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Ogeechee River
The Ogeechee River begins its 294-mile trek toward the coast with headwaters in Taliaferro County near Crawfordville. The Ogeechee offers very good fishing for redbreast and also for bass, catfish and crappie. The blackwater river is a free-flowing stream, one of few significant rivers remaining with no dams.
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Ogeechee River Articles
The Ogeechee River is high and muddy but dropping out fast. About the only condition that could be worse for catching its famed redbreast bream is if the river iced over. But then, even if it did, Carson Cross would likely still manage to come up with a mess of fish. His quiet confidence on…
My itch to begin fishing usually begins with the first warm day in February. The temperature rises close to 60 or so, and I can’t help but think that the fish are as eager to get started feeding as I am to get out there and take advantage of them. Combine this urge with the…
Glenn Settles, of Guyton, holds three records on the Ogeechee River, including the record for his yellow bullhead that weighed 4-lbs., 15-ozs. Glenn’s big yellow bullhead catfish also set a world record.
“Striper Highway” could be the name of either of the two, main highways in coastal Georgia, I-95 and U.S. Highway 17. What lies below the asphalt is what many coastal anglers seek — striped bass. At times there are more stripers stacked up behind the bridge pilings than motorists driving above. Some terrific striped-bass fishing…
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Ogeechee Fishing Reports
The fish are starting to move out of their summer patterns and move around more. It can be good and bad. It’s good because they feed better than in their mid-summer mode, but it’s sometimes hard to find them in the fall. Altamaha/Ocmulgee River:– My prediction in last week’s report about the Ocmulgee was correct.…
Fishing has been hit-and-miss with the rains scattered unevenly around the different basins. Some of the “hits” were very good catches! There is a fishing regulations virtual meeting coming up to discuss potential changes in the black bass regulations in Georgia. It will be held May 21 at 7 p.m., and you can find out…
Ogeechee River: Mark Vick, of Guyton, fished the river recently and had a good morning, despite the rising water. He and his friend David Brodmann kept 15 nice redbreasts, a bluegill and a catfish. They caught a bunch of fish but only kept the biggest. Their hot Satilla Spin colors were bumblebee (black/yellow) and crawfish.…
The rivers are back to full bank or in the floodplains for the most part. The exception is the St Marys River. It’s very fishable. Altamaha River: Paul and Steve Williamson fished the middle river on Friday and did well for panfish. They had a few catfish, but the shellcrackers were the prize. They put worms…
Wow, what a difference a week makes! We’ve gone from the upper rivers clearing up and dropping lower than you can get motorboats around in to rising fast again. The bigger rivers will take a little longer for that to happen, but the last couple of days of rain will probably push all our rivers…
Ogeechee River Record Fish
| Largemouth Bass | 10-lbs., 14-ozs. | Robert Attaway Jr. | 05/08/06 |
| Striped Bass | 30-lbs. | Ellis Arnold Phillips | 02/27/89 |
| Redbreast | 1-lb., 5-ozs. | Harley Morris | 06/18/98 |
| Shellcracker | 2-lbs., 8-ozs. | Linda Swan | 11/04/05 |
| Chain Pickerel | 4-lbs., 15-ozs. | Curt Sutton | 06/24/96 |
| Channel Catfish | 29-lbs., 11-ozs. | Glenn Settles | 03/18/23 |
| Brown Bullhead | 4-lbs., 1.04-ozs. | Glenn Settles | 04/06/21 |
| Yellow Bullhead | 4-lbs., 15-ozs. | Glenn Settles | 10/12/03 |
| Hickory Shad | 2-lbs., 10-ozs. | Timmy Woods | 02/20/22 |
| American Shad | 3-lbs., 2.88-ozs. | Jason Cone | 03/22/18 |
| Bluegill | 1-lb., 7.04-ozs. | Chance DeLoach | 06/30/19 |
| Spotted Sunfish | 12-ozs. | Jamie Boyett | 06/15/24 |
| Black Crappie | 2-lbs., 3-ozs. | Glenn Settles | 12/11/21 |
| Warmouth | 1-lb., 4-ozs. | Glenn Settles | 06/21/22 |