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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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Savannah River Yellow Perch

Most southern anglers land an occasional yellow perch while chasing crappie or bluegill. For Tom Lewis, catching the brightly colored fish is an annual mid-winter obsession. “I go every chance I get, once the bigger ones start biting,” said Tom, who fishes the deep, cold waters of the Savannah River below Clarks Hill Dam. “The…

Georgia State Record Yellow Perch Caught In Savannah River

Angler Thomas Lewis of Grovetown in Columbia County reeled in the new state-record yellow perch from the Savannah River, just below Clarks Hill Dam, on Feb. 27, 2013. This is the first new state record fish since 2010. According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division, this 2-lb., 9-oz., 16.5-inch catch beats…

PGA Pro Golfer Catches 56-lb. Savannah River Record Striper

PGA Tour Pro Vaughn Taylor had the week off from golfing. So he went fishing and caught the new Savannah River Record striper on Monday. Vaughn, of Evans, caught the 56-lb., 2-oz. behemoth May 7 on a bucktail jig just below the Clarks Hill Dam. It took him more than 20 minutes to fight and…

Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – Feb. 9, 2024

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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Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – Feb. 2, 2024

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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Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – June 16, 2023

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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Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – May 26, 2023

  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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Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – May 19, 2023

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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Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – May 12, 2023

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…

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Savannah River Record Fish

Largemouth Bass 15-lbs.Mike Stille11/06/99
Hybrid Bass22-lbs., 6-ozs.Jerry Adams06/20/86
Striped Bass56-lbs., 2-ozs.Vaughn Taylor05/07/12
Chain Pickerel4-lbs., 12-ozs.James Moore05/10/22
Shellcracker3-lbs.William Owens IV06/24/08
White Catfish8-lbs., 10-ozs.*James Sanders06/96
American Shad8-lbs., 3-ozs.*Henry Baxley04/86
Gizzard Shad3-lbs., 2-ozs.Taylor Hodson04/06/07
Hickory Shad1-lb., 12-ozs.Bill Resseau03/19/06
Yellow Perch2-lbs., 9-ozs.*Thomas Lewis02/27/13
White Crappie2-lbs., 13-ozs.Mike Markovcic03/03/16
Redbreast1-lb., 1.6-oz.Donavan Pruitt5/14/20
Bluegill1-lb. 1.92-ozs.Joe Taylor Jr.05/19/20
Warmouth1-lb., 6.5-ozs.Joshua Barnhill05/20/22
Smallmouth Bass4-lbs., 4.64-ozs.Stephen Mixon07/05/18
Channel Catfish25-lbs., 6-ozs.Dalton Smith04/17/21