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South Carolina teen fishes for catfish for the first time, reels in ‘extremely rare’ find
A South Carolina teen got more than he expected when he went out fishing for catfish for this first time.
Logan Overholt, age 13, from Abbeyville, was staying with his grandparents while some of his family went to Georgia for a baseball tournament.
He took the opportunity to try and catch something other than bass in the lake near his grandparents’ house, the teen told Fox News Digital.
On July 7, the day was filled with thunderous clouds as a storm was slowing moving toward Lake Russell near Blue Hole.
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Overholt was joined by his two sisters and his grandparents, who were hoping to witness his first-ever attempt to catch a catfish.
On his first try, he used bluegill to reel in a midsize catfish, Overholt shared.
Logan Overholt from Abbeyville, South Carolina, has reeled in an “extremely rare” fish — but he didn’t know just how rare until it was too late. (Kayla Overholt)
He then put on a minnow and nearly five minutes later Overholt pulled in another catfish, but this one did not look the way the others did — it was an albino catfish.
Overholt knew exactly what he had caught, but he did not realize just how rare his catch was.
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“Albino catfish are extremely rare compared to the total catfish population in a lake or river,” William Wood, fisheries biologist from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, told Fox News Digital.
Albino catfish are so rare because they require both parents to have a specific set of genes. Also, their white coloring does not camouflage them in the water — so predators can see them easily. (Kayla Overholt)
“In order for an albino fish to be created, the individual has to inherit the correct genes from not one but both parents, and then still has to survive to adulthood.”
Albino catfish are rare not only because of the genes they must inherit, but because they lack the camouflage to hide from predators.
“The lack of camouflage also allows prey fish to see the albino fish coming and to escape forcing albino fish to expend more energy hunting for prey, which reduces the albino fish’s growth rate and decreases its chances of survival,” Wood added.
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The storm around Overholt only progressed and lightning started flashing — so the young teen’s day of fishing came to an abrupt end.
Logan Overholt has been fishing ever since his dad took him out at five years old and he “immediately fell in love,” Overholt told Fox News Digital. (Kayla Overholt)
When he got back into the car with his family, he started to do some research on what he’d reeled in that day.
He quickly discovered he had pulled out something extremely rare.
“I was kind of mad at myself,” Overholt said. “I wish I would have kept it and gotten it mounted.”
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Overholt said he fills his time by watching fishing videos online, which helped him identify what it was.
The albino catfish was released back into Lake Russell — and Overholt hopes to go back and reel it in one last time. (Kayla Overholt)
He even documented his catch on his YouTube channel, loganrocksoutdoors.
His love for fishing started at the age of five, when his dad began taking him out — and that love has only continued to grow over the years.
“If Abbeyville had a fishing team and I had a boat, I would quit baseball to fish,” Overholt said.
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The albino catfish has not yet been caught — so Overholt hopes to catch the rare fish for a second time (and perhaps the last).
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How to watch South Carolina vs Iowa State women’s basketball: Time, channel, live streams
The 4th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team next ships off to the Sunshine State for a matchup with No. 15 Iowa State at the Fort Myers Tip-off. The game is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. ET with TV coverage on FOX and streaming on-demand.
- How to watch: Live streams of the South Carolina vs. Iowa State game are available with offers from FuboTV (free trial), SlingTV (low intro rate) and DirecTV Stream (free trial).
- For a limited time, FuboTV is offering $30 off the first month after the free trial period. With the $30 offer, plans start at $49.99.
#4 South Carolina Gamecocks (5-1) vs. #15 Iowa State Cyclones (5-1)
NCAA women’s basketball matchup at a glance
When: Thursday, Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m. ET
Where: Suncoast Credit Union Arena, Fort Myers, Fla.
