Nongame Changes in Regions 3 & 4
Richland, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Aiken, Barnwell, Sumter, Bamberg, Allendale, Clarendon, Georgetown, Berkeley, Dorchester, Charleston, Hampton, Jasper, Colleton, Beaufort, and Horry
| Water Body |
Device |
Limits |
| Ashepoo River |
Eel Pots |
2 recreational; 75 commercial |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Ashley River |
Eel Pots |
2 recreational; 75 commercial |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Black River |
Gill Nets |
No Change |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Traps |
2 recreational; 10 commercial (downstream of Pea House Landing) |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 5 lines with 250 hooks commercial |
| Broad River |
Seines |
No Change |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Traps |
2 recreational; 5 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 lines with 50 hooks recreational; 3 lines with 150 hooks commercial |
| Buffalo Creek |
Seines |
Not Allowed |
| Combahee River |
Eel Pots |
2 recreational ;75 commercial |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Trot lines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 5 lines with 250 hooks commercial |
| Water Body |
Device |
Limits |
| Congaree River Gervais St to confluence with Wateree River |
Hoop Nets |
10 commercial |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Traps |
2 recreational; 10 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 lines with 50 hooks recreational; 3 lines with 150 hooks commercial |
| Cooper River |
No eel pots, set hooks, traps or trotlines allowed upstream from Wadboo Creek |
No Change |
| Eel Pot |
2 recreational; 5 commercial |
| Elver Fyke Nets |
10 commercial license ; May be used in Cooper R. and tributaries from saltwater / freshwater dividing line up to RR trestle at Tailrace Canal |
| Pump Nets |
1 recreational |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial; Not allowed upstream of Wadboo Creek |
| Skimbow Nets |
1 recreational |
| Traps |
2 recreational; 25 commercial; Not allowed upstream of Wadboo Creek |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 3 lines with 150 hooks commercial; Not allowed upstream of Wadboo Creek |
| Coosawhatchie /Tullifinny Rivers |
Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Edisto River |
Eel Pot |
2 recerational;75 commercial |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 5 lines with 250 hooks commercial |
| Water Body |
Device |
Limits |
| The Four Holes Lakes system in Dorchester County; includes Mallard's Lake, Mims Lake, Shuler Lake, Woods Lake, Bridge Lake, Little Pond Lake, Steed's Lake, John's Hole Lake, Rock's Lake and Mouth of Four Holes Lake |
Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Gill Nets |
No Change |
| Lakes Marion and Moultrie and the Upper Santee River (see trotline restriction) |
Traps |
2 recreational; 25 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 3 lines with 400 hooks per line commercial |
| Lake Murray |
Traps |
2 recreational; 5 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 3 lines with 150 hooks commercial |
| New River |
Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Old River |
Set Hooks |
Nongame equipment not allowed |
| Trotlines |
Nongame equipment not allowed |
| Red Bank Creek (Saluda Co.) west of Highway 121 |
Seines |
Nongame equipment not allowed |
| Salkehatchie River |
Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
Saluda River
(Lower Reach) |
Traps |
2 recreational |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks total recreational |
| Sampit River |
Gill Nets |
No Change |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Skimbow Nets |
1 recreational |
| Traps |
2 recreational; 25 commercial |
| Water Body |
Device |
Limits |
| Santee River (Lower Reach), downstream of USGS gauging station 1715 only |
Eel Pots |
2 recreational; 75 commercial |
| Skimbow nets |
1 recreational
|
| Traps |
2 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 5 lines with 250 hooks commercial |
| Savannah River
(Lower Reach) |
Eel Pots |
2 recreational; 75 commercial |
| Gill Nets |
No Change |
| Hoop Nets |
10 commercial |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Traps |
2 recreational; 40 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks total recreational; 5 lines with 250 hooks commercial |
| Twelve Mile Creek |
Set Hooks |
Not allowed |
| Traps |
Not allowed |
| Trotlines |
Not allowed |
| Waccamaw River |
Eel Pots |
2 recreational;
75 commercial below Bull Creek junction to saltwater / freshwater dividing line |
| Gill Nets |
No Change |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Skimbow nets |
1 recreational |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 5 lines with 250 hooks commercial |
| Wateree River |
Hoop Nets |
10 commercial |
| Set Hooks |
50 recreational; 50 commercial |
| Traps |
2 recreational; 40 commercial |
| Trotlines |
1 line with 50 hooks recreational; 3 lines with 150 hooks commercial |
