Congaree Swamp Fish Congaree Swamp National Monument Freshwater Fish Fishes have been important to humans through the centuries. Fishes appear on the cave drawings of early man. Almost every known culture used fishes for food. Today fish are an important source of protein for our increasing population. The fish of the Congaree Swamp are fresh water fish.
Some varieties are important to sportsmen as well as connoisseurs.
Fishing for bream, large mouth bass and striped bass is a popular hobby. Populations of sturgeon are declining. The Congaree River also provides homes for white bass, catfish, white perch, carp and suckers. Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus Sunfish Hybrid Lepomis spp.