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Paul Blackwell caught this 82-pound catfish at Santee, and both of his daughters also caught their personal bests on the same trip.

Santee angler catches 82-pound catfish

Paul Blackwell and his two daughters all caught their “personal best catfish” while fishing on Lake Moultrie on March 3. […]

Dieter Melhorn caught this big blue on Lake Wylie, but it wasn't the first time the fish had been caught.

VIDEO: Tagged 52-pound blue catfish caught, released

Brian Cope

Anglers who fish long enough in the Carolinas are sometimes lucky enough to catch a fish that has been tagged before. […]

Tony Alexander shows off a Lake Murray blue that hit his Whisker Seeker WST-Rattler rig.

Catch more catfish by adding noise to the line

Brian Cope

For the past several years, soft plastic lure manufacturers have been adding rattles to their lures for the same reasons that hard plastic lures have had rattles for eons. Sound adds to a lure’s versatility and attractiveness to fish. […]

Ethan Edwards (left) caught this huge blue catfish while fishing out of Hill's Landing on Santee.

North Carolina youth angler catches huge Santee catfish

Dusty Wilson

Few things are more special for a father than watching his children enjoy fishing as much as he does. It’s even better to watch them catch a real trophy, and that’s exactly what happened when 11-year-old Ethan Edwards of Maiden, N.C. was handed the rod while drifting for catfish on Lake Marion in South Carolina. […]

Lake Tillery can spit out some quality blue catfish, especially during the winter when they congregate in the lake’s upper section.

Run Tillery’s river for big blue catfish in dead of winter

Tony Garitta

When Kevin Custer of the N.C. Catfish Tournament Association Series was asked to name a productive lake for big blue catfish in the winter, he didn’t say Lake Norman or Badin Lake as many people might expect. […]

Guide Rodger Taylor catches some of his biggest blue catfish of the year at Lake Wateree during the winter.

Winter Wateree means great action on blue catfish

Pat Robertson

Winter is a great time for catching blue catfish on South Carolina’s Lake Wateree, and it’s an excellent time for targeting trophy fish, according to guide Rodger Taylor of Rock Hill, S.C. […]

Riahn Brewington caught and released this 112-pound blue catfish from the Cape Fear River, barely missing the state record of 117 pounds.

Wilmington angler catches 112-pound catfish in Cape Fear River

Dusty Wilson

As waters cool across the Carolinas, trophy blue catfish become active. While they are most often landed with stout tackle, a Wilmington angler managed to challenge the North Carolina state record of 117 pounds with a 112-pound blue that he caught on relatively light tackle and 10-pound test line. […]

The onset of cold weather gets the blue catfish in Santee Cooper’s sprawling reservoirs interested in filling their bellies on a regular basis.

Code blue! Cold blues! – It’s time for cold blue cats on Santee Cooper lakes

Jeff Burleson

As the holiday season nears, outdoor lovers gravitate towards an early morning duck hunt or a last-minute sit in their favorite deer stands. But if you’ve got a fishy state of mind, winter is prime time to lock onto a trophy catfish, and there’s no place better than Santee Cooper’s Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion. […]

Jason Bowen of Durham had to call for reinforcements when he hooked this 101-pound blue catfish at Buggs Island on Oct. 15.

Durham angler catches 101-pound catfish

Dusty Wilson

Undeterred by a broken trolling motor, Jason Bowen of Durham had to make all his drifts for blue catfish with the wind on Kerr Lake last Saturday. After changing spots once, he hooked up to the biggest fish of his life, a 101-pounder that required reinforcements to land. […]