Lake Hartwell Angler Lands Monster Cat Right Off Dock

Robert Bailey and his buddy Dwayne “Doodle” Peppers were fishing for catfish early one morning off Peppers’ dock on sprawling 56,000-acre Lake Hartwell. The big reservoir on the Savannah River is located on the Georgia-South Carolina line, northeast of Athens, Georgia.

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The Big Catch

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