South Carolina § 50-13-210 - Daily possession limits for game fish.

§ 50-13-210. Daily possession limits for game fish.

(A) Except as otherwise provided, the daily possession limit for game fish is an aggregate of forty of which:

(1) not more than five may be largemouth, redeye (coosae), Bartram's bass, or smallmouth bass or their hybrids or any combination;

(2) not more than fifteen may be spotted bass or Alabama bass;

(3) not more than ten may be hybrid bass or striped bass or a combination;

(4) not more than ten may be white bass;

(5) not more than eight may be walleye or sauger or a combination;

(6) not more than five may be trout. However, on the lower reach of the Saluda River, only one trout out of the five possessed may be more than sixteen inches in total length. On Lake Jocassee not more than three trout may be taken;

(7) not more than twenty may be crappie;

(8) not more than fifteen may be redbreast; and

(9) not more than thirty may be other freshwater game fish species not listed in this section.

(B) On Lakes Hartwell, Keowee, Russell, (including the Lake Hartwell tail water), Thurmond, Tugaloo, Yonah, the Chattooga and Savannah Rivers and Stevens Creek Reservoir the daily possession limit for black bass is an aggregate of ten.

HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 113, SECTION 2, eff July 1, 2012; 2013 Act No. 6, SECTION 4, eff March 22, 2013; 2022 Act No. 137 (H.4907), SECTION 5, eff April 11, 2022.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws: Former SECTION 50-13-210 was entitled "Daily creel limits on game fish" and was derived from 1962 Code SECTION 28 590; 1952 Code SECTION 28 590; 1948 (45) 1756; 1952 (47) 2179; 1961 (52) 152; 1978 Act No. 625, SECTION 3; 1989 Act No. 192, SECTION 3; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1263; 2003 Act No. 56, SECTION 1.

Effect of Amendment

The 2013 amendment, rewrote subsection (A)(6), adding the second sentence relating to the Saluda River.

2022 Act No. 137, SECTION 5, in (A), in (1), inserted "Bartram's bass," following "redeye (coosae),", and in (2), inserted "or Alabama bass" following "spotted bass".