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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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Another spring has come to Georgia. Sure, we may have a few cold blasts of air conditioning left from Old Man Winter, but the sunshine beaming through my kitchen window as I begin to type this story assures me that warmer days are just a stone’s throw away. Yes-sir, it’s time to go fishing in…
Commercial fishermen can take to the waters of specific stretches of the Altamaha and Savannah rivers beginning at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2024 to take advantage of the opening day of shad season. The 2024 commercial shad season is scheduled to run through midnight on Mar. 31. “Similar to the 2022 season, the 2023…
After one of the warmest early springs I can remember, a series of mini cold fronts have blanketed the state for the past couple of weeks. Currently, as I’m typing this, I can see the last bit of frost melting off the hood of my pickup truck in the backyard. But, on the TV in…
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 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 |