In lieu of obtaining a regular annual statewide resident fishing license, a resident of the State may purchase a special reservoir, lakes, and streams freshwater permit to fish with nonmanufactured tackle or natural bait in the waters described in this section. It is unlawful for any resident to fish in the waters of this State described in this section with nonmanufactured tackle or natural bait unless he has either the required fishing license or the required permit. No person licensed under the provisions of Section 50-9-510(3), 50-9-510(4), or 50-9-540(A) is required to purchase a permit.

1. (1) the waters or backwaters of the Catawba and Wateree rivers within Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, and Lancaster counties, except waters lying more than one hundred yards south of the Wateree Dam in Kershaw County;
2. (2) Lake Marion;
3. (3) Lake Moultrie, the Diversion Canal, and the Tail Canal;
4. (4) Lake Murray;
5. (5) all of the waters of the Savannah River between the Stevens Creek Dam and the highway bridge between Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, and Elberton, Georgia, including the waters impounded between Stevens Creek Dam and Clark Hill Dam;
6. (6) Keowee-Toxaway Lake in Oconee and Pickens Counties;
7. (7) Lake Jocassee;
8. (8) Lake Greenwood;
9. (9) Hartwell Reservoir;
10. (10) Lake Richard B. Russell;
11. (11) Lake Wiley;

12. (12) the Parr Hydroelectric Project Fish and Game Management Area:

    1. (a) Parr Reservoir;
    2. (b) Monticello Reservoir;
    3. (c) Monticello Reservoir Sub-Impoundment;

13. (13) Lake Ashwood in Lee County.

    The provisions of this section do not affect in any way any reciprocal agreement with the State of Georgia as to recognition of residents' fishing licenses or permits. Any person exempt from licensing requirements under Article 7 of this chapter is exempt from the requirement to purchase a permit as provided in this section.

    Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.

The permits must be obtained from the department at a fee of three dollars. One dollar of the fee must be retained by the agent issuing the permit, and the remaining portion of the proceeds of the sale of the permit must be remitted to the department and held in a separate fund for use in the protection and propagation of game and other fish within the waters described in this section in the counties adjacent to them. The provisions of this section apply to the following bodies of water within this State: