ATLANTA β Opening up privately held stretches of trout streams in North Georgia to public fishing would ruin a cottage industry vital to the regionβs economy, a parade of waterfront property owners warned state lawmakers Thursday.
Many farmers along the Soque River and other mostly narrow, shallow streams in the mountainous region operate fly-fishing guide businesses on the side. They use the income to help keep their farms in business rather than being forced to subdivide their lands and sell to developers.
The Gwinnett Daily Post is a daily newspaper published in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and serves as the county's legal organ. The newspaper is owned by Times-Journal Inc. and prints Wednesday and Sunday each week.