South Carolina Code 50-13-210. Daily possession limits for game fish
(1) not more than five may be largemouth, redeye (coosae), Bartram’s bass, or smallmouth bass or their hybrids or any combination;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-13-210
- Fish: means finfish, shellfish including mollusks, crustaceans, horseshoe crabs, whelks (conchs), turtles, and terrapin or products thereof. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Total length: means the length of a fish laid flat and measured from the closed mouth (snout) to the tip of the tail fin when pinched together. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
(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.