Fishing near Columbia, SC

In Richland County, Columbia sits at the confluence where the Saluda and Broad rivers merge into the Congaree just above the Gervais Street Bridge — three distinct fisheries within the city limits. Cold dam releases make the Lower Saluda a rare Midlands trout tailrace, while Lake Murray, a ~50,000-acre reservoir 20 miles west, anchors the region's big-water bass scene.

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Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Dollar Sunfish

Lepomis marginatus

Flathead Catfish

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Longnose Gar

Lepisosteus osseus

Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gibbosus

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Redbreast Sunfish

Lepomis auritus

Redear Sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

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Fishing near Columbia, SC

Lake Murray

Broad River

Saluda River

Wateree River

Lake Marion

Catawba River

Black River

Lynches River

Congaree River

Wateree Lake