{"id":6761,"date":"2013-06-11T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2017-12-20T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:02:09","slug":"biggest-freshwater-fish-in-north-america-where-the-record-fish-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/resources\/biggest-freshwater-fish-in-north-america-where-the-record-fish-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Freshwater Fish In North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <h2>A Childhood On the Water: Fishing, Boating &amp; Having Fun<\/h2><\/p>\n<p>When I was two years old, my parents bought a small lake house on Santee Cooper Lake in South Carolina (part of <a title=\"Lake Marion\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Marion_(South_Carolina)\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Marion<\/a>). While I have no recollection of them purchasing the house, I do have countless childhood memories of the lake.<\/p>\n<p>During the summer, my brother and I would spend almost all day on the water swimming and fishing with our friends, riding jet skis or cruising around in the family pontoon boat.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"968\" height=\"1296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lakehouse-sunset1-e1370972085585.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"beautiful sunset over the lake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lakehouse-sunset1-e1370972085585.jpg 968w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lakehouse-sunset1-e1370972085585-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lakehouse-sunset1-e1370972085585-764x1024.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo: Backyard sunset over Lake Santee Cooper from our family&#8217;s lakehouse. Not a bad place to spend a childhood!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite lake memories was landing a 12 pound catfish while &#8220;trolling&#8221; from my inflatable raft when I was ten years old. The catfish pulled me around the channel in front of our dock for about 15 minutes before it finally exhausted itself enough for me to swim it back to shore. As far as I know, this was the first and only cat fish-powered tubing event on Lake Marion.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that would bring my brother and our friends off the water was food, exhaustion or the occasional summer thunderstorm. We&#8217;d spend most nights on the dock with friends telling tall tales about the huge fish we&#8217;d recently caught or nearby alligator and water moccasin sightings\u2014all the while keeping a close eye on the tips of our rods as we waited for the first signs of a fish bite.<\/p>\n<p>On many nights, it wasn&#8217;t unusual to come away with a bucket full of bluegills and a 10+ pound catfish. When you&#8217;re a kid, landing a catfish that size makes you feel like you just single-handedly took down the Great White Shark from the Jaws movies. By day, we&#8217;d reel in more fish: large mouth bass, blue gills and perch. If we cleaned &#8217;em, our mom would reward us with a fish fry for dinner with a vine-ripened watermelon or figs straight from the tree for dessert. It was heaven.<\/p>\n<p>My folks still have their home on Santee Cooper Lake, which is now regarded as one of the best fishing lakes in America for a wide range of prized fish, like large mouth bass, striped bass and catfish. Many state records have come from within a few miles of the dock where I spent much of my childhood. In fact, there&#8217;s even a standing\u00a0<a title=\"world record flathead catfish\" href=\"\/\/flatheadcatfishpicture.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/tommy-fredricks-with-his-monster.html\" target=\"_blank\">US record 135 pound Flathead Catfish<\/a>\u00a0from Santee Cooper Lake that was caught by Tommy Fredricks.<\/p>\n<p> <h2>America: Home of the Fish, Landed By the Brave<\/h2><\/p>\n<p>We should never take the health of our lakes, rivers, oceans and other natural resources for granted. They&#8217;re a shared national treasure.<\/p>\n<p>As lucky as I was to grow up on Santee Cooper Lake, we&#8217;re all equally lucky to have access to some of the best fishing waters in the entire world regardless of what state we live in. The continued health of these waterways requires an ongoing conservation effort by the general public as well as state and federal agencies (like the <a title=\"DNR\" href=\"\/\/www.dnr.wa.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Natural Resources<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, we&#8217;re continuing to do a good job conserving these resources. Hopefully, my kids (when the time comes) will be able to enjoy fishing, boating and having fun on the same waters that I did as a kid.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows, maybe they&#8217;ll even land a state or national fishing record (or at least feel like they did when they catch a catfish off of their rafts)!<\/p>\n<p> <h2>US National Fish Records: The Biggest Freshwater Fish In America<\/h2><\/p>\n<p>So, where do the biggest freshwater fish in North America come from?<\/p>\n<p>There are dozens of species and subspecies of freshwater fish out there, so we (the folks at <a title=\"boat covers direct\" href=\"\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\" target=\"_blank\">Boat Covers Direct<\/a>) aren&#8217;t going to cover the national records for all of them. Instead, we just wanted to provide some details about the <strong>top-5 biggest catfish and largemouth bass ever caught in the United States<\/strong>, since those are two of the most popular freshwater fish (at least in our area of the country).