five inches in length or less and are not to be sold or otherwise used for commercial purposes and except where such waters are not trout waters as designated pursuant to Code Section 27-4-51. It shall also be unlawful to use a seine which is longer than 20 feet or which has a mesh larger than three-eighths of an inch square, or in diameter if the mesh is not square. All game fish and American eels taken in such seines shall be immediately released unharmed into the waters from which they were taken.
History
Ga. L. 1956, p. 231, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 497, § 25; Code 1933, § 45-708, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 27.