It is unlawful for a person in any one day to catch more than forty game fish; however, of the total creel limit:

1. (1) not more than ten of the total may be striped bass (rockfish) or hybrid bass (striped bass-white bass) or a combination of them unless regulations promulgated by the department and adopted by the General Assembly by authority of Section 50-13-236 reflect otherwise;
2. (2) not more than ten of the total may be black bass (large mouth, small mouth, coosae) or a combination of them unless regulations promulgated by the department and adopted by the General Assembly by authority of Section 50-13-236 reflect otherwise;
3. (3) not more than ten of the total may be trout; provided, not more than five trout may be taken in any one day from that portion of the lower Saluda River between the Lake Murray Dam and the confluence of the Broad River;
4. (4) not more than eight of the total may be walleye or sauger or a combination of them;
5. (5) not more than thirty of the total may be any game fish not specified.