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Saltwater Fishing
Approximately 26 short-finned pilot whales stranded on or near St. Catherines Island Wednesday, Sept. 25, leaving 15 dead in Georgia’s second mass stranding of these large marine mammals this year. Staff from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have also helped. Why the whales beached themselves isn’t known.…
If you know of a better month than October for targeting inshore redfish in our Georgia waters, I’d love to know when. After a long, hot summer, cool and breezy days send the water temperature tumbling, causing several species of fish to feed with a ferocity. Whether you call them redfish, spottail bass, reds, red…
Georgia’s coast offers up some of the finest saltwater fishing opportunities you will find along the eastern seaboard. Whether you like to chase giant redfish in the fall, big gator trout in the spring, jig for flounder in the summer or soak a shrimp any time of year to catch a multitude of species, Georgia…
A Brunswick angler recently set a new men’s state saltwater gamefish record for African Pompano caught Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Alvin Dezern landed the 37-pound, 1.28-ounce African Pompano (Alectis ciliaris) using menhaden bait while bottom fishing approximately 43 miles east-southeast of St. Simons Island. The previous record for African Pompano was 23-pounds, 14.4-ounces, caught by Mike…
The Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources today announced a new women’s state saltwater gamefish record for mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), landed Aug. 4, 2019, by Janet Monroe about 60 miles east of St. Marys. Monroe, of St. Marys, caught the 18-pound, 9.92-ounce mutton snapper using a circle hook slip rig…
I hope that each of you is having a wonderful Christmas season! It’s been good fishing this week for the few who reported. Altamaha River: The crappie bite was fantastic before water from the rains up-country hit this week. Brentz McGhin and I fished together on Saturday, Dec. 14, in the lower river and caught a bunch of fish. We had about 2 dozen—mostly crappie. Our biggest crappie was 1 1/4 pounds. We caught half of them on a 1/16-oz Mirage Jig tipped with a minnow and half on a 1/32-oz. Tennessee Shad Specktacular Jig worked slowly. Jamie Hodge fished the lower river on Sunday and caught a couple dozen really nice crappie up to 1-lb., 10-oz. He spider-rigged minnows for his fish. The river rose all week and is at the edge of the floodplain again. Satilla River: Blake Edwards fished with me on Thursday, Dec. 19, in the…
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Saltwater Recipes
Crab-Stuffed Shrimp The dish that caused the judging to go into overtime at the 2024 AWF Wildgame Cookoff was a crab-stuffed shrimp dish prepared by the Hog Heaven team of Hartselle. Jody Wynn said he used 9-12 count (number of shrimp per pound) white shrimp to prepare the dish. 1 pound blue crab claw meat…
Smoke On The Water Red Snapper Another example of using prime Alabama Gulf Seafood landed the Jackson Volunteer Fire Department’s team in third place in the 2024 AWF Wildgame Cookoff competition that featured a plethora of delicious wild game, fish and fowl preparations. 6 fresh or frozen red snapper filets, preferably sliced into ½-inch-thick pieces…
1 lb. large fresh shrimp 1 tsp. Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning 1 7-oz. can corn kernels 1/4 cup dry parsley 1/4 cup dry basil 1/4 cup dry white wine 3 ozs. Andouille sausage 1 medium zucchini 1 large red bell pepper 2 tbsp. olive oil Slice the Andouille sausage and zucchini into thin slices. Core…