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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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Kaye Driggers, of Claxton, had bragging rights on a fishing outing with her husband, Richard, on May 15 after catching a new Ohoopee River record redbreast. The 12.48-oz. bream easily exceeds the 8-oz. benchmark for the species. “We were fishing below the prison bridge in Reidsville out of a boat,” said Kaye. “I was fishing…
Kaye Driggers, of Claxton, is the proud record holder for the Ohoopee River black crappie. Her 1-lb., 5.28-oz. fish was caught from a kayak in Tattnall County on Aug. 31. “It’s really too low right now to get a boat and motor in some places, but you can fish out of a kayak just fine,”…
A quick flick of the wrist and the underhanded toss sent the tiny spinner sailing under a low-lying bough of a bell-bottom cypress, bumping a root lying at the edge of the black water. A glimpse of the small, gold blade spiraling down and BANG! The little whippy rod instantly bent to the water, the…
Thomas Corbin caught a 2-lb., 2.72-oz. river-record chain pickerel on the Ohoopee River on May 29, 2014.
Thomas Corbin caught a 11.68-oz. redbreast on the Ohoopee River on May 22, 2014 that set a benchmark river record for the Ohoopee.
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Ohoopee River Record Fish
| Largemouth | 9-lbs., 8-ozs. | Gary Sammons | 07/30/21 |
| Redbreast | 12.48-ozs. | Kaye Driggers | 05/15/20 |
| 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 |