Lake Blue Ridge
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Lake Blue Ridge, as the state words them
Fannin County · Lake · GA
Today's rule hereParsed
- 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
| 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 | See size rule | min. no minimum (0 inches) | This water |
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 |
The official text, 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.
- Largemouth BassSize no minimum (0 inches)
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake 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 rule applies
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Lake Blue Ridge'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 Lake Blue Ridge
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