Jones Creek and its tributaries on US Forest Service property
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Jones Creek and its tributaries on US Forest Service property, as the state words them
Worth County · River · GA
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from GA's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- All fishInherits Artificial Lures Only category rule (gear/bait restriction).
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- There is no closed season for fishing in freshwater in GeorgiaStatewide
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- There is no restriction on the number of poles and lines used to fish for game fishStatewide
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Amberjack | 1 | min. 28 FL | Statewide |
American Eel | 25 | min. 9 TL | Statewide |
Atlantic croaker | 25 | - | Statewide |
Black drum | 15 | min. 14 TL | Statewide |
Black sea bass | 15 | min. 12 TL | Statewide |
Bluefish | 15 | min. 12 FL | Statewide |
Cobia | 1 per angler, max 6 per boat. | min. 36 FL | Statewide |
Dolphin | 10 (not to exceed 54 per boat, except headboats, which are allowed 10 per paying customer | min. 20 FL | Statewide |
Flounder | 15 | min. 12 TL | Statewide |
Gag grouper | 2 | min. 24 TL | Statewide |
King mackerel | 3 | min. 24 FL | Statewide |
Red porgy | 3 | min. 14 TL | Statewide |
Red snapper | 2 | min. 20 TL | Statewide |
Hammerhead Sharks (Great, Scalloped, and Smooth) | See size | min. 78 FL | Statewide |
Shortfin Mako Shark | See size | min. 83 FL | Statewide |
Sheepshead | 15 | min. 10 FL | Statewide |
Spanish mackerel | 15 | min. 12 FL | Statewide |
Spot | 25 | - | Statewide |
Spotted seatrout | 15 | min. 14 TL | Statewide |
Tarpon | 1 | min. 68 FL | Statewide |
Tripletail | 2 | min. 18 TL | Statewide |
Weakfish | 1 | min. 13 TL | Statewide |
nongame fish | Up to 50 | min. 5 inches in length or less | Statewide |
Black bass (Genus Micropterus) | 10 | - | Statewide |
Channel and/or Flathead Catfish | No limit | - | Statewide |
Black and/or White Crappie | 30 | - | Statewide |
Chain, Grass and/or Redfin Pickerel | 15 | - | Statewide |
American and/or Hickory Shad | 8 | - | Statewide |
Walleye | 8 | - | Statewide |
Sturgeon | May not be taken | - | Statewide |
freshwater turtles | not more than 10 freshwater turtles (any combination of species) without a valid permit | - | Statewide |
Largemouth bass Varies by water: limit 5 (Public Fishing Areas) | See size | min. 14 inches minimum unless otherwise posted | Statewide |
Bream or sunfish | 15 | - | Statewide |
Channel catfish | 5 | - | Statewide |
shrimp Varies by water: limit no more than 24 quarts of shrimp with heads on or 15 quarts of tails in any 24-hour period (Seines - Harvest Limits, food shrimp); limit no more than 48 quarts of heads-on shrimp or 30 quarts of shrimp tails in any day (Cast Nets - Harvest Limits, food shrimp per person); limit no more than 48 quarts of heads-on shrimp or 30 quarts of shrimp tails on board at any time (Cast Nets - Harvest Limits, food shrimp same boat) | possess no more than 2 quarts at any time, no more than ½ pint dead; take no more than 4 quarts within a 24-hour period | - | Statewide |
blue crab | no more than one bushel of crabs during any 24-hour period per recreational crabber; no more than two bushels taken or possessed during a 24-hour period on a boat with more than one person aboard | min. 5 inches from spike to spike across the back (other than a “peeler” or a “mature adult female” crab); peelers must measure at least 3 inches from spike to spike across the back | Statewide |
oysters | up to two bushels per person per day, maximum of six bushels per boat per day | min. no less than three inches from hinge to mouth, unless the oyster cannot be removed from a legal-sized oyster without destroying it | Statewide |
clams | one bushel per person per day, maximum limit of one bushel per boat per day | min. maximum depth from one shell half to the other must be at least ¾ inch thick | Statewide |
whelk (conch) | 1 bushel per person | min. no minimum size | Statewide |
bait minnows Varies by water: limit not more than 10 quarts at any given time (Bait Minnows - Possession Limits, licensed saltwater fishing guide) | no more than two quarts at any given time | - | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 1,240 cfs at flint river at ga 32, near oakfield, ga (2026-07-29 06:45)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Jones Creek and its tributaries on US Forest Service property's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Jones Creek and its tributaries on US Forest Service property
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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