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Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major river that forms most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. The lower Savannah is big and wide with numerous backwater oxbows that offer good fishing for bass, bream, crappie and catfish. The Intracoastal Waterway flows through a section of the Savannah River near the city of Savannah.
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The state record for yellow perch, held jointly between Lake Burton and Clarks Hill for nearly 20 years, has been tied again, and from an unlikely location: the Savannah River. On Feb. 24, Larry Poole of Martinez was on the river below the Clarks Hill dam fishing for yellow perch with Albert Moody, who operates…
“The bridge is right here. It’s a fabulous place to fish; you need not know anything else about striper fishing. You don’t even have to crank your big motor,” said Tim Barrett moments after backing the boat in at the Port Wentworth ramp on the Savannah River. I had to take his word for…
The bobber and worm sailed over the water and dropped into the water 10 feet from the far bank. Farrell quickly reeled line back onto the spool, dragging the bobber and the trailing red worm back until it was over a light spot on bottom. He stopped the bobber, and the worm settled to the…
It’s been a good week of fishing. This is one of my favorite times of the year—when the panfish start moving to the shallows to spawn, bass are feeding with reckless abandon until…
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The weekend rains were followed by cold, but a few folks got on fish. Lakes, ponds and saltwater are where the best reports came from. Savannah River: Mark Vick returned to the river…
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The stable (but colder) weather this week produced some good catches. The rivers are still high, but they are coming down to fishable levels. Lakes, ponds and saltwater had the best catches reported…
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Wow, what a difference a week makes! We’ve gone from the upper rivers clearing up and dropping lower than you can get motorboats around in to rising fast again. The bigger rivers will…
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I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend and are able to work some fishing into your plans. Saltwater will be rough early in the weekend with very strong winds forecasted,…
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It should be another great week of fishing, but afternoon thundershowers are starting to factor into the equation. The Satilla didn’t get quite warm enough and it’s headed back up again. Other rivers…
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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…
Read MoreSavannah River Record Fish
| Largemouth Bass | 15-lbs. | Mike Stille | 11/06/99 |
| Hybrid Bass | 22-lbs., 6-ozs. | Jerry Adams | 06/20/86 |
| Striped Bass | 56-lbs., 2-ozs. | Vaughn Taylor | 05/07/12 |
| Chain Pickerel | 4-lbs., 12-ozs. | James Moore | 05/10/22 |
| Shellcracker | 3-lbs. | William Owens IV | 06/24/08 |
| White Catfish | 8-lbs., 10-ozs.* | James Sanders | 06/96 |
| American Shad | 8-lbs., 3-ozs.* | Henry Baxley | 04/86 |
| Gizzard Shad | 3-lbs., 2-ozs. | Taylor Hodson | 04/06/07 |
| Hickory Shad | 1-lb., 12-ozs. | Bill Resseau | 03/19/06 |
| Yellow Perch | 2-lbs., 9-ozs.* | Thomas Lewis | 02/27/13 |
| White Crappie | 2-lbs., 13-ozs. | Mike Markovcic | 03/03/16 |
| Redbreast | 1-lb., 1.6-oz. | Donavan Pruitt | 5/14/20 |
| Bluegill | 1-lb. 1.92-ozs. | Joe Taylor Jr. | 05/19/20 |
| Warmouth | 1-lb., 6.5-ozs. | Joshua Barnhill | 05/20/22 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 4-lbs., 4.64-ozs. | Stephen Mixon | 07/05/18 |
| Channel Catfish | 33-lbs., 8-ozs. | McCoy Skinner | 03/30/24 |