1. (A) From November first through May fourteenth inclusive, it is unlawful to use or possess any lure or bait except single hook artificial lures in the following waters;

   1. (1) that portion of the Chattooga River beginning at S.C. State Highway 28 upstream to its confluence with Reed Creek (Rabun County, GA );
   2. (2) that portion of Cheohee Creek that runs through the Piedmont Forestry Center;
   3. (3) Devils Fork Creek; Howard Creek from its confluence with Corbin Creek upstream to its confluence with Limberpole Creek; and Corbin Creek upstream from its confluence with Howard Creek to S.C. State Highway S-37-130 (Whitewater Road) in Oconee County;
   4. (4) Chauga River from S.C. State Highway S-37-290 (Cassidy Bridge Road) upstream to its confluence with Bone Camp Creek in Oconee County; and
   5. (5) Eastatoe River from the backwaters of Lake Keowee upstream to S.C. State Highway S-39-143 (Roy Jones Road) in Pickens County.

2. (B) It is unlawful to use or possess any lure or bait except artificial lures in the following waters:

   1. (1) Whitewater River;
   2. (2) Matthews Creek from Asbury Drive Bridge at Asbury Methodist Camp upstream including all tributaries and headwaters;
   3. (3) Middle Saluda River from the foot bridge at Jones Gap Natural Area Office upstream to U.S. Highway 176 in Greenville County; and
   4. (4) Eastatoe Creek on Eastatoe Heritage Preserve in Pickens County.
3. (C) It is unlawful to use or possess corn, cheese, fish eggs, or imitations of them on Lake Jocassee.

HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 113, Section 2, eff July 1, 2012; 2013 Act No. 6, Section 7, eff March 22, 2013.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws: Former Section 50-13-270 was entitled "Creel limits not applicable to private ponds" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 28-594.3; 1959 (51) 296; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263.

Effect of Amendment

The 2013 amendment, in subsection (B)(4), substituted "Eastatoe Creek" for "Eastatoe River".