From 7b71978d10d98efaf49027299bc41123077047f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldo Jaquith Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 11:35:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add creel and length limits for a dozen fish Per #29. --- fishing/black_crappie.json | 47 +++++++------------------------------ fishing/blue_catfish.json | 13 ++++++++-- fishing/bluegill.json | 10 +++++++- fishing/chain_pickerel.json | 10 +++++++- fishing/muskellunge.json | 10 +++++++- fishing/roanoke_bass.json | 10 +++++++- fishing/rock_bass.json | 18 +++++++++++++- fishing/white_bass.json | 10 +++++++- fishing/white_crappie.json | 47 +++++++------------------------------ fishing/yellow_perch.json | 10 +++++++- 10 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-) diff --git a/fishing/black_crappie.json b/fishing/black_crappie.json index 046f96a..e54b7af 100644 --- a/fishing/black_crappie.json +++ b/fishing/black_crappie.json @@ -22,48 +22,19 @@ "identification": "Sunfish family. The black crappie is covered with dark, irregular blotches and has seven—rarely eight—dorsal spines. It shows more yellow and green on its sides and its caudal (tail) and anal fins are heavily flecked. Has protruding lower jaws." }, "limits": { - "creel": { - "number": 25, - "note": "Black and white crappie, in aggregate" - }, - "length": { - "unit": null, - "maximum": null - }, + "description": "25 per day in the aggregate (combined black and white crappie). No statewide length limits.", "exceptions": { "1": { - "places": { - "Flannagan Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": null - }, - "South Holston Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": null - } - }, - "creel": { - "number": 15, - "note": "Black and white crappie, in aggregate" - }, - "length": { - "unit": "inches", - "minimum": 10 - } + "place": "Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) reservoirs and that portion of the New River from the VA–NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little rivers in Grayson County", + "description": "no daily limit" }, "2": { - "places": { - "Gaston Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": null - }, - "Buggs Island Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": 1501629, - "latitude": 36.5984761, - "longitude": -78.2983298, - }, - "New River": { - "gnis_id": null, - "restriction": "From the VA–NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little rivers in Grayson County" - } - } + "place": "Flannagan and South Holston reservoirs", + "description": "No crappie less than 10 inches" + } + "3": { + "place": "South Holston Reservoir", + "description": "15 per day in the aggregate (combined black and white crappie)" } } }, diff --git a/fishing/blue_catfish.json b/fishing/blue_catfish.json index 6c3fa01..b33a792 100644 --- a/fishing/blue_catfish.json +++ b/fishing/blue_catfish.json @@ -25,14 +25,23 @@ ], "identification": "Catfish family. Heavy-bodied with a wide head and high spot forward of center near the head called the dorsal hump. Upper jaw projects well beyond the lower. Bluish-gray body above, fading to white on sides and belly. No spots and a deeply forked tail. Smaller blue cats are often confused with channel catfish. Blue cats are often confused with channel catfish. Small channel cats typically will have spots lacking in small blue cats. However, large channel cats and medium-sized blue cats can be more difficult to tell apart, often having similar coloration and general body shape. The margin, or edge, of the anal fin can be used to identify these fish; blue cats have an anal fin with a very straight margin, in channel cats the anal fin has a rounded margin. Biologists and anglers can definitively distinguish between the two species by counting anal fin rays; 30-35 rays in the blue cat's anal fin verses the channel cat's 25 to 29 rays." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "20 per day, only 1 blue catfish per day longer than 32 inches", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "Virginia", + "description": "all rivers below the fall line", + "limits": "no daily limit, except only 1 blue catfish per day longer than 32 inches" + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Rivers: James, Mattaponi, Pamunkey, Rappahannock, Staunton and Appomattox. Lakes: Buggs Island.", "lakes": { "Buggs Island": { "gnis_id": 1501629, "latitude": 36.5984761, - "longitude": -78.2983298, + "longitude": -78.2983298 } }, "rivers": { diff --git a/fishing/bluegill.json b/fishing/bluegill.json index 187d29e..5dd588a 100644 --- a/fishing/bluegill.json +++ b/fishing/bluegill.json @@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ ], "identification": "Sunfish family. Colors are variable. Dark green, olive-green, olive brown, or bluish-black on its back, fading to yellowish-green or silvery. Normally has five to seven vertical bars extending down on each side. Lower parts of its cheek and gill cover are bluish. Its “throat” is yellow on females to bright orange on the male, brighter during spawning. Has a black, ear-like flap on its opercle (gill cover) and a black blotch at the back base of its spiny dorsal fin. Typically under 1 lb. in Virginia." