Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 27. GAME AND FISH · Chapter 4. FISH · Article 2. NONCOMMERCIAL FISHING · Part 2. TROUT FISHING

27-4-51. Designation of certain waters as trout waters; establishment of seasons and methods of fishing.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
The board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as may be appropriate based on sound wildlife management principles designating all or any portion of any watershed, stream, or lake as trout waters and establishing seasons, times, and methods of fishing in such waters.#
(b)
It shall be unlawful to fish in any waters which the board designates as trout waters except during such times and in such methods as the board establishes by rule or regulation.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1933, § 45-716, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 537, § 6; Ga. L. 1995, p. 543, § 6; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1550, § 4.

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Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, page 203; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 62359f240c92.