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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE IS HEREBY £IVEN that pursuant to Sections 29-125,. 29-126 and 29-127 of the Code of Virginia, the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries on January 5, 1962 adopted' the folio wig amended Regulations.

42. The statewide open angling season for trout shall be from 12 o’clock noon the first Saturday in April to one hour after sunset December 31, Eastern Standard Time, and from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset on intervening days, unless otherwise excepted.

42 (a) As an exception to the statewide trout season, the. season will be closed, except on privately stocked waters, from the first Monday in May through the fallowing Friday in Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchan nan, Craig Dickenson, Giles, Highland, Dee, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington. Wise and Wythe counties.

42 (b) As an exception to the statewide trout season, the season will be closed, except on privately stocked waters, from the second Monday in May through the following Friday in Alb marie, Amherst, Bedford, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Frederick, Grayson, Greene, Henry, Madison ((except in the Rapidan and Staunton Rivers and their tributaries upstream from a sign at the lower Shenandoah National Park boundary), Montgomery, Nelson, Page, Patrick, Pulaski, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Shenandoah and Warren counties. $

42 (c) The daily creel limit of trout shall be eight.

42 (d) It shall be unlawful to fish in a stocked trout stream after the daily creel limit of trout is obtained. f

42 (e) It shall be unlawful to fish in waters,/'statewide, stocked with trout except during the open seasonxfor taking trout. f

42 (f) AM seines, nets and/or the use of more than one rod or one line by any one person are prohibited, statewide, in waters stocked with trout, except it shall be lawful to use a-hand landing net to land fish legaMy hooked1 in all waters. \

39. There shall be a continuous open season statewide to take all species of fish, except trout.

39 (a) White bass and chain pickerel or jack-fish are hereby declared game fish.

39 (b) Creel limits shall be as follows: Large and smallmouth, black bass, spotted bass, and Striped bass (rockfish), 8 a day in the aggregate; white bass, 26 a day; wal-eyed or pike perch and Chain pickerel or jack-fish, 8 a day; bluegill (bream) and other sunfish- including crappie or silver perch, 25 a day in the agcrregate.

39 (c) Size limit on striped bass (rock fish), minimum of 12 inches. No size limit on other species.

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