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "50 per day in the aggregate (combined). No statewide length limits.", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) reservoirs and that portion of the New River from the VA–NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little rivers in Grayson County", + "description": "No daily limit" + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Lakes: Western Branch, Prince, Cohoon, Chickahominy, Robertson, Gatewood, Briery Creek, Burke, and many others.", "lakes": { diff --git a/fishing/chain_pickerel.json b/fishing/chain_pickerel.json index 29dbbb2..46022c8 100644 --- a/fishing/chain_pickerel.json +++ b/fishing/chain_pickerel.json @@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ ], "identification": "Pike family. A member of the pike family, it is named for its chain-like markings on its sides. Also has a black vertical mark under its eye. Normally its fin is unmarked. Averages 1.5 to 3 lbs. Fully scaled on both cheek and gill cover." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "5 per day. No statewide length limits.", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) reservoirs", + "description": "No daily limit" + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Rivers: Nottoway, Blackwater, Chickahominy, Dragon Run. Lakes: Chickahominy, Gaston, Western Branch, Diascund, Burnt Mills, Prince, Anna, Cohoon, Little Creek, Moomaw, Douthat and many other rivers, ponds and lakes.", "lakes": { diff --git a/fishing/muskellunge.json b/fishing/muskellunge.json index c214a40..7f56213 100644 --- a/fishing/muskellunge.json +++ b/fishing/muskellunge.json @@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ ], "identification": "Pike family. Largest member of the pike family. Normally olive to dark gray on its back, with grayish to bluish to yellowish sides. Sides may have faint vertical bars, spots or blotches." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "2 per day. No muskellunge less than 30 inches.", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "New River–Fields Dam (Grayson County) downstream to the VA–WV state line, including Claytor Lake", + "description": "1 per day. No muskellunge less than 42 inches." + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Rivers: James, Clinch, Shenandoah and New. Lakes: Smith Mountain, Claytor, Rural Retreat, Burke, and Flannagan.", "lakes": { diff --git a/fishing/roanoke_bass.json b/fishing/roanoke_bass.json index 40d9a46..d1dc684 100644 --- a/fishing/roanoke_bass.json +++ b/fishing/roanoke_bass.json @@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ ], "identification": "Sunfish family. Robust body much like the rock bass but with dark, olivegreen to olivebrown back, fading to grayish sides and white belly. Has smaller scale spots than the rock bass and lighter small whitish or yellowish spots on its upper body. Has a slightly concave outline over the eyes. Checks scaleless or nearly so. Most of the trophy “rock bass” registered by anglers are really Roanoke bass." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "No statewide daily limit. No statewide length limits.", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "Nottoway and Meherrin rivers and their tributaries", + "description": "5 per day in the aggregate (combined) with rock bass. No Roanoke bass less than 8 inches." + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Rivers: Meherrin, Nottoway, Blackwater, of the Chowan drainage; Roanoke/Staunton, Blackwater and Pigg of the Roanoke drainage. Lakes: Leesville Reservoir, Smith Mountain.", "lakes": { diff --git a/fishing/rock_bass.json b/fishing/rock_bass.json index 8c959f0..f00af6e 100644 --- a/fishing/rock_bass.json +++ b/fishing/rock_bass.json @@ -25,7 +25,23 @@ ], "identification": "Sunfish family. Short, robust body and fairly large mouth. Lower jaw protrudes slightly. Back is olive-green with sides tarnished gold or brassy colored. Each scale has a dark central spot. Large spots on its lower body forms a striped-like appearance. Has a discernable dark outline on its anal fin. Has wide vertical blotches on its sides and a dark spot on its cheek. Average 6 to 8 inches, but will reach 12 to 14 inches and 11/2 to 2 lbs. Checks with obvious sacles." