FRESHWATER FISH RECORDS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA




|True Bass Family|Sunfish Family|Trout Family|Perch Family|Pickerel Family|Catfish Family|Others|


True Bass Family

FISH SPECIESWEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Striped Bass55-12Lake Thurmond/1993 Sam Porter, Six Mile
White Bass 5-4Broad River/1997Johnny Gilliam, Broad River
see story
Hybrid Bass 20-6Savannah River/1978Danny Wood, Commerce, Ga.
White Perch1-13.5Lake Murray/1986 Chris Epting, Chapin

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Sunfish Family

FISH SPECIESWEIGHTPLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Largemouth Bass 16-2Lake Marion/1949P.H. Flanagan, Manning
(tie) 16-2Aiken Co. Pond/1993Mason Cummings, Ridge Springs
Spotted Bass8-2Lake Jocassee/1996James Couch, Pickens
Smallmouth Bass8-1.5Lake Jocassee/1995Brenna Jo Ritteger, Rogers, Ohio
Redeye Bass3-10Lake Jocassee/1998 Travis Peak, Old Fort, NC
Bluegill (Bream)3-4Lancaster Co./1973J.P. Hegler, Heath Springs
Shellcracker5-7Diversion Canal/1998 Amos Gay, Appling, GA
Redbreast* 2-0Lumber River/1975D. R. Turner, Nichols
Warmouth2-2.5Clarendon Co./1973 W. Singletary, Lake City
Flier1-4 Hemingway/1977Steve Bryant, Hemingway
Pumpkinseed2-4North Saluda River/1997 Scott Hart, Greenville
White Crappie5-1 Lake Murray/1949Mrs. H.P. Owens, Columbia
Black Crappie 5-0 Lake Moultrie/1957 P.E. Foust, High Point, N.C.
*Indicates a current world's record

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Trout Family

FISH SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Brook 2-6 Chattooga River/1979 L. Dean Chapman, Salem
Brown 17-9.5 Lake Jocassee/1987 Larry Edwards, Pickens
Rainbow 11-5 Lake Jocassee/1993 Scott Coggins, Travelers Rest

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Perch Family

FISH SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Sauger 4-7 Lake Thurmond/1985 Broadus Moody, Honea Path
Yellow 3-4 Lake Keowee/1979 D. Scarborough, Candler, N.C.
Walleye 10-0 Lake Russell/1994 Robert Huskins, Erwin, Tenn.

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Pickerel Family

FISH SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Chain (Jack) 6-4 Lake Marion/1981 Randall Spell, Walterboro
Redfin Pike 1-8.8 Bluff Lake/1983 Albert Johnson, Florence
Muskellunge 19-2.4 Broad River/1994 Lee Ramsey, Cowpens

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Catfish Family

FISH SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Blue 109-4 Tailrace Canal/1991 George A. Lijewski, Summerville
Bullhead 6-3 Edisto River/1973 Dorothy Dewitt, Simpsonville
Channel* 58-0 Lake Moultrie/1964 W.H. Whaley, Pineville
Flathead 74-0 Wateree River/1991 William Peaks, Columbia
White 9-15 Lake Murray/1986 Jim Schwietert, Spartanburg
*Indicates a current world's record

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Others

FISH SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Mudfish (Bowfin)* 21-8 Forest Lake/1980 Robert Harmon, Florence
American Shad 7-0 Santee River/1985 Sylvester Casselman, St. Stephen
*Indicates a current world's record