Does anyone fish in in areas around Dawhoo&South Edisto rivers for Rockfish. I fish for them here but have not had a chance to go, just wondering if anyone has had any luck yet?
Marsh-picker,
Would like to know more about the folks that fish for rockfish in this area. There is a bill in Columbia right now that proposes harvest restrictions exactly like what was implemented for Santee Cooper Reservoir. It would apply coast wide. Biologically it is sound, but would like to know how it would affact folks fishing for rockfish in these areas.
I’m not too familiar with the regs. for Santee, I beleive its 26" minimum length and possession limit 3, so for me and the people I know the possession limit would be fine, but when we are lucky enough to catch some we usually keep the smaller ones to eat and turn the big ones loose as hopefully these are the breeders and the number of fish we catch has declined drastically in the last 20 yrs.Most of the fish I catch are usually 12’’- 18’’ and 1 or 2 over 25" per season, which I consider to be from mid Jan.thru the end of April.
10-4, and thanks for the info.