Catfish
Upstate angler catches 103-pound catfish at Santee
Brad McCall was fishing in the Santee Lakes Catfish Club tournament out of Blacks Camp on Feb. 20, 2021 when he caught a 103-pound Arkansas blue catfish. […]
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Pinehurst angler catches new NC state record channel catfish
John Stone of Pinehurst, N.C. has officially broken the North Carolina state record channel catfish record with his 23-pound, 5-ounce fish he caught from a private pond in Moore County. […]
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Carolina Sportsman’s Top 20 stories of 2020
With 2020 behind us, we’d like to share our Top 20 most-read stories of the past 12 months. […]
Catfish
110+ pound blue catfish is new Georgia state record
Tim Trone caught Georgia’s new state record blue catfish, a 110-pound, 6-ounce fish, on the Chattahoochee River during an Oct. 17 catfish tournament. […]
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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. […]
Catfish
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. […]
Catfish
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. […]