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AWESOME CATFISH and PERCH Morning Trip

May 17, 2026 Clover 9 photos
Doubled up on 2 Pigs
Caught 5X - WOW
Another nice one +6
Catfish
Catfish
Perch (White)
Perch (White)

Trip Summary

We had a ridiculously good perch and catfish trip this morning, with over 50 jumbo perch and 15 Catfish boated and released. The bite was on FIRE. We boated so many doubles on the jumbo perch that we lost count and we hit several schools of Big Blue Cat Fish with multiple fish (3X and 5X) boated at the SAME time. When you have a floor full of BIG Cat Fish, you know you're having a GREAT morning of fishing with Dr. Porter and his boys.
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Chris Nichols
Clover, South Carolina, United States
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