Chap. 309.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 40, as amended, of the Game,
Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to bass and trout wey in

Virginia.
Approved March 17, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section forty, as amended, of the Game, Inland Fish
and Dog Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 40. Open season; method of taking bass and trout;
bag and size limit—The open season during which it shall be law-
ful to take any species of bass and trout from the inland waters of
this State, but only by angling with hook and line, attached to a
rod or pole, either with or without a reel, and with or without the
aid of a hand landing net, and the bag and size limit a person may
take in any one day or in any one open season, including the first
and last days thereof, shall be as follows:

Bass, except rock bass, or redeye—June twentieth to March
fifteenth east of Blue Ridge, and June twentieth to December
thirty-first west of Blue Ridge; bag limit ten a day—one hundred
and fifty a season; not less than ten inches in length from tip of
nose to tip of tail.

Rock bass, or redeye.—June twentieth to March fifteenth east of
the Blue Ridge, and June twentieth to December thirty-first west
of Blue Ridge; bag limit fifteen a day—one hundred and fifty a
season.

Trout, any species.—April first to September fifteenth; bag
limit twelve a day.

EXEMPTIONS

The owner, or lessee, of any private pond stocked by himself, or
by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries not less than
three years prior thereto, may capture any fish therefrom for his
own use at any time.