Native Fish Coalition South Carolina Chapter

09/18/2026

Red Drum - Sciaenops Ocellatus

A.K.A. Redfish, Channel Bass, puppy, Spottail Bass, or simply…

RED

This Native Fish Friday is dedicated to our beloved inshore saltwater gamefish! Fall is a great time to target these amazing fish - on the flats or cruising creeks.



How do you like to target redfish?

08/21/2026

Native fish don’t live in ugly places…

But beautiful places don’t stay beautiful without our help

Join Native Fish Coalition and help us preserve beautiful places and the Native Fish that call them home

11/21/2025

Happy ! Today’s highlighted native species is the Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops)! Spotted Suckers are widely distributed and can be found throughout the United States in the Great Lakes, Mississippi, Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages. Habitat ranges from streams to large rivers and even lakes, with the species often occupying deeper, slower pools but traveling into faster water to spawn in the spring.

Scroll to slide 3 to see a video of Spotted Suckers aggregating for their annual spawning run, featuring an appearance from our beloved Bartram’s Bass!

08/20/2025

Big news! The Bartram’s Bass has officially been described as its own distinct species!

Its scientific name - 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑐𝑝𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑦 - refers to the nickname given to explorer and naturalist William Bartram by the Seminole-Creek people of Florida, and translates to “flower hunter”.

Thanks to a cooperative effort of genetic sampling and extensive research, the recent paper by Freeman et al. describes both the Bartram’s Bass and Altamaha Bass, two species facing great risks as a result of nonnative species introduction.

To learn more, you can read the publication here:

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5683.1.3

07/16/2025

SC NFC board member with a beautiful native Striped Bass! Fish like these are a testament to the success of conservation efforts by organizations and individuals alike.

05/11/2025

NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard recetly wrote about the cost of trout stocking in Maine, a state rich in wild native trout resources, where the money comes from, who pays for what, and whether this is the best use of our limited funds.

Read about it here:
https://nativefishcoalition.org/blog/2025/5/9/nfc-executive-director-on-stocking-costs-and-who-pays

04/23/2025

https://nativefishcoalition.org/blog/2025/4/23/remembering-jonathan-zukowski-and-keeping-anglers-safe

To lose someone in their prime to a fishing accident is beyond comprehension…