Blue Catfish Limit in Pee Dee River Nc 2019

Nongame Fish Size & Possession Limits
Water Body	Fish	Size Limit	Possession Limit per person per day
Statewide	American Eel	9 inches min	25
Statewide	Blue Catfish	Only 2 fish larger than 32 inches per person may be taken	25
Game Fish Size & Possession Limits Bream, redbreast sunfish, crappie, yellow perch, pickerel, walleye & sauger
• A total of 40 game fish may be kept in any one day. This total shall not exceed more than the limits or exceptions listed below. Any game fish or species with a size limit listed must be landed with head and tail fin intact. All freshwater fish species in the state of South Carolina are measured using total length. Special limits and regulations apply to SCDNR managed lakes. • Check with state parks, city reservoirs or county parks for special limits and regulations that apply to those areas.
Water Body	Fish	Size Limit	Possession Limit per person per day
Statewide	Bream (includes bluegill, flier, warmouth, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, redear (shellcracker) and spotted sunfish)	Any length	30
Statewide	Redbreast Sunfish	Any length	15
Statewide	Crappie	8 inches min	20
Statewide	Walleye & Sauger	Any length	No more than 8 combined total of walleye or sauger
Statewide	Chain Pickerel	Any length	30
Statewide	Redfin Pickerel	Any length	30
Statewide	Yellow Perch	Any length	30

Game Fish Size & Possession Limits Largemouth, smallmouth, redeye & spotted bass
• A total of 40 game fish may be kept in any one day. This total shall not exceed more than the limits or exceptions listed below. Any game fish or species with a size limit listed must be landed with head and tail fin intact. All freshwater fish species in the state of South Carolina are measured using total length. Special limits and regulations apply to SCDNR managed lakes. • Check with state parks, city reservoirs or county parks for special limits and regulations that apply to those areas.
Water Body	Fish	Size Limit	Possession Limit per person per day
Statewide except the water bodies listed below:	Smallmouth Bass	12 inches min	No more than 5 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye bass or their hybrids
Lakes Hartwell, Russell (including the Lake Hartwell tailwater), Thurmond, Tugaloo, Yonah; Stevens Creek Reservoir; the Chattooga and Savannah Rivers	Smallmouth Bass	Any length	No more than 10 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye, spotted bass or their hybrids
Lake Keowee	Smallmouth Bass	12 inches min	No more than 10 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye, spotted bass or their hybrids.
Statewide except the water bodies listed below:	Redeye Bass	Any length	No more than 5 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye bass or their hybrids.
Lakes Hartwell, Keowee, Russell (including the Lake Hartwell tailwater), Thurmond, Tugaloo, Yonah; Stevens Creek Reservoir; the Chattooga and Savannah Rivers	Redeye Bass	Any length	No more than 10 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye, spotted bass or their hybrids
Statewide except the water bodies listed below:	Largemouth Bass	Any length	No more than 5 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye bass or their hybrids
Lakes Blalock, Greenwood, Jocassee, Marion, Monticello, Moultrie, Murray, Secession, Wateree, Wylie and the middle reach of the Saluda River and the upper reach of the Santee River	Largemouth Bass	14 inches min	No more than 5 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye bass or their hybrids
Lakes Hartwell, Keowee, Russell (including the Lake Hartwell tailwater), Thurmond, Tugaloo, Yonah; Stevens Creek Reservoir; the Chattooga and Savannah Rivers	Largemouth Bass	12 inches min	No more than 10 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye, spotted bass or their hybrids
Lake Robinson (Greenville County)	Largemouth Bass	12 inches min	No more than 5 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye bass or their hybrids
Statewide except the water bodies listed below:	Spotted Bass	Any length	15
Lakes Hartwell, Keowee, Russell (including the Lake Hartwell tailwater), Thurmond, Tugaloo, Yonah; Stevens Creek Reservoir; the Chattooga and Savannah Rivers	Spotted Bass	Any length	No more than 10 combined total of smallmouth, largemouth, redeye, spotted bass or their hybrids
Slade's Lake	Largemouth, Redeye, Smallmouth & Spotted Bass	12 inches min	No more than 2 bass per person per day

Game Fish Size & Possession Limits Striped, white & hybrid bass
• A total of 40 game fish may be kept in any one day. This total shall not exceed more than the limits or exceptions listed below. Any game fish or species with a size limit listed must be landed with head and tail fin intact. All freshwater fish species in the state of South Carolina are measured using total length. Special limits and regulations apply to SCDNR managed lakes. • Check with state parks, city reservoirs or county parks for special limits and regulations that apply to those areas.
Water Body	Fish	Size Limit	Possession Limit per person per day
Statewide except the Savannah River	White Bass	Any length	10
Statewide except on the Savannah River and Lakes Hartwell, Russell and Thurmond see below.	Hybrid Bass	None	10
Statewide except the water bodies list below:	Striped Bass	Any length	10
Ashepoo River; Ashley River; Back River in Jasper County and the Back River in Berkeley County; Black River; Black Mingo Creek; Bull Creek and Little Bull Creek; Combahee River; Cooper River system (see map, Temperate Bass Identification); Coosawhatchie River; Cuckholds Creek; Edisto River; Horseshoe Creek; Intracoastal Waterway (Horry County); Lumber River; Lynches River; Great Pee Dee and Little Pee Dee Rivers; Pocotaligo in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton Counties; Salkehatchie and Little Salkehatchie Rivers; Sampit River; Tulifinny River; Thoroughfare Creek; and Waccamaw River	Striped Bass	Oct. 1 - June 15: 26 inches min	3
		June 16 - Sept. 30 closed
Santee River system (see map, Temperate Bass Identification); includes Saluda River (Lower Reach)	Striped Bass	Oct. 1 - June 15 striped bass between 23 and 25 inches may be harvested except that one fish may be greater than 26 inches	3
		June 16 - Sept. 30 closed except for Lower Saluda River where catch and release is allowed
Lake Murray	Striped Bass	Oct. 1 - May 31: 21 inches min	5
		June 1 - Sept. 30: any length	Unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess more than 5
Saluda River (Middle Reach) All waters of Saluda River from backwaters of Lake Murray at SC Hwy 395 upstream to Lake Greenwood Dam	Striped Bass	Oct. 1 - May 31: 21 inches	5
		June 1 - Sept. 30: any length	Unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess more than 5
Lake Russell	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 1 fish larger than 34 inches	2
Lake Hartwell Tailwater	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 1 fish over 34 inches	2
Savannah River (Lower) All waters of Savannah River from its confluence with the Atlantic Ocean upstream to the Lake J. Strom Thurmond Dam	Striped, Hybrid or White Bass or a combination	27 inches min	2
Lake Hartwell & Lake Thurmond	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 3 fish over 26 inches	10

Measuring a Fish

How to Properly Measure a Freshwater Fish

TL=total length measure; Tip of snout with mouth closed to tip of tail. Tail should be pinched. All freshwater fish species in the state of South Carolina are measured using total length. Some saltwater species are measured with fork length.

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Source: https://www.eregulations.com/southcarolina/fishing/freshwater-fish-size-possession-limits

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