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Add creel and length limits for unclassified fish
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These are all fish for which no special restrictions exist, so we use
the generic statewide restrictions for unclassified fish. Per #29.
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waldoj committed Sep 9, 2014
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/bowfin.json
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"identification": "Bowfin are living relics, with primitive roots back 70 million years ago. Has a long, soft-rayed dorsal which arches in a bow over most of the length of its body. Tail is rounded, with distinct black spot rimmed with orange on males; black spot on females faint or absent and no orange rim. Its back and sides are brownishgreen or olive-green, with mottled sides fading to yellowish or white. During spawning, its underside turns a bright yellow-green.\\nHas a cylindrical body and a wide flattened head, almost snake-like, with deep-set dark eyes. Snout is rounded with short nasal barbels.\\nMouth is large and has conical-shaped teeth. Note: While the bowfin shares similar coloration and body shape with the northern snakehead (recently introduced to the Potomac River), the anal fin of a bowfin is much shorter than that of the snakehead, and snakeheads will not have the spot found on bowfin."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Lakes: Chickahominy, Little Creek and Diascund. Rivers: Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Pamunkey, Nottoway and Blackwater.",
"lakes": {
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/carp.json
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],
"identification": "Very large member of the minnow family. Thick bodied, with a brassy sheen, humped back, very large scales, large lips, barbles extending from lips, and spines on the front of dorsal and anal fins. Commonly attain 15 to 20 lbs."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Lakes: Western Branch, Claytor and Prince. Rivers: Rappahannock, Pamunkey, Chickahominy, Potomac, Shenandoah and James.",
"lakes": {
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/flier.json
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],
"identification": "Sunfish family. A deep-bodied, almost round fish, with many spines on both dorsal and anal fins. Color is a yellow-green, or brassy-olive, to brownishgold, with a dark brown to black spot on each scale, appearing of rows of spots. Adark vertical streak extends downward from the eye to the lower edge of its cheek. It has large, rounded fins, much like a crappie, with a head and mouth similar in shape to a bluegill’s. Slow growing, they reach up to 10 inches in length."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Lakes: Drummond, Airfield, Kilby, Cohoon, Meade, Lee Hall, Motts Run. Rivers: Dismal Swamp Canal, Nottoway, Blackwater.",
"lakes": {
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/freshwater_drum.json
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],
"identification": "Freshwater drum have a humped back, stout body and large scales. The fins and body are silvery brown. The trailing edge of the caudal fin is rounded or almost triangular."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Rivers: Clinch and Powell. Lakes: Buggs Island.",
"lakes": {
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/green_sunfish.json
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],
"identification": "Sunfish family. Basically bluish green in color, with faint, alternating blue, brown and brassy gold stripes. Olive colored on its head with pale blue spots and wavy lines on its upper lip. Has a dark opercle (gill flap) spot and some orange and yellow-olive on its lower fins. Is a stocky, thick fish with a large head and large mouth."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Small lakes, pond or quiet coves on large reservoirs where they have been introduced.",
"lakes": {},
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/longnose_gar.json
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],
"identification": "Living relic of prehistoric past; family dates back 245 million years. Nothing in Virginia is even remotely similar to the gar. The long narrow beak-like jaw, laden with sharp teeth, is the unmistakable feature. Very long, cylindrical fish with dorsal and anal fins set well back on the body, and a large rounded tail fin; note the armament of very large, hard, sharp, bony scales. Brownisholive on its back, fading to yellowish- or olive-green to white on its belly; 2 to 3 ft in length is not uncommon."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Lakes: Western Branch, Prince, Chickahominy, Buggs Island. Rivers: Chickahominy, Pamunkey, James, Rappahannock.",
"lakes": {
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/pumpkinseed.json
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],
"identification": "Sunfish family. Dark, olive-green on its back, with mottled sides. Base color of sides, yellowish, spotted with orange, red and blue. Its belly is yellow to bright orange. Cheeks and gill covers marked with alternate worm-shaped bands of blue-green and yellow. Bluish-black gill cover flaps are edged with white, yellow, orange or blue, with a small half moon spot of red. Average 4 to 6 inches."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Most lakes, ponds and rivers.",
"lakes": {},
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/redbreast_sunfish.json
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],
"identification": "Sunfish family. Basically olive to brownish gray along the back, merging to blue with a golden cast along its sides and a bright orange to yellow underside.\\nHas several irregular bluish stripes on its cheek and gill cover. Identifiable by a long, black opercular (gill) flap. Reaches about 8 inches."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Rivers: South Fork Shenandoah, Nottoway, Rapidan, Rappahannock, Maury and Cowpasture.",
"lakes": {},
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/redear_sunfish.json
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],
"identification": "Sunfish family. Yellow-green or olive, with faint vertical bars and random dark spots. During spawning, the margin of the male's gill cover flap turns bright red. Body is rounded like other sunfish and has a relatively small mouth.\\nPectoral fins are long and pointed. They grow faster and larger than other sunfish; 1 lb. fish not uncommon and often reaching 2 lbs."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Lakes: Cohoon, Meade, Prince, Little Creek, Chickahominy, Robertson, Western Branch, Lone Star, and Briery Creek. Rivers: Nottoway.",
"lakes": {
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/warmouth.json
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],
"identification": "Sunfish family. A large-mouthed, robust fish with mottled sides and wavy lines on its cheek. Basically dark brownish above, with mottled and barred sides, and mottled or spotted fins.\\nCan be olive-brown colored with greenish cast. Seldom gets larger than 8 or 9 inches."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Numerous small lakes, ponds such as lakes Orange, Lee Hall, and Airfield; and slow-moving, swampy rivers and streams, such as Dragon Run and Nottoway River.",
"lakes": {
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion fishing/white_perch.json
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],
"identification": "Striped Bass family. Not really a perch, but a member of the temperate bass family along with white and striped bass. Averages 8 to 10 inches but reaches up to 2 lbs. Silver gray above, fading to silvery-white below with no longitudinal lines. Has a deep notch between spiny dorsal and soft-rayed dorsal. No teeth on tongue."
},
"limits": {},
"limits": {
"description": "20 per day. No length limits.",
"exceptions": {
"1": {
"place": "Virginia",
"description": "See Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Watercraft Owner’s Guide for generic statewide fishing restrictions.",
}
}
},
"best_fishing": {
"description": "Lakes: Western Branch, Whitehurst, Gaston, Buggs Island, Motts Run, Occoquan, Anna, Waller Mill Reservoir, Harwoods Mill Reservoir, and Back Bay. Rivers: Tidal rivers (Pamunkey, James, Rappahannock, Chickahominy, Mattaponi, North Landing, Northwest and Potomac) and most of their tributary creeks.",
"lakes": {
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