I am very familiar with Cove Swamp. It is all old grow Cypress and Gum Trees growing out of the water that is almost always present and sometime a few feet deep. It was actually part of Lake Waccamaw before befor the canal was dug. It lies in an area classified a an Outstanding Resource Water. This is not an ongoing silvaculture area (which is requred for forestry to be exempt from Water Quality Laws)and it is not legal to harvest here.