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "25 per day. No statewide length limits.", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) reservoirs and that portion of the New River from the VA–NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little rivers in Grayson County", + "description": "No daily limit" + }, + "2": { + "place": "Nottoway and Meherrin rivers and their tributaries", + "description": "5 per day in the aggregate (combined) with Roanoke bass. No rock bass less than 8 inches." + }, + "3": { + "place": "South Holston Reservoir", + "description": "20 per day" + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Rivers: Roanoke, New, Jackson, Maury, James, Bullpasture, Calfpasture, Buffalo, North Fork Shenandoah and Clinch. Lakes: Smith Mountain Lake, Moomaw.", "lakes": { diff --git a/fishing/white_bass.json b/fishing/white_bass.json index 1d82884..089650d 100644 --- a/fishing/white_bass.json +++ b/fishing/white_bass.json @@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ ], "identification": "Striped Bass family. Temperate “true” bass family. Light greenish back, light yellowish-green to silver sides to a silvery-white below, 6 to 8 horizontal faint stripes; stripes below later line are broken; the first stripe below the lateral line is not complete to tail. Deep-bodied with distinctively arched back, considerably smaller than its striped bass cousin. Single spine on gill cover; variable patch of teeth on tongue. Commonly reaches 1/2 to 2 lbs." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "5 per day. No statewide length limits.", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "South Holston Reservoir", + "description": "No harvest or possession (catch and release only)" + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Rivers: New, South Holston, and the Dan and Staunton (during spawning). Lakes: Buggs Island, Smith Mountain, Claytor, South Holston, and Leesville.", "lakes": { diff --git a/fishing/white_crappie.json b/fishing/white_crappie.json index f33ccb6..c61fd40 100644 --- a/fishing/white_crappie.json +++ b/fishing/white_crappie.json @@ -22,48 +22,19 @@ "identification": "Sunfish family. There are two species of crappie—the black and the white. The black crappie is covered with dark, irregular blotches and has seven—rarely eight— dorsal spines. It shows more yellow and green on its sides and its caudal (tail) and anal fins are heavily flecked. The white crappie has six dorsal spines—rarely five—and it has noticeable vertical bars on its silvery sides as well as a light pearlescent color or iridescent blue and lavendar. Both have protruding lower jaws." }, "limits": { - "creel": { - "number": 25, - "note": "Black and white crappie, in aggregate" - }, - "length": { - "unit": null, - "maximum": null - }, + "description": "25 per day in the aggregate (combined black and white crappie). No statewide length limits.", "exceptions": { "1": { - "places": { - "Flannagan Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": null - }, - "South Holston Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": null - } - }, - "creel": { - "number": 15, - "note": "Black and white crappie, in aggregate" - }, - "length": { - "unit": "inches", - "minimum": 10 - } + "place": "Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) reservoirs and that portion of the New River from the VA–NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little rivers in Grayson County", + "description": "no daily limit" }, "2": { - "places": { - "Gaston Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": null - }, - "Buggs Island Reservoir": { - "gnis_id": 1501629, - "latitude": 36.5984761, - "longitude": -78.2983298 - }, - "New River": { - "gnis_id": null, - "restriction": "From the VA–NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little rivers in Grayson County" - } - } + "place": "Flannagan and South Holston reservoirs", + "description": "No crappie less than 10 inches" + } + "3": { + "place": "South Holston Reservoir", + "description": "15 per day in the aggregate (combined black and white crappie)" } } }, diff --git a/fishing/yellow_perch.json b/fishing/yellow_perch.json index 88cc90c..7f13e64 100644 --- a/fishing/yellow_perch.json +++ b/fishing/yellow_perch.json @@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ ], "identification": "Perch family. Member of the perch family, which includes the walleye, sauger and numerous small darters. Generally olive-green above, fading down the sides to green or yellow-green, to yellow or golden yellow. Has eight vertical dusky bars on its side and a silvery underside. Dorsal fins have a distinctive dusky blotch. Ventral and anal fins are yellow to orange, turning a bright orange on breeding males. Average 6 to 8 inches, but commonly reach 14 to 15 inches and 1.5 to 2 lbs." }, - "limits": {}, + "limits": { + "description": "No statewide daily limit.", + "exceptions": { + "1": { + "place": "Lake Moomaw", + "description": "10 per day" + } + } + }, "best_fishing": { "description": "Brackish-water tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Top waters here include Machodoc, Maddox, Aquia and Occoquan creeks. Lakes: Western Branch, Prince, Waller Mill, Little Creek, Holliday, Moomaw and Claytor. Rivers: Potomac, Rappahannock, Chickahominy, Nottoway and New.", "lakes": {