Posts by Craig James
Jigging Artificials For Georgia Flounder
Dale Earnhardt was born to drive a race car, as was Peyton Manning to throw a football, and for Jimmy Crews, of Waycross, well his niche is to put flounder in the boat by the dozens. Jimmy has spent the last 40-plus south Georgia summers chasing these tasty flatfish, and along the way, he has…
Read MoreAltamaha River Summer Bass
If you have never given tidal water river bass fishing a try, don’t put it off until next summer. It’s time to plan a trip now. Down in south Georgia, the Altamaha River offers up some of the best bass fishing in the entire state. The bass fishing is great along the entire 137-mile long…
Read MoreCatch Georgia’s Giant Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris is the scientific name for a flathead catfish. In layman’s terms, it’s best described as a cold-blooded killer. These fish grow to enormous sizes, with the state record currently sitting at a tie with two behemoths on record weighing in at an impressive 83 pounds each. Throw in the fact that even larger…
Read MoreGeorgia Bream Fishing Special
If you’re a bream fisherman in Georgia, the month of May is as good as it gets. From the mountains up around Lake Blue Ridge to the humid rivers of south Georgia—and everywhere in between—the bream are biting right now. And whether you like drowning worms, dunking corks, twitching a popping bug, or pitching a…
Read MoreFishing Rutland Farms
We have all heard the old saying, “When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade,” but what about when life gives you strawberries? Rutland Farms, located just outside of Tifton, can answer that question. You make syrup, jams and jellies, and as a aside you create one of the best small-lake and farm-pond fishing destinations…
Read MoreBanks Lake In March For South Georgia Bass
As bass fishermen, we all have a picture of the perfect lake engraved in our minds. For some anglers, the perfect bass lake is dotted with cypress trees with sprawling roots and draped with Spanish moss. Others bass anglers prefer fields of stumps and fallen timber. And, of course there’s the crowd who loves to…
Read MoreTop-3 WMAs For February Wild Hog Hunting
February is without a doubt a depressing month for hunters. Deer season is over, and turkey season still seems decades away. Now before you spend the entire month glued to your favorite chair watching re-runs on the Outdoor Channel and eating Cheetos, have you considered topping that ol’ deep freezer off with some delicious pork?…
Read MoreWinter Winter Crappie Dinner
If there was a crappie fishing Hall of Fame, you could bet your boat Russell McQuaig would be in it. I’m sure many of you reading this have never heard the name, but for those who have, you know what I’m talking about. Russell and his brother Billy created a jig in 1981 that was…
Read MoreThe Catfish King Of Woodbine
Every now and then, a legend is born. On a cool day in November of 1958 when Michael Dale Jordan entered the world, that’s what happened. If Mike was around to hear that statement, he would humbly try to disagree. Unfortunately, but thankfully, in the fall of 2015, he went to be with our Lord.…
Read MoreSatilla River Bass Fishing
Sinclair, Lanier, Blackshear, West Point… we could go on and on about how blessed we are in Georgia to have some of the finest bass-fishing reservoirs in the country. That said, if big time big lake bass fishing is all you care to do, this particular article isn’t for you. If you want to learn…
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