Georgia Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Georgia?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Georgia Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Georgia Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Georgia's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Georgia Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Georgia.
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Cherry Blossom visitors welcome to our home
- If you consider yourself a fisherman -- or woman -- don’t get insulted when we tell you to “Go Fish.” If museums are your thing ... If you’re not familiar with the Middle Georgia area, it’s called Middle Georgia for a reason.
- Macon Telegraph
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- 3/18/2012 3:00:51 AM
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Piedmont Newnan Hospital: It's a new era of health care
- The new PNH site also includes a four-acre fish pond. Bass praised KBR Building Group for their efforts in constructing the new facility in a timely and professional manner. KBR Building Group is a diversified construction services company serving ...
- Newnan Times-Herald
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- 3/18/2012 2:39:22 AM
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Entries for regatta nearly doubled
- Crews came from several states including Georgia, North Carolina ... “It gives me a chance to shut my brain off,” he said. “I’m also part fish so it gives me a chance to be on the water.”
- Augusta Chronicle
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- 3/17/2012 10:43:09 PM
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Trove of artifacts in Canton
- The hilltop along I-575 is a prime commercial location in Cherokee County, a fast-growing community with one foot in metro Atlanta and another in the North Georgia mountains ... turkey and fish like they had for millennia.
- Ledger-Enquirer
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- 3/17/2012 9:10:05 PM
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OUTDOORS FEATURE: Turkey season set to kick off
- or lifetime license when hunting turkeys on a WMA or public fishing area. In addition, a valid Georgia hunting license and a big game license are required. Legal weapons for turkey hunting are shotguns loaded with number-two or smaller shot ...
- Albany Herald
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- 3/17/2012 8:55:46 PM
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Local Opportunity Session in Norcross, Georgia
- Come see what all the buzz is about- you'll be so glad you did!! As featured in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, this hyper growth company is enabling a new kind of success for busy women with a professional, flexible, profitable home based
- WSB-TV Atlanta
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- 3/17/2012 4:52:24 PM
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Big-serving John Isner upsets Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells
- The former Georgia player will take on either No. 2 Rafael Nadal ... A victory in the final would move the American to No. 8, passing countryman Mardy Fish who is now No. 8. Isner is the first American to beat a world No. 1 since James Blake ...
- Augusta Chronicle
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- 3/17/2012 4:23:46 PM
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Georgia Tech baseball coach Hall earns 1,000th win
- Georgia Tech's Danny Hall became the 47th Division I coach to win 1,000 games, reaching the milestone with the Yellow Jackets' 12-3 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday night. Hall is 1,000-471-1 in 25 seasons, including the last 19 at Georgia Tech. He has
- WSB-TV Atlanta
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- 3/16/2012 10:37:11 PM
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Aquarium folks active in area
- The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has been reintroducing lake sturgeon into the Coosa River. George said a goal is to have recovery of lake sturgeon, long-term population viability and have them available for future recreational fishing.
- Daily Citizen-News
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- 3/16/2012 8:06:51 PM
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Event to benefit Wingate’s cabin
- The goal is to be recognized by the state of Georgia as a historic site and museum to be open ... craftsmen and the young men that worked at the fishing lodge were required to make the cabin a home. The Wingates moved in Dec 10, 1986, and ...
- Post-Searchlight
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- 3/16/2012 3:06:12 PM
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Calendar for March 19 to 25
- Put A Ring On It Bridal Show: Noon-5 p.m., Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference ... 15th Annual Williams Crappie Fishing Tournament: tournament starts at 8 a.m., weigh-in ends at 4 p.m., Sandy Creek Park, 400 Bob Holman Road ...
- Athens Banner-Herald
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- 3/16/2012 11:52:56 AM
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Junior Sportsman Bonanza: Give kids a taste of the outdoors
- We’ll have everything from BB guns to archery, a laser-shot shooting simulator, a fishing simulator. ... Last year was largest-ever turnout, and we’re hoping for a good turnout this Saturday.” Representatives from the Georgia Forestry Commission will ...
