2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 13 - PROTECTION OF FISH
Section 50-13-615 - Nongame fishing devices and methods which may be used for taking nongame fish in freshwaters.

The following are the only lawful nongame fishing devices and methods that may be used for taking nongame fish in the freshwaters of this State and only in those waters in which these devices and methods are authorized:

(1) archery equipment;

(2) cast net;

(3) crayfish trap;

(4) eel pot;

(5) elver fyke net;

(6) gig;

(7) gill net;

(8) hand grabbing;

(9) hoop net;

(10) jug fishing device;

(11) minnow seine;

(12) minnow trap;

(13) pump net;

(14) seine;

(15) set hook;

(16) skimbow net;

(17) spear;

(18) trap;

(19) trotline.

HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 170, Section 1; 1982 Act No. 461, Sections 2, 3; 1984 Act No. 367,Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1263; 1976 Code Section 50-13-1115; 2012 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff July 1, 2012.