Fishing near charleston, south carolina
Geographic context
Charleston is a source-backed starting point in South Carolina, not a catch report. Fish below have state associations, not verified city presence.
Place reference point: 32.8280, -79.9729. This is a geographic internal point, not a launch pin or arrival address.
US Census 2025 Gazetteer geography source · Place GEOID: 4513330
State species evidence
Browse all 83 South Carolina species
83 species with South Carolina source associations
State source evidence does not establish city-level presence, access or legal targeting.
Browse all 83 state-associated species
- American Eel — Anguilla rostrata · freshwater
- American Shad — Alosa sapidissima · saltwater
- Atlantic Cod — Gadus morhua · saltwater
- Atlantic Croaker — Micropogonias undulatus · saltwater
- Atlantic Menhaden — Brevoortia tyrannus · saltwater
- Atlantic Spadefish — Chaetodipterus faber · saltwater
- Atlantic Sturgeon — Acipenser oxyrinchus · anadromous
- Black Crappie — Pomoxis nigromaculatus · freshwater
- Black Drum — Pogonias cromis · saltwater
- Black Sea Bass — Centropristis striata · saltwater
- Blacktip Shark — Carcharhinus limbatus · saltwater
- Blue Catfish — Ictalurus furcatus · freshwater
- Blueback Herring — Alosa aestivalis · freshwater
- Bluefish — Pomatomus saltatrix · saltwater
- Bluegill — Lepomis macrochirus · freshwater
- Bonnethead — Sphyrna tiburo · saltwater
- Bowfin — Amia calva · freshwater
- Brook Trout — Salvelinus fontinalis · freshwater
- Brown Trout — Salmo trutta · freshwater
- Chain Pickerel — Esox niger · freshwater
- Channel Catfish — Ictalurus punctatus · freshwater
- Cobia — Rachycentron canadum · saltwater
- Common Carp — Cyprinus carpio · freshwater
- Crevalle Jack — Caranx hippos · saltwater
- Dolphinfish — Coryphaena hippurus · saltwater
- Eastern Mosquitofish — Gambusia holbrooki · freshwater
- Flathead Catfish — Pylodictis olivaris · freshwater
- Flier — Centrarchus macropterus · freshwater
- Florida Pompano — Trachinotus carolinus · saltwater
- Gafftopsail Catfish — Bagre marinus · saltwater
- Gag — Mycteroperca microlepis · saltwater
- Gizzard Shad — Dorosoma cepedianum · freshwater
- Grass Carp — Ctenopharyngodon idella · freshwater
- Gray Snapper — Lutjanus griseus · saltwater
- Great Barracuda — Sphyraena barracuda · saltwater
- Greater Amberjack — Seriola dumerili · saltwater
- Green Sunfish — Lepomis cyanellus · freshwater
- Hardhead Catfish — Ariopsis felis · saltwater
- Hickory Shad — Alosa mediocris · anadromous
- Hybrid Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops · freshwater
- King Mackerel — Scomberomorus cavalla · saltwater
- Ladyfish — Elops saurus · saltwater
- Largemouth Bass — Micropterus salmoides · freshwater
- Longnose Gar — Lepisosteus osseus · freshwater
- Pinfish — Lagodon rhomboides · saltwater
- Pumpkinseed — Lepomis gibbosus · freshwater
- Rainbow Trout — Oncorhynchus mykiss · freshwater
- Red Drum — Sciaenops ocellatus · saltwater
- Red Snapper — Lutjanus campechanus · saltwater
- Redbreast Sunfish — Lepomis auritus · freshwater
- Redear Sunfish — Lepomis microlophus · freshwater
- Redeye Bass — Micropterus coosae · freshwater
- Redfin Pickerel — Esox americanus · freshwater
- Sand Seatrout — Cynoscion nothus · saltwater
- Scup — Stenotomus chrysops · saltwater
- Sheepshead — Archosargus probatocephalus · saltwater
- Shortnose Sturgeon — Acipenser brevirostrum · freshwater
- Smallmouth Bass — Micropterus dolomieu · freshwater
- Southern Flounder — Paralichthys lethostigma · saltwater
- Spanish Mackerel — Scomberomorus maculatus · saltwater
- Spot — Leiostomus xanthurus · saltwater
- Spotted Bass — Micropterus punctulatus · freshwater
- Spotted Seatrout — Cynoscion nebulosus · saltwater
- Spotted Sucker — Minytrema melanops · freshwater
- Spotted Sunfish — Lepomis punctatus · freshwater
- Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis · freshwater
- Striped Mullet — Mugil cephalus · saltwater
- Summer Flounder — Paralichthys dentatus · saltwater
- Tarpon — Megalops atlanticus · saltwater
- Tautog — Tautoga onitis · saltwater
- Threadfin Shad — Dorosoma petenense · freshwater
- Tripletail — Lobotes surinamensis · saltwater
- Vermilion Snapper — Rhomboplites aurorubens · saltwater
- Wahoo — Acanthocybium solandri · saltwater
- Walleye — Sander vitreus · freshwater
- Warmouth — Lepomis gulosus · freshwater
- Weakfish — Cynoscion regalis · saltwater
- White Bass — Morone chrysops · freshwater
- White Crappie — Pomoxis annularis · freshwater
- White Perch — Morone americana · freshwater
- Winter Flounder — Pseudopleuronectes americanus · saltwater
- Yellow Bullhead — Ameiurus natalis · freshwater
- Yellow Perch — Perca flavescens · freshwater
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