- times-georgian.com
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- 3/15/2012 8:15:12 PM
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Fish eyes give insights into vision and regeneration, researcher says
- Tiny fish can give huge insights into vision that can provide ... Dowling was the keynote speaker at the fourth annual Georgia Health Sciences University Vision Discovery Institute Scientific Retreat. He is the Gordon and Llura Gund ...
- Augusta Chronicle
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- 3/15/2012 8:00:53 PM
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Thurmond Lake yields some big catches
- Anyone catching a big fish – residents or non-residents – is eligible to enter it in Georgia’s Angler Award programs ... We’ve also had a couple of mornings with slower fishing, mostly as a result of dense fog which kept me from running ...
- Augusta Chronicle
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- 3/15/2012 5:59:11 PM
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Probe into Ted Stevens case finds vital evidence concealed
- Allen, a self-made Alaskan construction executive and longtime political influence peddler, spoke of fishing and traveling with Stevens, and how the men used to go to a desert Southwest "boot camp" to drink wine and walk off pounds. The Stevens ...
- Macon Telegraph
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- 3/15/2012 4:26:08 PM
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Tom Brown
- Georgia. He was a man of many talents. As an occupation, he worked in construction until an accident rendered him disabled. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, raising hogs, gardening, and could clean any fish or animal that was put before him.
- Albany Herald
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- 3/15/2012 10:49:41 AM
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C.B. "Bucky" Heys
- Mr. Heys attended Georgia Tech Institute from 1953 - 1955 ... one of which was the New York Marathon in 1988. He also enjoyed fishing and playing tennis. Mr. Heys served on the Waycross Board of Education, Waycross-Ware County Development ...
- Rockdale Citizen
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- 3/15/2012 4:51:47 AM
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C.b. Heys
- Mr. Heys attended Georgia Tech Institute from 1953 - 1955 ... one of which was the New York Marathon in 1988. He also enjoyed fishing and playing tennis. Mr. Heys served on the Waycross Board of Education, Waycross-Ware County Development ...
- Rockdale Citizen
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- 3/14/2012 9:42:17 PM
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Stream advocates oppose Georgia bill to allow tilapia farms
- One University of Georgia professor, who has studied streams and fish, said he would have concerns over the impact of tilapia into the state’s waterways. No one has conducted a study about the impact tilapia would have on other fish and ...
- Athens Banner-Herald
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- 3/14/2012 4:48:47 PM
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Morrow Sam’s Club celebrates 25 years
- There are 23 Sam’s Club stores all over Georgia but the first one opened right here in ... Mingo said the store also fed the teen’s family while divers searched a fishing lake for his body. Clayton County police Chief Greg Porter is among ...
- Clayton News Daily
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- 3/14/2012 1:28:22 PM
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Georgia lawmakers defeat Augusta audit bill
- ATLANTA — The House of Representatives defeated legislation Wednesday that would have required major contractors with the city of Augusta to submit to forensic audits every four years. The 53-92 vote killed House Bill 1235, submitted by Rep ...
- Augusta Chronicle
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- 3/14/2012 12:59:44 PM
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Jurors resume deliberating Georgia man's fate
- DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Jurors returned to the DeKalb County Courthouse to deliberate the fate of a successful engineer who claims he was insane when he fatally shot a toddler's father outside a suburban Atlanta preschool. The jury returned Wednesday morning .
- Cedartown Standard
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- 3/14/2012 9:10:40 AM
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Flipping for kayak safety
- “I love the floating and nature and seeing the dolphins and flowers and the little fish that jump out of the water ... Broad and Chechessee Rivers as well as Ebenezer Creek in Georgia. “We go on all of the rivers around here,” he said.
- Savannah Morning News
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- 3/14/2012 12:28:06 AM
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Dump truck hits man
- The accident took place at approximately 4:15 p.m., on the Georgia 253 South bridge that crosses over Spring Creek, just east of the Seminole County-Decatur County line. Sheriff Griffin said the employee was working on the bridge when a dump ...
- Post-Searchlight
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- 3/13/2012 4:14:11 PM
Georgia Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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Georgia Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Georgia.
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