---
title: "State-Record White Catfish Caught in South Carolina"
description: "A 12-pound 2.9-ounce white catfish caught near Spence's Point last week is in the process of being certified as a state record, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources."
date: "2014-07-01"
modified: "2014-07-01"
authors:
  - name: "Clayton Helms"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/clayton-helms/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/newshound/2014/07/state-record-white-catfish-caught-south-carolina/"
categories:
  - "Catfish Fishing"
  - "Fishing"
  - "Freshwater"
  - "Record Fish"
---

# State-Record White Catfish Caught in South Carolina

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A 12-pound 2.9-ounce white catfish caught near Spence's Point last week is in the process of being certified as a state record, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

Charles Earp is the lucky angler. He told the DNR he hooked the fish with a treble-hooked sponge coated in Sonny's Super Sticky Catfish dip bait in about 6 to 8 feet of water.

The fish was identified by two SCDNR representatives and weighed on registered scales in Columbia, S.C. DNR Fisheries biologist Ron Ahle told [South Carolina Sportsman](<https://www.southcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=3852/>) he wasn't surprised by the record-setting catch.

"We have been seeing a substantial increase in the size of white catfish in this lake from our surveys," Ahle told the website. "I wouldn't be surprised to see another record white catfish or a state-record white perch come out of this lake, because I know they are in here."

Ahle said the DNR is currently processing the paperwork to make the record official. The previous white catfish record of 9 pounds 15 ounces has stood for nearly 30 years. That fish was caught in 1986 by Jim Schwietert. SCDNR will also provide Earp with a mount of the fish and a duplicate mount will be displayed at DNR headquarters in Columbia.