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Georgia · Striped bass, white bass and hybrid

Can you keep a striped bass, white bass and hybrid in Georgia?

Yes, with limits

Statewide

Open year-round
Size
No size limit stated
total length
Daily bag
15
per person per day

Georgia counts striped bass, white bass and hybrid white-striped bass under one limit of 15 a day. There is no minimum length, but only two of those 15 may be 22 inches or longer. On Lake Lanier, Allatoona, Hartwell and West Point that pair of big fish is the binding rule, not a size floor.

Georgia WRD source page

Savannah River below J. Strom Thurmond Dam

Open year-round
Size
27 inches and up
total length
Daily bag
2
per person per day

The strictest striped bass rule in the state: 27 inches and two fish. It applies to the river and its tributaries downstream of the dam.

Georgia WRD source page

coastal rivers and saltwater

Open year-round
Size
22 inches and up
total length
Daily bag
15
per person per day

A 22-inch minimum applies on the North Newport, Medway including Mount Hope Creek, Little Ogeechee and Ogeechee rivers, the Oconee below GA Hwy 22, the Ocmulgee below the GA Hwy 96 bridge, the Altamaha, Saint Mary’s and Satilla rivers with their tributaries, and from saltwater.

Georgia WRD source page

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