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Satilla River

The Satilla River originates in Ben Hill County near the town of Fitzgerald and flows east and southeast to the Atlantic Ocean, passing through the cities of Waycross, Waynesville and Woodbine. The Satilla River is a beautiful blackwater run with white sandbars and great fishing, especially for redbreast, but also for bass, catfish and other bream species.

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Satilla River Largemouth Record Smashed

Another new river record has been broken, making it the sixth new fish this year to earn a spot it GON’s Georgia Lake and River Records list. The latest entry is a 12-lb. largemouth that came from the Satilla River. It was caught by Kevin Mullis, of Waycross, on March 27 while fishing with his…

Satilla River Record Bluegill

Max Martinkoski caught a 1-lb., 4.48-oz. river-record bluegill on the Satilla River on May 10, 2014.

Satilla River Redbreast Smackdown

Bass, stripers, redfish and rainbow trout steal the headlines in most print, but there is little that rivals the sheer fun of using ultralight tackle and catching panfish after panfish from a slow-flowing, blackwater, south Georgia river. After over a year of flooded rivers and very little fishing pressure, the overall fish populations in south…

Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – Oct. 18, 2024

I didn’t get many reports from freshwater, but the saltwater reports were fantastic this week. The Okefenokee, St Marys River, ponds, and saltwater are the places to fish right now. Satilla River: I fished the…

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Satilla River Record Fish

Largemouth Bass12-lbs.Kevin Mullis03/27/2015
Striped Bass11-lbs., 9.76-ozs.John Geiger03/15/2006
Channel Catfish32-lbs., 3-ozs.James Lentz10/30/1977
Flathead Catfish45-lbs. 15-ozs.Larry Linker10/10/2018
Shellcracker1-lb.,10-ozs.Joseph Boyett05/03/1987
Chain Pickerel4-lbs., 14-ozs.Virgil Chaney1996
Redbreast1-lb., 12.32-ozs.Lester Roberts05/07/2022
Warmouth1-lb., 4.64-ozs.Michael Lott05/10/2022
Bluegill1-lb, 6.88-ozs.Gunter Thrift04/07/23
Spotted Sunfish10.08-ozs.Ron Adams05/30/2021
Black Crappie2-lbs., 1-ozs.Steven Todd02/06/24
Bowfin14-lbs., 10-ozs.Brandon Corbitt04/01/23
Longnose Gar18-lbs., 6.56-ozs.Larry Linker05/20/2021
White Catfish2-lbs., 15.52-ozs.Chris Royer12/21/15