FRESHWATER FISH RECORDS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA




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


True Bass Family

FISH SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Striped Bass 59-8 Lake Hartwell/2002 Terry McConnell, Eastanolle, GA
see story
White Bass 5-4 Broad River/1997 Johnny Gilliam, Broad River
see story
Hybrid Bass 20-6 Savannah River/1978 Danny Wood, Commerce, Ga.
White Perch 1-13.5 Lake Murray/1986 Chris Epting, Chapin

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Sunfish Family

FISH SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE/DATE ANGLER, HOMETOWN
Largemouth Bass 16-2 Lake Marion/1949 P.H. Flanagan, Manning
(tie) 16-2 Aiken Co. Pond/1993 Mason Cummings, Ridge Springs
Spotted Bass 8-2 Lake Jocassee/1996 James Couch, Pickens
Smallmouth Bass 9-7 Lake Jocassee/2001 Terry Dodson, Rosman, NC
see story
Redeye Bass 5-2.5 Lake Jocassee/2001 Randy Dickson, Westminster
see story
Bluegill (Bream) 3-4 Lancaster Co./1973 J.P. Hegler, Heath Springs
Shellcracker 5-7 Diversion Canal/1998 Amos Gay, Appling, GA
Redbreast* 2-0 Lumber River/1975 D. R. Turner, Nichols
Warmouth 2-2.5 Clarendon Co./1973 W. Singletary, Lake City
Flier 1-4 Hemingway/1977 Steve Bryant, Hemingway
Pumpkinseed 2-4 North Saluda River/1997 Scott Hart, Greenville
White Crappie 5-1 Lake Murray/1949 Mrs. 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 79-4 Santee Cooper Diversion Canal/2001 Jessica Preston, Gilbert, SC
see story
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

 

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