Surf & Turf: Clay Powell’s Catch of a Lifetime!
I was out on Lake Marion in Santee, SC with a friend in my 22 ft. Chris-Craft center console fishing boat in the latter part of September 2004. We got out on the water around 7:00 and waited for a while. We weren’t having any luck fishing the bottom with live bait, so when the wind started to pick up and blow the boat around, we decided to move.
When I started to bring my line in, I thought I was caught on a stump. But when I pulled on it, it pulled back! It wasn’t until I got it up to the surface that I realized what I had. The catfish weighted 36 lbs. and was over 3 ft. long. It was the only thing I caught that day. We used the meat to have a cook out and fish fry here at the course.
Clay Powell
Golf Course Superintendent
Classic Golf Group, Inc.
Black Bear Golf & Country Club
Longs, South Carolina
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