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Canoochee River
The Canoochee River is a 108-mile-long river in southeastern Georgia that is formed about 12 miles southeast of Swainsboro in southwestern Emanuel County by the confluence of Canoochee Creek and Little Canoochee Creek. The river flows generally southeastwardly through or along the boundaries of Candler, Evans, Bryan and Liberty counties, through Fort Stewart. It joins the Ogeechee River from the west in Bryan County, 15 miles south-southwest of Savannah.
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On April 22, Stephen Lewis managed to hook into and land what is now the new Canoochee river record bluegill. “I knocked off work around 2:30 or so and headed to the river with my brother, Petey Lewis. We got to the Richmond Hill section of the river around 3 and started fishing,” said Stephen.…
May is just about as good as it gets when it comes to river fishing in Georgia. This is the month when all the pieces finally come together, as we transition out of spring and into the warmer weather, but before the flat-out scorching-hot days that lie ahead. The Canoochee River has quickly moved up…
If anywhere is blessed with river fishing opportunities like that of south Georgia, I haven’t heard of the place, and if it does exist, I’m looking to buy property there. It’s true, no matter where you are in the southern portion of the state, some great river fishing is never far away. Altamaha, Ogeechee, Flint,…
Three Canoochee River panfish records were broken in just three days. The Canoochee is still relatively new to the Lake & River Records, and the benchmark records for this river just got a little stronger. Fish No. 1 was a warmouth caught by Tim Stewart, of Glennville. “I fished the Canoochee for the first time…
On May 16, Richard Driggers Jr. added a shellcracker to the growing list of river records for the Canoochee River. GON began keeping river records on the Canoochee one year ago after Glen Solomon turned in a 12.48-oz. warmouth. Richard’s shellcracker weighed 12.96 ounces, which is slightly above the GON benchmark for that species, which…
Canoochee River Record Fish
| Spotted Sunfish | 6.9-ozs. | Jason Cone | 04/11/20 |
| Warmouth | 14.08-ozs. | Tim Stewart | 06/18/20 |
| Redbreast | 1-lb., 7.36-ozs | Lonnie Bradley | 04/09/90 |
| Shellcracker | 1-lb., 14.24-ozs. | Lalah Pitts | 05/29/21 |
| Bluegill | 1-lb., 3.2-ozs. | Stephen Lewis | 04/22/25 |