Hill's Landing Spring Fling Catfish Tournament March 13-14, 2010
Record Weigh-in!!!
Team of Capt. Linwood Thornhill caught 327 lbs. of Santee Cooper Catfish and caught the big fish 53.9 lbs. winning hands down the 2010 Hill's Landing Spring Fling Catfish Tournament!
1st Place~ 327 lbs. & BIG FISH 53.9 lbs.
Team of Capt. Linwood Thornhill
2nd Place~ 238.7 lbs.
Capt. Ronnie Johnson
3rd Place~ 212.6 lbs.
Capt. Harry Collins
4th Place~ 204.6 lbs.
Rick Walker
5th Place~184.2
Captain Eric Jenkins
6th Place~ 183.6 lbs.
Captain Billie Berry
Above is the video of the 80 plus lb Catfish that was caught by Johnny Gaines of Camden & Released by owner, Jamie Courtney back into Santee Cooper Lakes.
Johnny Gaines of Camden, SC
(shown left) caught a monster size fish Saturday while fishing with Chris
Gaines, Rod Koch, and his son Jacob. The massive 80 lb 11 oz catfish 3-13-10
was caught fishing out of
Hill's Landing in Lake Moultrie with mullet. Johnny and
crew decided not to compete the Spring Fling due to the bad weather and high winds that
left Santee Cooper under a wind advisory for the weekend. They did do some
fishing anyway and caught a once in a lifetime catfish that they had
reported was the one who got away. After weighing in the monster fish,
Johnny put it in the live well so that other anglers could see it. He left
before the weighin on Sunday- which was a record high of 327 lbs by Capt.
Linwood Thornhill and crew. While waiting for the polygraphs the fish was
released by owner Jamie Courtney back into the lake. The youngsters
crowded to get a look as the crowd cheered as the gentle giant, who is
guessed to be over 40 years old, was set back into Santee Cooper Lakes. All
fish caught during the tournament were released.