R23-3. Except as provided in this regulation and in

R23-3. Except as provided in this regulation and in R24-5.1, R24-10.1, R24 10.2 and R2410.3, there shall be no size limit on any species of fish. There shall, however, be a twenty-six inch minimum size limit on muskellunge, a twenty-inch minimum size limit on northern pike and a twenty-inch minimum size limit on landlocked striped bass (rockfish) and landlocked striped bass X white bass hybrids. Also, there shall be a twelve-inch minimum size limit on largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass in the North Fork of Pound Reservoir and in the Roanoke (Staunton) River and its tributaries downstream from Niagara Dam to the mouth of Difficult Creek, and the North Fork Shenandoah River downstream from Route 42 bridge at Timberville and the Shenandoah River below the Riverton Dam to the West Virginia boundary line and the New River fromClaytor Dam to the West Virginia Boundary line, and in the North Anna, Chickahominy, Claytor, Philpott and Flannagan Reservoirs and Beaverdam Reservoir in Loudoun County, and in Lake Moomaw (Gathrighf Project) and in the waters of Fort A. P. Hill, and in the waters of Quantico Marine Reservation. It shall be unlawful to have any largemouth, smallmouth or spotted bass less than twelve inches in length in one's possession while on any of the waters mentioned in the preceding sentence. There shall be a fourteen-inch minimum size limit on largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass on Gaston and Kerr Reservoirs that shall include that portion of the Dan River below the Brantly Steam Plant Dam and that portion of the Roanoke (Staunton) River and its tributaries below the mouth of Difficult Creek, except that as many as two of such bass of a lesser size caught in such waters may be retained in the creel, but no more than two such bass may be in possession on such waters that are less than fourteen inches in length. It shall be unlawful to have any largemouth, smallmouth or spotted bass from twelve to fifteen inches in length, both inclusive, in one's possession on Chesdin Reservoir or the Appomattox River from the Brasfield (Chesdin) Dam to Bevill's Bridge on Chesterfield County Route 602. It shall be unlawful to have any walleye or yellow pike perch less than fifteen inches In length in one's possession on Gaston Reservoir. It shall be unlawful to have any smallmouth, largemouth or spotted bass from eleven to thirteen inches in length, both inclusive, in one's possession on the South Fork Shenandoah River from the Luray Power dam near Luray downstream to its confluence with the North Fork Shenandoah River at Riverton.

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In accordance with authority conferred by Section 29-11 of the Code of Virginia, the Commission finds and declares the following species