Georgia Limits

Freshwater and Trout - Freshwater Game Fish Daily Limits

It is unlawful to take in one day or to possess at any one time, except at a residence or commercial storage facility, more than the daily creel limit for each species.  It is unlawful to possess more than a total of 50 individuals of all the game fish listed in this section, except channel and flathead catfish.

Once the daily creel limit for a particular species is taken, it is unlawful to continue to fish for that species.

Exception:  Daily limits differ on certain waters shared by Georgia and South Carolina (see Agreements with Bordering States).

See special creel limits on Public Fishing Areas.

• Bass.....10
  Largemouth, Redeye (Coosa), Shoal, Smallmouth, Spotted, and/or Suwanee bass
• Bream (see exception).....50
  Flier, Spotted sunfish (stumpknockers), Rockbass (goggleye), Shadow bass, Redbreast, Redear, Bluegill, and/or Warmouth
• Catfish.....No Limit
  Channel and/or Flathead
• Crappie.....30
  Black and/or White
• Pickerel.....15
  Chain, Grass and/or Redfin
• Sauger.....8
• Shad.....8
  American and/or Hickory
• Striped bass, White bass and/or Hybrid striped-white bass (see note & exceptions).....15 (only two can be 22 inches or longer)
• Trout (see exception).....8
  Brook, Rainbow, and/or Brown trout
• Walleye (see exception).....8

Exceptions:

Bream: see South Carolina in Agreements with Bordering States.

Striped bass, White bass and/or Hybrid striped-white bass:

• Limit taken from the North Newport River; Medway River including Mount Hope Creek; Little Ogeechee River; Ogeechee River; Oconee River downstream of Georgia Highway 22 in Milledgeville; Ocmulgee River downstream of the Georgia Highway 96 bridge between Houston & Twiggs counties; Altamaha River, St. Marys River, Satilla River; and the tributaries to these river sections; and from saltwater is a two (2) fish limit, both must be 22 inches in length or longer.
• There is no length limit for Striped bass, White bass, and Hybrid sriped-white bass taken from the waters covered in the Agreement with South Carolina (see South Carolina under Agreements with Bordering States).

Trout:  See Amicalola Creek, Chattahoochee River, Smithgall Woods, Smith Creek, and Waters Creek under Trout Fishing Regulations/Special Trout Streams Regulations.

Walleye: Limit on Blue Ridge Reservoir is 15.