S.C. Code Ann. § 50-13-120 – Black bass (largemouth) catch limits and requirements for Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, and The Upper Santee River

(A) As used in this section:
1. (1) "Lake Marion" means all waters of the Santee River and its tributaries impounded by the Lake Marion Dam, including the flooded backwater areas in Calhoun and Sumter Counties.
2. (2) "Lake Moultrie" means all waters impounded by the Pinopolis Dam and the Saint Stephen Dam, including the diversion canal and those waters of the rediversion canal upstream of the Saint Stephen Dam.
3. (3) "Upper reach of the Santee River" means all waters of the Santee River from the backwaters of Lake Marion at the railroad trestle bridge near Rimini upstream to the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers.
(B) It is unlawful to possess any black bass (largemouth) in Lakes Marion or Moultrie or the upper Santee River less than fourteen inches in total length. It is unlawful to land black bass without the head and tail fin intact.
(C) The lawful catch limit for black bass (largemouth) or a combination of them in Lakes Marion or Moultrie or the upper Santee River is five per day.

HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 144, Section 1, eff March 31, 2010.