Protect mosquitoes??? Maybe I need to tell them little buggers here, that
they can have a safe refuse down Georgia!

They've been so bad here the last couple of years that Metro is now spraying
whole neighborhoods to kill them off.

"Ronnie Garrison" wrote in message
. ..
wrote:
I stand corrected.

It now states you do not need a license to fish a private pond.
It now limits immediate family on land owners or immediate family.
There used to be no distinction between landowner and private pond.

I still found no exemption for creel or size limits.

I called back to check on this - just got a return call from Jimmy
Evans, state fisheries biologist
here in Georgia. If the pond is wholly on your land and fish can not
swim upstream and cross a
property line, or go downstream and cross a property line, the owner
does not have any creel
limits on catching fish out of it. Most man-made ponds fit that
description - there are some mill
ponds on bigger streams where the water flows over the dam at all times
so fish can go over it,
and where the stream upstream of the pond is big enough for fish to swim
up.

Here in Georgia we do still have some property rights. If you own a
manmade pond, whether you
call it a farm pond or a private pond, you can take as many fish out of
it as you want. You can
even drain it and kill them all.

Most of our bodies of water are man-made - we call natural wetlands
"swamps" here and there
are rules to protect them - seems mostly to protect mosquitoes, but
those are the laws.

Charles B. Summers wrote:

Protect mosquitoes??? Maybe I need to tell them little buggers here, that
they can have a safe refuse down Georgia!

They've been so bad here the last couple of years that Metro is now spraying
whole neighborhoods to kill them off.

I "think" the protection of mosquitoes while protecting swamps is an
accident, but it sure does help.

"Rodney" wrote in message
...

You crazy guys in NY make people get permits for everything, I bet if
they thought they could get away it it. NY would require you to have a
permit to make love to your wife . or have a camp fire.

Thank you for your compliments to our fine state Rodney. Nobody ever accused
you of possessing excessive tact and I'm not about to break that pattern.

Marty wrote:


Thank you for your compliments to our fine state Rodney. Nobody ever accused
you of possessing excessive tact and I'm not about to break that pattern.


I lived in your state for over a year, you need to find out what living
in a "free" state really is, where people still have (some) freedoms,
since you know nothing more than those states that have removed many
freedoms, you can't understand why others would never want to live where
you do. NY is a nice state, even has many fine people in it, but y'all
have many laws that are a bit too controlling of the individual. If your
state can find a way to tax, permit, or control something, they won't
let it get by them. They are almost as bad as California.

Drive 600, to 800 miles south, or west, and learn what living in a free
state is all about, your property taxes will drop 300%, you get to fish
year round, and you don't need a permit to control your own property.
Heck if your child misbehaves, they won't arrest you for giving him a
spanking. You can even carry your shotgun in your truck window, and a
pistol in your pocket. It's where criminals will almost never break in a
home when people are home. Must people don't have anyone they know that
has ever been mugged. You'll also find people who won't just witness
crimes on others and do nothing, for fear of themselves getting arrested
or sued if they stop that crime.



--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com