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SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. Covington resident Thom Litts has been promoted to assistant director of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).
Litts is a longtime employee of the division, most recently serving as chief of the fisheries management section.
“I am thrilled to announce the promotion of fisheries chief, Thom Litts, to assistant director of the Wildlife Resources Division,” said Wildlife Resources Division Director Ted Will.
Georgia 2021 Shad Season Opens Jan 1
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. – Commercial fishermen can take to the water beginning at 12 a.m. on Friday., Jan. 1, 2021 to take advantage of the opening day of shad season, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Shad season is scheduled to run through midnight on Mar. 31, 2021.
“We had a good run of American shad and hickory shad last year, and for many of our fishermen it proved to be a good season,” said Jim Page, WRD Senior Fisheries Biologist. “We are certainly hopeful and optimistic that this season will be a favorable one as well.”