<\/p>\n<p> <h2>Top-5 Largest Catfish Ever Caught In the US<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><br \/>\n#1 &#8211; 143 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: Virginia &#8211; Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir)<br \/>\nWho: Richard &#8220;Nick&#8221; Anderson<br \/>\nWhen: 6\/18\/2011<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#2 &#8211; 130 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: Missouri &#8211; Missouri River<br \/>\nWho: Greg Bernal<br \/>\nWhen: 7\/20\/2010<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#3 &#8211; 124 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: Mississippi &#8211; Mississippi River<br \/>\nWho: Tim Pruitt<br \/>\nWhen: 5\/21\/2005<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#4 &#8211; 121 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: Texas &#8211; Lake Texoma<br \/>\nWho: Cody Mullenix<br \/>\nWhen: 1\/16\/2004<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#5 &#8211; 120 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: Alabama &#8211; Holt Reservoir<br \/>\nWho: John Paul<br \/>\nWhen: 3\/9\/2012<\/p>\n<p><em>As you can see from the map below, the southeast US looks like the place to go if you want to catch the biggest catfish:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1502\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/largest-catfish-ever-caught-in-us.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"map of the US showing where the 5 biggest catfish were caught\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/largest-catfish-ever-caught-in-us.png 1502w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/largest-catfish-ever-caught-in-us-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/largest-catfish-ever-caught-in-us-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/largest-catfish-ever-caught-in-us-640x389.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1502px) 100vw, 1502px\" \/> <h2>Top-5 Biggest Largemouth Bass Ever Caught In the US<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#1 &#8211; 22.25 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: Georgia &#8211; Montgomery Lake<br \/>\nWho: George Perry<br \/>\nWhen: 6\/2\/1932<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#2 &#8211; 22.063 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: California &#8211; Castaic Lake<br \/>\nWho: Robert Crupi<br \/>\nWhen: 3\/12\/1991<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#3 &#8211; 21.75 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: California &#8211; Castaic Lake<br \/>\nWho: Michael Arujo<br \/>\nWhen: 4\/21\/1975<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#4 &#8211; 21.688 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: California &#8211; Lake Dixon<br \/>\nWho: Jed Dickerson<br \/>\nWhen: 5\/31\/2003<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>#5 &#8211; 21.2 pounds<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: California &#8211; Lake Casitas<br \/>\nWho: Raymond Easley<br \/>\nWhen: 3\/4\/1980<\/p>\n<p><em>As you can on the map below, it looks like California is the place to be if you want to catch the biggest largemouth bass in the country:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1502\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/biggest-largemouth-bass-caught-in-us.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"map of the US showing where the 5 biggest largemouth bass were caught\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/biggest-largemouth-bass-caught-in-us.png 1502w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/biggest-largemouth-bass-caught-in-us-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/biggest-largemouth-bass-caught-in-us-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/biggest-largemouth-bass-caught-in-us-640x389.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1502px) 100vw, 1502px\" \/>  <h2>What Do You Think Is the Best Fishing Spot In the United States?<\/h2><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a subjective question and nobody has fished in every possible lake, river or stream in the United States. Even so, what&#8217;s your favorite piece of water to fish in? What do you think is the best place to fish in the country? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Also, if you need a new <a title=\"boat cover\" href=\"\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/products\/boat_covers\/\" target=\"_blank\">boat cover<\/a>, <a title=\"bimini top\" href=\"\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/products\/bimini_tops\/\" target=\"_blank\">bimini top<\/a> or other <a title=\"boating accessories\" href=\"\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/products\/accessories\/\" target=\"_blank\">accessory<\/a> for your boat, mention this blog post when you call in your order and save 10%!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><input class=\"wpb_vc_param_value pb_margin_bottom dropdown \" type=\"hidden\" name=\"pb_margin_bottom\" value=\"no\" \/><input class=\"wpb_vc_param_value pb_border_bottom dropdown \" type=\"hidden\" name=\"pb_border_bottom\" value=\"no\" \/><input class=\"wpb_vc_param_value el_class textfield \" type=\"hidden\" name=\"el_class\" value=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,57,58],"tags":[182,180,175,181,184,185,166,178,179,176,177,183],"class_list":["post-6761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boatlovers","category-resources","category-tip-tuesday","tag-best-fishing-spots-in-america","tag-biggest-catfish","tag-biggest-freshwater-fish-in-america","tag-biggest-largemouth-bass","tag-bimini-tops","tag-boat-accessories","tag-boat-covers","tag-catfish","tag-catfish-record","tag-largemouth-bass","tag-largemouth-bass-record","tag-us-national-fishing-records"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biggest Freshwater Fish In North America - Boat Lovers Direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where do the biggest freshwater fish in North America get caught? 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