138 lb. catfish caught @ Santee ...

[Edisto_Tiger]

Fishermen nab 138 pound catfish in Lake Moultrie - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |



BERKELEY COUNTY, SC (WCSC) - Two fishermen say they caught a 138-pound catfish in Lake Moultrie in Cross.

A biologist is expected to look at the fish, which may be a state record. According to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources' website, the largest catfish ever caught in SC weighed in at just over 109 pounds. The massive blue catfish was caught in 1991.

The average size of a blue catfish is 3 to 40 pounds, according to DNR.

In April 2009, Mark Bollenberg of Bonneau Beach hauled in a monster Arkansas blue catfish that weighed in at 108.9 pounds. According to the Berkeley Independent newspaper, the fish was caught in the Tail Race Canal in Moncks Corner.

 

[Red Elephant101]

Nice fat Fish!

 

[grayghost668]

I would have let it go,there is no way of knowing how old it is

 

[popeyecv64]

I would have let it go,there is no way of knowing how old it is

prolly taste like an old fish from a boot is my guess

 

[bchampy]

That's why I never go swimming there.

 

[fordman84]

I would have let it go,there is no way of knowing how old it is

Was thinking the same thing. Snap a picture of it and let it go. Hanging it out there means it isn't going to get cooked up, would taste like an old glove like Pops said, and would probably spark a huge interest in fishing for that lake as others would want to say they landed such a huge catfish.