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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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For the second year in a row, Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) researchers are conducting a blue catfish tagging project on the Satilla River and need your help. Fisheries managers hope this study will allow them to learn more about this non-native species and better assess its impact. “As a large…
Just days after releasing the annual edition of the Georgia Lake and River Records, another river record has already fallen. On Feb. 6, Steven Todd, of Saint George, managed to reel in a 2-lb., 1-oz. black crappie that raised the river-record bar for the species for the second time in the past 13 months. “I…
A blue catfish tagging project on the Satilla River is underway, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) researchers need your help. Discovered in this waterway a few years ago, fisheries managers hope to use this study to learn more about this non-native species and better assess its impact. “As a large…
This is a great weekend to hitch up the boat. The rivers are falling to fishable levels, the Swamp is firing on all cylinders and saltwater is beginning to warm up (and tidal heights are…
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Satilla River Record Fish
Largemouth Bass | 12-lbs. | Kevin Mullis | 03/27/2015 |
Striped Bass | 11-lbs., 9.76-ozs. | John Geiger | 03/15/2006 |
Channel Catfish | 32-lbs., 3-ozs. | James Lentz | 10/30/1977 |
Flathead Catfish | 45-lbs. 15-ozs. | Larry Linker | 10/10/2018 |
Shellcracker | 1-lb.,10-ozs. | Joseph Boyett | 05/03/1987 |
Chain Pickerel | 4-lbs., 14-ozs. | Virgil Chaney | 1996 |
Redbreast | 1-lb., 12.32-ozs. | Lester Roberts | 05/07/2022 |
Warmouth | 1-lb., 4.64-ozs. | Michael Lott | 05/10/2022 |
Bluegill | 1-lb, 6.88-ozs. | Gunter Thrift | 04/07/23 |
Spotted Sunfish | 10.08-ozs. | Ron Adams | 05/30/2021 |
Black Crappie | 2-lbs., 1-ozs. | Steven Todd | 02/06/24 |
Bowfin | 14-lbs., 10-ozs. | Brandon Corbitt | 04/01/23 |
Longnose Gar | 18-lbs., 6.56-ozs. | Larry Linker | 05/20/2021 |
White Catfish | 2-lbs., 15.52-ozs. | Chris Royer | 12/21/15 |