Fish Species

South Carolina is home to fantastic fishing opportunities from freshwater species to marine life and beyond. For details on fish species found in South Carolina, visit the links below. For detailed information on licensing, fishing access sites and notable statistics, visit the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

Freshwater Fish in South Carolina

1. American eel
2. American shad
3. Atlantic sturgeon
4. Black crappie
5. Blue catfish
6. Blueback herring
7. Bluegill
8. Bowfin
9. Brook trout
10. Brown trout
11. Chain pickerel
12. Channel catfish
13. Common carp
14. Flathead catfish
15. Flier
16. Gizzard shad
17. Grass carp
18. Green sunfish
19. Hickory shad
20. Hybrid bass
21. Largemouth bass
22. Longnose gar
23. Pumpkinseed
24. Rainbow trout
25. Redbreast sunfish
26. Redear sunfish
27. Redeye bass
28. Redfin pickerel
29. Shortnose sturgeon
30. Smallmouth bass
31. Spotted bass
32. Spotted sunfish
33. Striped bass
34. Threadfin shad
35. Walleye
36. Warmouth
37. White bass
38. White crappie
39. White perch
40. Yellow bullhead

Yellow perch

Marine Fish Species in South Carolina

Atlantic croaker
Atlantic spadefish
Black drum
Black seabass
Blue crab
Cobia
Eastern oyster
Jack crevalle
King mackerel
Red drum
Sheepshead
Southern flounder
Southern kingfish
Spanish mackerel
Spot
Spotted seatrout
Summer flounder
Tarpon
Weakfish

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