TV channel: FOX
Live streams: FuboTV (free trial) | SlingTV (low intro rate) | DirecTV Stream (free trial)
Both South Carolina and Iowa State lost their first games of the 2024-’25 season within the past eight days, with the Gamecocks falling on the road to No. 5 UCLA (77-62) on Sunday and the Cyclones to Northern Iowa (87-75) last Wednesday in Cedar Falls. South Carolina is now 5-1 in its defense of the 2024 NCAA women’s championship with a top-10 win over NC State highlighting the team’s early-season résumé. The Gamecocks will be Iowa State’s first ranked opponent after falling to No. 2 seed Stanford in overtime (87-81) in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament
South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Iowa State Cyclones: Know your live streaming options
- FuboTV (free trial) – excellent viewer experience with huge library of live sports content; free trial lengths vary; monthly rate after free trial starts at $59.99 after current $20 discount offer.
- SlingTV (low intro rate) – discounted first month is best if you’ve run out of free trials or you’re in the market for 1+ month of TV
- DirecTV Stream (free trial) – not the same level of viewer experience as FuboTV, but the standard 7-day free trial is still the longest in streaming.
South Carolina and Iowa State are set for a 1:30 p.m. ET start on FOX. Live streams are available from FuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial) and SlingTV (low intro rate).
The 2024 South Carolina high school football season is in high gear and SBLive Sports is the place to follow of the live scoring updates and finals.
Follow the action get the most to date scores by tracking the SBLive South Carolina High School Football Scoreboard. We will have in-game score updates and all of the final scores from every corner of the state. You can also search for full schedules and complete scores from all of your very favorite teams.
Here’s a guide to following all of the South Carolina high school football this week.
STATEWIDE SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
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CLASS 1A SCORES
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Can’t make it to your favorite team’s game but still want to watch them live? You can watch dozens of South Carolina high school football games live on the NFHS Network:
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We also invite you to visit the brand new South Carolina homepage on High School on SI, powered by SBLive Sports, for the latest news, highlights, analysis, scores, photos and information on South Carolina high school sports. Follow our live game coverage and read our feature stories, breaking news, the latest recruiting news, rankings and much more.
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ESPN's College Football Playoff Predictor has updated again. Here's where South Carolina stands
ESPN.com’s College Football Playoff predictor isn’t perfect because it applies analytics to a situation that ultimately will be decided by a committee of humans. But it does provide a nice guide and discussion piece about which teams have the best chance to make this year’s College Football Playoff.
Because of that human element, the predictor has been updating twice each week, once on Sunday to account for Saturday’s games and again after the latest CFP rankings are released.
[More for subscribers: What latest rankings mean for South Carolina’s College Football Playoff chances]
While the Gamecocks won their game on Saturday and got a lot of help from the teams around them last week, the logjam of SEC teams ahead of them in Tuesday’s rankings is still limiting their upside at this time.
With the committee putting South Carolina behind fellow three-loss SEC teams Alabama and Ole Miss, the predictor currently gives South Carolina a 20 percent chance of making the 12-team field, which is three percentage points lower than its chances in Sunday’s update.
The Gamecocks do, of course, have one more huge opportunity to pad their resume when they travel to Clemson this weekend to renew the annual rivalry in what may be the biggest game in the matchup’s history.
Beat the Tigers, who are currently No. 12 in the CFP Top 25, and South Carolina’s chances of making the playoff jump to 46 percent, according to the predictor.
While that’s just under a coin flip, it’s also 12 percentage points lower than it was in Sunday’s update.
South Carolina is still very much in the hunt but is going to need to win and play very well against Clemson and get more help around it.
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As a reminder, the CFP committee’s top 12 teams won’t correlate exactly with the 12-team field.
The CFP will consist of the top five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked at-large schools. The top four conference champions will receive the top four seeds and a first-round bye. The fifth conference champion will be seeded by its CFP ranking. If that ranking is outside of the top 12 it will be seeded 12th as the final team in the field.
The teams seeded 5 through 12 will fight it out in the first round with the winners advancing to the quarterfinal round to face the top four seeds.
The Gamecocks and Tigers are set for a noon showdown Saturday in Clemson.
ESPN Analytics uses FPI to simulate the entire college football season 200,000 times. A committee model is applied to mimic College Football Playoff selections and seeding in order to generate a 12-team bracket for each simulation. The most likely CFP teams are provided for user selections. After user inputs, a likely bracket is generated and randomly simulated using FPI.
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