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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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A regular fishing day on the Satilla River became extraordinary for Waylon Smith, a 17-year-old from Waycross. He has been fishing for most of his life, and he will certainly never forget reeling in a shellcracker that nearly broke his rod. Just down from the Jamestown Bridge, Waylon and his friend had been fishing all…
On Jan. 19, Chas Strickland, of Nahunta, decided to make a late-afternoon trip to the Brantley County section of the Satilla River, despite less than optimal conditions. “The river was running high, and the temperature was dropping fast, but me and my buddy Caleb Sarrows grabbed some minnows and decided to go see if we…
We were only a few minutes into legal shooting time when a shot rang out behind me. “What are you shooting at?” I exclaimed as I whirled around. “A duck,” Easton answers as he slips another shell into his 20-gauge Beretta A390. “Did you hit him?” I ask. “Yes sir,” he replies in a calm,…
Satilla River: According to Capt. Bert Deener, “The river came back up into the floodplain a few weeks back and is off-color. Garrett Harrison, of Hazlehurst, took his family to the river just before it…
Read MoreSatilla 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.,10.56-ozs. | Waylon Smith | 05/25/2025 |
| 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 | 04/07/2023 |
| Spotted Sunfish | 10.08-ozs. | Ron Adams | 05/30/2021 |
| Bowfin | 14-lbs., 10-ozs. | Brandon Corbitt | 04/01/2023 |
| Longnose Gar | 18-lbs., 6.56-ozs. | Larry Linker | 05/20/2021 |
| White Catfish | 2-lbs., 15.52-ozs. | Chris Royer | 12/21/2015 |
| Black Crappie | 2-lbs., 2.88-ozs. | Chas Strickland | 01/19/2025 |