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Saltwater Fishing
The first Sidney Lanier Bridge was constructed in the mid-1950s and served as a Golden Isles landmark until it was replaced with a new state-of-the-art cable structure in 2004. The old bridge was built with a combination of concrete roadbed and a metal lift span. Over the years, the machinery grew finicky, and the commercial…
When 17-year old Kyle Thigpen joined his parents Joan and Buddy of Brunswick for a 2005 Father’s Day trip aboard the family boat, Get The Net, he really wasn’t that enthusiastic. Perhaps if he’d known he was in for a date with fishing destiny, he’d have been a bit more excited. Given his family heritage,…
Summer is prime time for fishing Georgia’s coastal waters. Sea conditions allow for safe and comfortable trips into the Atlantic. Bait is plentiful. Gamefish diversity and abundance, particularly in the case of the migratory pelagics, is at maximum. Best of all, these fish are hungry. But, the Atlantic Ocean is a big place, and there’s…
The key to successful blue-water fishing off Georgia is the ability to drop everything when the weather is good and the fishing report is hot. That is exactly what the crew of the boat Hambone, based at St. Simons Island, did on May 12. The boat’s owner, veteran offshore angler Steve Hammock was joined by…
Traveling offshore of Georgia in search of world-class gamefish is not the average angling experience. After all, an average person wouldn’t leave the bed at 2 a.m. just to cross 90 miles of open Atlantic Ocean in the darkness so he or she can be on the fishing grounds at sunrise. A blue-water trip means…
Get ready for some great fishing over the next month as the water warms and rivers drop out to perfect levels. The Okefenokee, ponds and St Marys River are great locations for this weekend, but different sections of some other rivers are getting right. Saltwater tides will be reasonable late this week, but they are increasing as we approach New Moon. Satilla River: The first angler award-sized redbreast was caught this weekend on the Satilla. It was 1.08 pounds. He caught it on a crankbait. Scott, Raigan and Amiee fished the upper Satilla on Sunday and caught a 5-gallon bucket of nice catfish by fishing shrimp on the bottom. Their biggest was 2 1/2 pounds. They also had some nice redbreasts on Satilla Spins. The water is still high, but lots of quality fish are going to be caught this week. The key on the Satilla is to fish it…
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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…