Figure 6. — Map of coastal Georgia. 



Key: 



1 Woodbine 



2 Owens Ferry 



3 Hwy. 17 



Bridge 



4 White Oak 



River 



5 Hoboken 



6 Waycross 



7 SatlUa River 



8 Everett City 



9 Jesup 



10 Doctortown 



11 Altamaha 



River 



12 Hwy. 144 



Bridge 



13 Ohoopee River 



14 Mt. Vernon 



15 Oconee River 



16 Dublin 



17 Milledgeville 



18 Middle Fork 



19 North Fork 



20 Yellow River 



21 South River 



22 Hawkinsville 



23 Jacksonville 



24 Ocmulgee 



River 



25 Little Ohoopee 



River 



26 Cox 



27 Darien 



28 Kings Ferry 



29 ACL R.R. 



Bridge 



30 Savannah 



31 Canoochee 



River 



32 Ogeechee 



River 



33 Millen 



34 Midville 



35 Hardeeville 



36 Savannah River 



37 Brier Creek 



38 Hwy. 501 



Bridge 



39 Savannah Lock 



and Dam 



40 City Lock 



41 Augusta 



42 Anderson 



43 Seneca River 



44 Tugalloo River 



45 Chattooga 



River 



46 Tallulah Falls 



mesh, were fished immediately below the rail- 

 road bridge. The catch by these nets was in- 

 cluded with the inland set gill net fishery. 

 In the inland area, 114 drift gill nets (35 to 

 90 yd. long, 35 to 45 meshes deep, and 5- to 

 5 1/2-in. mesh) with a total length of 5,720 yd. 

 and 159 set gill nets (10 to 100 yd. long, 35 to 

 70 meshes deep, and 5- to 5 l/2-in. mesh) 

 with a length of 3,247 yd. were fished from 

 the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Bridge to the 

 vicinity of Doctortown. The shad catch by 

 drift gill net was 138,632 lb. and by set gill 

 was 75,608 lb. From Doctortown to the vi- 

 cinity of Jacksonville on the Ocmulgee River 

 and to the vicinity of Mt. Vernon on the 

 Oconee River, there were 194 set gill nets 

 (5 to 30 yd. long, 35 to 45 meshes deep, and 

 5- to 5 l/2-in. nnesh) with aggregate length 

 of 2,093 yd.. Ill bow nets, and an occasional 



small drift net. The bow nets were cone- 

 shaped, 10 to 20 ft. long, with oval openings 

 from 8 to 15 ft. in diameter (fig. 7). The shad 

 catch by set gill nets in this area was 32,632 

 lb, and by bow nets 23,650 lb. A few shad 

 were also taken by rod and reel on the Ohoopee 

 River, a small tributary which enters the 

 Altamaha 20 miles below the union of the 

 Ocmulgee and Oconee. 



In i960 commercial gear operated about 36 

 days during the season. About 60 percent of 

 the drift gill net fisherman and 50 percent of 

 the set gill net fishermen who operated below 

 Doctortown fished full time. The remaining 

 fishermen fished about 2 days per week, and 

 their catch was sold locally. The bow net 

 fishermen fished an average of 20 days per 

 season, and most of their catch was marketed 

 locally. During the season, fish dealers from 



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