Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-25
THE NEW FISHING LAW.
Did You Know You Violate 1t When
You Scin or Set Baskets?

new law which are very strict:
Section ]. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State Of
South Carolina, That .or the purpose
of classification the following fish
shall be known as game fish, viz:
Jackfish or pickcrel. pike. black bass,
or pond trout, striped bass or rock
fish. Yarmouth, rcdbclly, robin,
Dream, copper-fa"e or bald-face
Dream, banded Dream, ycllow-belly
perch. sun perch, red-iin trout, or yell
low perch, rainbow trout. speckled
trout, nyer, crappie, rock bass, gog-
gle-eye and white perch.
Section ,. That hereafter no per-
son shall cast, draw, fasten or other
wise make use of any seine or drift
net, fyke net Of any other description,
or use any other appliances for the
catrc:-G Of game fish, except hook
Fad line an1 ordinary bait. or by
poon, or by artificial fly, or by phan-
tom minnow, or by artificial bait. For
violation Of this section the party so
violating shall be fined twenty dollars
i$2O or imprisoned thirty 600
days for each offcnsc: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to
such person or persons as are catch
ing game fish with net or other ap-
pliance for the purpose OF stocking
pond or other stream not for COM
mercial purposes: Provided, also,
'lhat any or all persons engaged in
catching game fish for the purpose
or stocking a pond or stream must
notify the nearest Game Warden or
Trial Justice Of his OF their purpose
to so catch the fish, Provided, fur
ther, That the selling OF exposing for
sale Of any game fish between the
first day Of March and the first day of
November, Of each year, shall be
rrima facie evidence that such fish
was not caught in the manner per-
mitted by this act.
Section 3. Should any game fish
be taken by net or other appliance
while fishing for other fish than game
fish, they shall be Immediately re-
turned to the water from whence
they came.
Section 4. 1t shall be unlawful to
poison the streams Of water OF the
State In any manner whatsoever for
the purpose Of taking fish. The mud
dyin> Of streams or ponds, or the in
PRODUCTION of any substance which
results in making the fish sick, so
that they may be caught, Is hereby
declared to be poisoning in the sense
OF this act. For violation of this
section the person SO violating shall
be fined five hundred dollars $4,000
or imprisoned six CO months.
Section 5. 1t shall be unlawful to
fish In any private pond or stream
without the permission Of the owner
or from the banks Of navigablc
stream without the permission of the
owner OF the land Provided That
such permit must be in writing
should the owner not be within one
mile OF the place where person or
persons may be caught in the act OF
so fishing.
Section 6. No navigable stream Of
this State shall be obstructed by dam
or otherwise unless there be provided
a fishway in same. For violation Of
this section the person or corporation
so violating shall be fined not less
than twenty-five ($25.O0) dollars for
each day that such obstruction Shall
exist without said fishway in ne
after having been notified in writ
ing by any person or Game Warden
that such obstruction exists.
Section z. Any non-migrat tory fish,
except game fish, may be caught at
any time or in any manner not pro-
hibited by this act. Migratory fish
may be caught in accordance with
such laws as now exist or may here
after be enacted.
Section 8. For the violation OF any
provision Of this act, not otherwise
provided for, the person or persons
so offending shall, upon conviction.
be fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned for not less than ten
days nor more than thirty days, and
for the violation Of any provision Of
Section 6, the person so offending
shall, upon conviction, be fined not
less than one dollar nor more than
one hundred dollars, or be impris-
oned for not less than one day nor
more than thirty days, the term of
imprisonment TO be in proportion Of