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Freshwater Fish Records for South Carolina

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

 

True Bass Family

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Striped Bass	59-8	Lake Hartwell	2002	Terry McConnell see story	Eastanolle, GA
White Bass	5-4.8	Lake Murray	2006	Davis P. Jefferies, Jr.	Chapin, SC
Hybrid Bass	20-6	Savannah River	1978	Danny Wood	Commerce, GA
White Perch	1-13.5	Lake Murray	1986	Chris Epting	Chapin, SC

Sunfish Family

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Largemouth Bass	16-2	Lake Marion	1949	P.H. Flanagan	Manning, SC
(tie)	16-2	Aiken Co. Pond	1993	Mason Cummings	Ridge Springs, SC
Spotted Bass	8-2	Lake Jocassee	1996	James Couch	Pickens, SC
Smallmouth Bass	9-7	Lake Jocassee	2001	Terry Dodson see story	Rosman, NC
Redeye Bass	5-2.5	Lake Jocassee	2001	Randy Dickson see story	Westminster, SC
Bluegill (Bream)	3-4	Lancaster Co.	1973	J.P. Hegler	Heath Springs, SC
Shellcracker	5-7	Diversion Canal	1998	Amos Gay	Appling, GA
Redbreast*	2-0	Lumber River	1975	D. R. Turner	Nichols, SC
Warmouth	2-2.5	Clarendon Co.	1973	W. Singletary	Lake City, SC
Flier	1-4	Hemingway	1977	Steve Bryant	Hemingway, SC
Pumpkinseed	2-4	North Saluda River	1997	Scott Hart	Greenville, SC
White Crappie	5-1	Lake Murray	1949	Mrs. H.P. Owens	Columbia, SC
Black Crappie	5-0	Lake Moultrie	1957	P.E. Foust	High Point, NC

*Indicates a current world's record

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Trout Family

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Brook	2-6	Chattooga River	1979	L. Dean Chapman	Salem, SC
Brown	17-9.5	Lake Jocassee	1987	Larry Edwards	Pickens, SC
Rainbow	11-5	Lake Jocassee	1993	Scott Coggins	Travelers Rest, SC

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Perch Family

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Sauger	4-7	Lake Thurmond	1985	Broadus Moody	Honea Path, SC
Yellow	3-4	Lake Keowee	1979	D. Scarborough	Candler, NC
Walleye	10-0	Lake Russell	1994	Robert Huskins	Erwin, TN

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Pickerel Family

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Chain (Jack)	6-4	Chessey Creek	1981	Randall Spell	Colleton, SC
Redfin Pike	1-8.8	Bluff Lake	1983	Albert Johnson	Florence, SC
Muskellunge	22-8, 42 1/4in	Broad River	2004	Zavier Jefferies	Gaffney, SC

Catfish Family

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Blue	109-4	Tailrace Canal	1991	George A. Lijewski	Summerville, SC
Bullhead	6-3	Edisto River	1973	Dorothy Dewitt	Simpsonville, SC
Channel*	58-0	Lake Moultrie	1964	W.H. Whaley	Pineville, SC
Flathead	79-4	Santee Cooper Diversion Canal	2001	Jessica Preston see story	Gilbert, SC
White	9-15	Lake Murray	1986	Jim Schwietert	Spartanburg, SC

*Indicates a current world's record

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Others

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Mudfish (Bowfin)*	21-8	Forest Lake	1980	Robert Harmon	Florence, SC
American Shad	7-0	Santee River	1985	Sylvester Casselman	St. Stephen, SC

*Indicates a current world's record

Bowfishing Records

Fish Species	Weight	Place	Year	Angler	Angler's Hometown
Bowfin	15-7	Santee Cooper	1994	Jimmie Wright	Lincoln, NC
Carp	58-0	Lake Murray	2000	Kenneth O. Shealy	Prosperity, SC
Longnose Gar	25-6	Lake Murray	2008	John Williamson	Holly Springs, NC

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