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Ohoopee River
The Ohoopee River starts in Washington County just south of Tennille and flows generally southeast through or along the boundaries of Johnson, Emanuel, Treutlen, Candler, Toombs and Tattnall counties. It joins the Altamaha River 13 miles south of Reidsville.
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When Jackie Dyess, of Lyons, set out on a leisurely float trip with fiancé Scott Mulling and some friends on the Ohoopee River, she had no idea that it would soon be a trip for the record books… literally. “We all got down there around 9 or so and started floating and fishing. The plan…
If you’ve ever run across one of my Satilla River stories in the pages of GON, then you know I’m more than a little partial to my home river, and I’ve always been convinced that other fisheries just couldn’t compare, especially when it comes to redbreast fishing. Then last summer I decided to test the…
A record is a record, whether you catch it on a cricket or some new-fangled bladed bait. “I like to watch that cork,” said Dylan Durrence, the angler who just broke the new Ohoopee River bluegill record with a fish that weighed 1-lb. 7.52-ozs. on certified scales at Layne’s Sport Shop on Highway 280 in…
When you catch a record fish, it’s always good to have credible witnesses. Scott Drennon, who recently caught the largest chain pickerel ever recorded from the Ohoopee River, did so in front of a good one. “I was bass fishing with Treutlen County Sheriff Thomas Corbin,” Scott said. “I was throwing a plastic worm when…
Dale Williams is the new poster child for where’s there’s a will, there’s a way. His ingenuity recently paid off with him catching his largest bluegill ever. The Vidalia resident’s 1-lb.. 2.56-oz. bluegill was recently certified as the largest ever recorded from the Ohoopee River. “We have a small house on the river that has…
Ohoopee River Record Fish
| Largemouth | 9-lbs., 8-ozs. | Gary Sammons | 07/30/21 |
| Redbreast | 13.76-ozs. | Jackie Dyess | 04/26/25 |
| Chain Pickerel | 3-lbs., 6.56-ozs. | Colonel William Scott Drennon | 01/02/23 |
| Bluegill | 1-lb., 7.52-ozs. | Dylan Durrence | 04/29/24 |
| Spotted Sunfish | 10.75-ozs. | Robert Lane | 5/04/19 |
| Black Crappie | 1-lb., 10.24-ozs. | Richard E. Driggers | 11/10/19 |
| Shellcracker | 1-lb., 5.92-ozs. | Richard E. Driggers | 7/20/19 |
| Warmouth | 14.58-ozs. | Thomas Corbin | 10/29/21 |