{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-13-270","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-13-270","heading":"Season for unlawful possession of lure or bait in certain waters.","body":"(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;\n(1) that portion of the Chattooga River beginning at S.C. State Highway 28 upstream to its confluence with Reed Creek (Rabun County, GA );\n(2) that portion of Cheohee Creek that runs through the Piedmont Forestry Center;\n(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;\n(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\n(5) Eastatoe River from the backwaters of Lake Keowee upstream to S.C. State Highway S-39-143 (Roy Jones Road) in Pickens County.\n(B) It is unlawful to use or possess any lure or bait except artificial lures in the following waters:\n(1) Whitewater River;\n(2) Matthews Creek from Asbury Drive Bridge at Asbury Methodist Camp upstream including all tributaries and headwaters;\n(3) Middle Saluda River from the foot bridge at Jones Gap Natural Area Office upstream to U.S. Highway 176 in Greenville County; and\n(4) Eastatoe Creek on Eastatoe Heritage Preserve in Pickens County.\n(C) It is unlawful to use or possess corn, cheese, fish eggs, or imitations of them on Lake Jocassee.","path":["Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT","CHAPTER 13 Protection of Fish","ARTICLE 2 Protection of Freshwater Game Fish"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t50c013.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:47:44Z","sha256":"d38dad91f6bafa78456a2a3e59e84e639a3c8ade8de858cba1de822c24c9402b","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-13-260","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-13-271"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}