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Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 12:52 PM
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This comes to mind as I start fishing more often after Labor Day. I do less during Summer and let the speed boat people have the lake. I have lived on Hartwell the last 20 years, so mostly fish there now.
I mostly troll or cast for Largemouth Bass. Sometimes I go Catfishing. In the Spring I fish for Striped Bass when they run up the River.
To date the biggest I have caught "in Hartwell" (per my unofficial scales) is this 19lb1oz Longnose Gar. I pick up a GAR from time to time. They are not easy to hook. I don't try for them, but they will hit an Original Rapala, then roll which tangles the line around their snout. I have also reeled in a couple hanging on to small Bass I had hooked. I have learned to keep gloves on the boat.
My best chance for breaking my Hartwell record would of course be with a Striper or Flathead as they get much, much larger than this Gar. I have reeled in a few of each around 15 pounds, but no giants.
Here is a good chart of fish in Hartwell:
http://www.mylakehartwell.com/FishingChart.asp Information about the species of fish local to Lake Hartwell
I grew up fishing in Wateree , caught some big Cats over 20#s there, but never weighted any.
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Re: This one:
Aug 31, 2021, 1:05 PM
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That is funny. I have caught snakes in Wateree which is no fun. I have a fishing Kayak with a fish finder, but have not used it in a couple years. That gar above was caught in a canoe. I have seen no Gators in Hartwell, or Moccasins.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 1:07 PM
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In hartwell I caught a giant carp. Probably close to 15 or 20 lbs. In Santee big Arkansas Blue Cat probably around 30lbs
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 1:07 PM
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31lb blue cat.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 1:11 PM
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7LB 30 inch rainbow trout
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 4:49 PM
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nice - river or lake?
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 1:12 PM
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Mine would be a 75 pound flathead caught on limb line in the Edisto river
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I too grew up on Wateree. Now have place on Keowee....
Aug 31, 2021, 1:13 PM
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I still fish tournaments. Have one with MLF on Hartwell this month on the 11th and 12th.
Nothing I'd rather be doing than fishing the Savannah River Chain.
Biggest Tourney bass = 10lb.4oz
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 1:17 PM
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27lb cat fish Santee
8'6" bass
2.0 lb. bream
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bluegill. Big as my palm. No photo. Sorry***
Aug 31, 2021, 1:18 PM
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 1:33 PM
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48 Pound Flathead on Lake Marion in 2005 time frame. Also caught a 33 pounder and my Brother caught a 38 Pounder the same Day
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 1:35 PM
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I lived in Lakeland, Fla for 5 years while on Navy recruiting duty. Most bass fisherman have heard tales of the phosphate mine pits. Fin and Feather was a exclusive private club and their private game warden was a retired MCPO and got me in. No dues and a key to the gates on the really good pits. A marine recruiter and I went to a pit that hadn't been fished in 8yrs. Caught a stringer of 11 bass that weighted 84lbs. Biggest I ever caught down there was 13lb4oz. Wish I had mounted it. Made it really hard to fish in regular water when I left.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 2:30 PM
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years ago one of my all-time goals was to catch a rainbow big enough to mount.needless to say,it never happened.fast forward a goodly # of years,i was on vacation in maine.walked into a junk shop and staring me in the face was a 21" rainbow nicely mounted and in excelllent condition.so for $30 i had closure.had a lot of fun telling people yep,i got that fish in maine.later on i would tell them that i bought it,not caught it.salt water ambition was a sailfish-never happened.still on the list.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 11:26 PM
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forgot to mention that i kept the rainbow in my office for quite a while.later donated it to my rod and gun club.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 3:00 PM
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I am lazy so do catch and release as unlike my sainted Mom, my Yank Bride don't clean and cook.
In my neighborhood most are snowbirds and don't fish unless they hire a guide.
Up the road is a guy born and raised in Oconee who only Crappie fishes. He has that down pat, is an expert. He has an outdoor cooking kitchen and knows how to cook. He always brings me over a plate. You can't buy fish and "fixings" that good down town.
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Love me some crappie... They're the best. A few 'christmas
Sep 1, 2021, 9:43 AM
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trees' and a few sweet gums tied and sunk in the right spot makes for a nice bed.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 3:07 PM
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I caught a freshwater pink dolphin on the Amazon River. I let it dry out on a pluff mudd river bank and never got around to eating it though. Supposedly good eating. Put up quite a fight though.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 3:13 PM
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I think a dolphin is not a fish. I have some big turtles in my pond, and a Beaver at my dock.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 6:09 PM
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Sounds like a nice place. I am getting the routine down of the nature of place where I live. Just bought it 4 months ago.. I have a large pond in front of my place with bass, but I don't like fishing. Anyway, the Geese fly in every day between 8 am and 8:30. Right on schedule and it looks awesome. They cut through the trees and skim on the glassy water and hang out for a few hours. Anyway, fish are packed in there. They are jumping all over the place. I just don't like fishing.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 3:07 PM
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Biggest freshwater fish I have ever personally caught would have to be a channel catfish that weighed in the 20-25 lb range while on a charter in Lake Marion. The second runner up is my pb bass that weighed in at around 8.5 or so pounds. I recently got a fishing kayak (this past spring) and have been trying my hardest to get on a good striper in Lake Murray/Saluda River. Looking forward to taking it into the ocean to go after some big rays and sharks as well.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 3:20 PM
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Yea, hooking a 20# Striper from a Kayak would be fun and is one of my goals.
I have this fishing kayak.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 5:34 PM
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I have the wilderness systems ride 135. Its a few years older but I got it and trailer for under 700 bucks. Several modifications including an upgraded seat, fish finder, etc, and its a super stable fishing rig. Largest fish I have caught out of it so far is a 4lb largemouth. That will soon change though!
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I have a Native Manta Ray 14' mostly for cruising lakes
Sep 1, 2021, 10:09 AM
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and rivers... My fishing would be classified as a "pass time"...
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 3:15 PM
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30+ Lb Lake Trout in the NWT of Canada.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 3:33 PM
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I caught my 2 biggest largemouth bass less than an hour apart on a golf course pond, 8 lbs and 8.25 lbs.
Fishing a farm pond with my dad one time. I hooked a dink and as I was winding it in, a big bass swirls right behind it looking for supper. My dad said be right back and grabbed his trusty white spinnerbait out of the truck. First cast landed him his largest bass ever 10 lbs. even. I still smile every time I admire it on the wall, spinnerbait still hanging from its mouth.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 4:52 PM
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Brown trout caught in a river on a spinner. Had it mounted and ended up giving it to a friend
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 5:07 PM
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She’s gained weight since we got married 27 3/4 years ago but I wouldn’t go there if I was you! ??
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 5:59 PM
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74 lb blue on the tail race. Actually my father in law caught it, called me and had to hook up my boat drive ten miles ,put boat in and drive a few minutes to help him pull it in. 11:00 at night.
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Re: Your Biggest Freshwater Fish ??
Aug 31, 2021, 7:13 PM
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My granddad caught a couple of 35 pounders out of the Edisto River near Blackville years ago, a couple of years apart. He said they swam out of the ocean over 100 miles upstream to lay eggs. He caught them on their way back to the ocean.
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His name was Rich
Sep 1, 2021, 10:18 AM
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Said he was a scratch golfer. We started out playing $10 a hole and $10 birdies. He doubled it on the back and then doubled it again for the emergency 9
if i remember correctly i did have to give him 30 change back for the 5 hundos he gave me.
He recently moved from the Pinehurst area and i miss him dearly
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