We did not target large catfish. If someone had said to me, “let’s go to Stumphole area at Santee and try to catch some 20 pound catfish” the LAST place I would look, or expect to catch any, would be in 3 ft or less way up in the swamp. But that’s where we literally “stumbled” into them because we were NOT expecting this. During spring-summer spawn? Sure, but I’m at a loss as to why these were so shallow. Admittedly I’m no expert by a long shot but trying to learn so...
So can can anyone explain why these big cats were back in such shallow water?
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