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Saltwater Fishing
For most of us land-locked Georgians who spend our time fishing lakes and rivers, a 5-pounder is a BIG fish. Well, what if there were a place where 5-pounders, and up, are commonplace, and a fish under 20 inches is too little to keep? There is such a place, and though a pretty well-kept secret,…
Lots of Georgia anglers have a desire to go saltwater fishing offshore. Unfortunately, because they think offshore means a 40-mile run, or their boat is too small, they stay inshore. There is good news for those with smaller boats — those in the 18- to 20-foot range. This month you can get in some “offshore”…
This is a very special month, no matter what you like to do. Weather it’s just being outdoors enjoying the changing weather, being up in a tree in your favorite deer stand in pursuit of a Georgia whitetail or taking some time to stock the freezer with fresh fish, things just turn plain awesome when…
With the temperature on the field in Athens hovering in the mid 90s for a 5:30 GA vs SC nail-biter, it’s hard to imagine water cooling down, but it always does. By Georgia/Florida weekend the boat ramp parking lots up and down the coast will be as packed as the Gator Bowl RV City parking…
Reading an article about saltwater fishing in Georgia generally means learning about catches either off- shore, or around the Brunswick or Savannah areas. Not that that’ s a bad thing, but there are a lot more places to fish along the coast than just those two or three locations. Five counties have a significant piece…
Fishing is heating up with the current warm-up! The flatwater produced the best reports this week. Rivers are still high but are getting fishable. Alapaha River: The exciting news from the river this week was an Angler Award and new river record channel catfish caught by Christopher Quiggins. He fooled the giant with a minnow. It pulled the scales down to just shy of 13-lbs., 15-ozs., and measured 31 inches long. St. Marys River: The Temple Landing, recently rebuilt by the GA Wildlife Resources Division, is scheduled to reopen by the time you read this. The weather didn’t always cooperate, but they were able to do a great job with the rebuild. The new facilities will serve boaters and anglers well for decades to come. Okefenokee Swamp: Buck Johnson fished the east side on Friday and did well on warmouth. He pitched chartreuse pearl artificials on Zombi Eye jig heads…
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Saltwater Recipes
Bacon-Wrapped Georgia Shrimp Whet the appetites of backyard grill fans with a serving of bacon-wrapped shrimp. Keep an eye out for the opening of Georgia’s recreation shrimp season, which typically runs from early June to the end of January. Use your cast net or seine to take advantage of this plentiful natural bounty on our…
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…