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Darlington angler catches 84-pound catfish at Santee
Darlington S.C.’s Charlie Weatherford caught his biggest catfish yet, an 84-pound Arkansas blue while fishing at Santee on Sept. 13, 2020. […]
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Lake Gaston angler catches new N.C. state record blue catfish
Joey Baird of Gasburg, Va. is the new North Carolina state record holder for blue catfish after landing the beast the night of July 5 on Lake Gaston. […]
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Hanahan angler catches 77-pound Santee Cooper catfish
Jason Cribb of Hanahan, S.C. was bass fishing at Santee when he hooked and landed a 77.1-pound Arkansas blue catfish on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. […]
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10-year-old angler catches 61-pound catfish
Ten-year-old Paisley Wolfe caught a 61-pound blue catfish while fishing with her dad and family at Santee on June 2, 2019. […]
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Blues in winter: Lake Norman fishing produces cool cats
Lake Norman is a trophy catfish hotspot, and it is especially good during the winter months. […]
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Trophy cats: a biological perspective
Chad Holbrook, a fisheries biologist for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources who oversees the Santee Cooper lakes, said biologists use winter gill-net sampling to assess blue catfish populations and, the data shows increasing catch rates from 2016 through 2018. […]
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Clemmons husband and wife catch trophy catfish, win money
Donald Pope and his wife Lucille Pope reeled in two nice Catfish weighing 94 and 62 pounds on the Diversion Canal last week. Not only did they both set new personal records for themselves, but they also took home some money in the Big Fish Big Bucks Fishing Derby on Santee Cooper.
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Nine rules to follow when battling a big, trophy blue catfish
After following these nine rules, Terry Madewell landed a huge trophy catfish. But did he land the fish because he followed these rules, or in spite of following them? […]