2011 - 2012 Freshwater Fishing Regulations
Nongame Areas and Limits
X Indicates allowed nongame device.
Described limits are the maximum number of nongame devices allowed per license holder.
| Body of Water | County/Location | Eel pots - No Limit | Hoop nets - w/commercial license |
Jugs - limits |
Nongame gill nets in season | Seines-1 | Set hooks - 50 | Traps - limits |
Trotlines - limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashepoo River | X | X | |||||||
| Ashley River | X | X | |||||||
| Big Pee Dee River | From I-95 to NC state line | 50 North of SC 34 only |
X | X | 50 | 2000 hooks total | |||
| Black Creek | Darlington, Florence & Chesterfield counties including Lakes Robinson & Prestwood | X | X | 150 hooks total | |||||
| Black River | X | X | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Bridge Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Broad River | Includes the waters from the North Carolina state line to the confluence of the Broad and Saluda rivers | X from Hwy 34 bridge upstream |
X | 5 | 150 hooks total | ||||
| Buffalo Creek | X | ||||||||
| Bull Creek | Horry & Georgetown counties | X | X | 50 | 150 hooks total | ||||
| Bush River | Laurens County | X | |||||||
| Catawba River | From Lake Wylie Dam to the backwaters of Lake Wateree, including all reservoirs | X York Co. Only |
X | 2 | 150 hooks total | ||||
| Combahee River | X | X | |||||||
| Congaree River | From the Gervais Street Bridge in Columbia to the I-77 Bridge in Columbia | 50 | 50 | 2000 hooks total | |||||
| Congaree River | From the I-77 Bridge to confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers | 10 see Markers & Identification |
X | 10 max. w/ commercial license. | 2000 hooks total | ||||
| Cooper River | Traps, trotlines, set hooks and eel pots are not permitted upstream from Wadboo Creek Note: Pump Nets - No limit |
X Fyke Nets as allowed for eel fishing by regulation |
X | 50 | 150 hooks total | ||||
| Coosawhatchie & Tullifinny rivers | X |
| Body of Water | County/Location | Eel pots - No Limit | Hoop nets - w/commercial license |
Jugs - limits |
Nongame gill nets in season | Seines-1 | Set hooks - 50 | Traps - limits |
Trotlines - limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durbin Creek | X | ||||||||
| Edisto River | X | X | |||||||
| Enoree River | X from Southern Railroad in Greenville County downstream |
X | 2 | 150 hooks total | |||||
| Great Pee Dee River | From I-95 to NC state line | 50 North of SC 34 only |
X | X | 50 | 2000 hooks total | |||
| Great Pee Dee River | From I-95 to the saltwater line | X Below Highway 701 bridge only |
X | X | 50 | 150 hooks total | |||
| Jefferies Creek | Florence County | X | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| John’s Hole Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Lake Greenwood | 50 | 5 | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Lake Hartwell | 5 | 150 hooks total | |||||||
| Lake Jocassee | All nongame devices prohibited, including cast nets. | ||||||||
| Lake Keowee | 5 | 150 hooks total | |||||||
| Lakes Marion and Moultrie | Waters between confluence of Wateree and Congaree rivers and backwaters of Lake Marion are considered a part of Lake Marion | 50 | 2000 hooks total | ||||||
| Lake Murray | 5 | 150 hooks total | |||||||
| Body of Water | County/Location | Eel pots - No Limit | Hoop nets - w/commercial license |
Jugs - limits |
Nongame gill nets in season | Seines-1 | Set hooks - 50 | Traps - limits |
Trotlines - limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Richard B. Russell | 50 | 5 | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Lake Secession | 50 | 2 | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Lake Thurmond & Stevens Creek Reservoir | 50 | 5 | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Lake Wateree | 5 | 150 hooks total | |||||||
| Lake Wylie | 5 | 150 hooks total | |||||||
| Little Pee Dee River | X | X | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Little Pond Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Little River | X from Mars Bridge in McCormick County upstream |
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| Log Creek | Edgefield County | X | |||||||
| Long Cane Creek | Above Patterson Bridge | X | |||||||
| Louder’s Lake | Darlington County | X | X | ||||||
| Lumber River | X | X | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Lynches River | X | X | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Mallards Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Mims Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Mouth of Four Holes Lake | Dorchester County | X | X |
| Body of Water | County/Location | Eel pots - No Limit | Hoop nets - w/commercial license |
Jugs - limits |
Nongame gill nets in season | Seines-1 | Set hooks - 50 | Traps - limits |
Trotlines - limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Creek | Greenwood County | X | |||||||
| New River | X | ||||||||
| Old River | X | 150 hooks total | |||||||
| Pacolet River | X | X | 2 | 150 hooks total | |||||
| Rabon Creek | Laurens County | X | |||||||
| Redbank Creek | Saluda County west of Highway 121 | X | |||||||
| Reedy River | X from Southern RR in Greenville County downstream Anderson County: Seines-1 |
X | 2 | 150 hooks total | |||||
| Rock’s Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Salkehatchie River | X | ||||||||
| Saluda River | From Southern RR Trestle in Greenville County to backwaters of Lake Greenwood and from Lake Greenwood Dam to backwaters of Lake Murray | X Anderson, Laurens & Greenville Co. only except in Anderson Co. seines may be used in river tributaries |
X | 2 | 150 hooks total | ||||
| Saluda River | From Lake Murray Dam to the Gervais St. Bridge in Columbia | 2 | 150 hooks total |
| Body of Water | County/Location | Eel pots - No Limit | Hoop nets - w/commercial license |
Jugs - limits |
Nongame gill nets in season | Seines-1 | Set hooks - 50 | Traps - limits |
Trotlines - limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampit River | X | X | 50 | ||||||
| Santee River | Downstream from Wilson Dam on Lake Marion. No nongame gear (except skimbow nets) allowed upstream of U.S.G.S. Gauging Station 1715 about 2.4 miles below Santee Dam | X | 50 | 150 hooks total | |||||
| Savannah River | Below Stevens Creek Dam | X | 50 | X | X | 50 | 2000 hooks total | ||
| Shuler Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Steed’s Lake | Dorchester County | X | X | ||||||
| Stevens Creek | Above Clark’s Hill Bridge | X | |||||||
| Thicketty Creek | Cherokee County | X | |||||||
| Turkey Creek | Edgefield & Greenwood counties | X | |||||||
| Twelve-Mile Creek | X | 2 | 150 hooks total | ||||||
| Tyger River | X | X | 2 | 150 hooks total | |||||
| Waccamaw River | X No Limit below junction of Big Bull Creek |
X | X | 150 hooks total | |||||
| Warrior Creek | Laurens County | X | |||||||
| Wateree River | 50 | X | 50 | 2000 hooks total | |||||
| Wilson Creek | Greenwood County | X | |||||||
| Woods Lake | Dorchester County | X | X |
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