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Saltwater Fishing
There’s a new Georgia saltwater state record. The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced a new Georgia men’s saltwater gamefish record for African pompano (Alectis ciliaris). The fish was caught back on Aug. 11, 2018 by Mike McCullough Jr., who was fishing near Navy tower R7 off the coast…
The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources recently deployed 800 cubic feet of donated concrete sinkers as an enhancement to artificial beach reef BSF. The BSF reef is located 4 nautical miles southeast of Little Tybee Island. This is the second deployment of materials at BSF Reef in partnership with…
Two free, public forums aimed at developing more effective outreach strategies for promoting Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary will be held in Savannah this month. The Nature Conservancy will host the forums at Bass Pro Shop, 14045 Abercorn Street, Savannah, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday June 11 and on Thursday June 13,…
Chris Cockerham and Ryan Hall are fishing buds. There isn’t a much better way to describe it. They live about 2 1/2 hours from each other and still find a way to fish together almost every weekend. Ryan lives in Hawkinsville, while Chris lives in Hilliard, Fla. When they met 3 1/2 years ago, they…
The Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is investigating series of events that occurred Friday, May 31, 2019, on the north end of Tybee Island in an area under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Coastal Marshlands Protection Act. A city of Tybee police officer allegedly drove an all-terrain vehicle into the…
I hope that each of you had a safe New Year! The bites all over southeast Georgia and north Florida have been really good. Crappie, seatrout, bass and bowfin have been tops from the folks I’ve talked with. Satilla River: The river is fishable and the bass and crappie have been biting. I saw photos of some good catches from all areas of the river, and the biggest crappie I heard of was 1.55 pounds. Oxbow lakes have produced the most fish. Blake Edwards and Charlie Carter fished the lower river on Saturday and caught 19 total fish in about four hours. They used minnows on jig heads and under floats and caught a dozen crappie, a bass, a chain pickerel (jackfish) and five bowfin (mudfish). Michael Deen ushered in the new year in the upper river and caught seven bass (all keeper sized) up to about 2 pounds by flinging…
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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…