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Fishing
The heat and scattered afternoon storms have kept some folks at home, but the morning bite has been strong. Altamaha River: Jimmy Hall and Seth Carter had a great morning on the Altamaha Wednesday. They fished a couple of hours and caught 11 keeper-sized fish with some really nice ones mixed in. Bass ate about everything…
It’s going to be an awesome week as the various rivers drop into a range where the bite fires off. Choose the right spot and it will be lights out —miss it and you’ll make a bunch of fruitless casts. Good luck! Altamaha/Ocmulgee River: Brentz McGhin fished the lower river backwaters on Friday and caught…
Fishing has been great in the flatwaters of southeast Georgia this week. Our rivers are mostly still high, but we have a dry forecast for the next week. I hope you have a great holiday weekend and are able to work some fishing into your plans. Altamaha River: Taylor Lee had a great day on…
Fishing has been hit-and-miss with the rains scattered unevenly around the different basins. Some of the “hits” were very good catches! There is a fishing regulations virtual meeting coming up to discuss potential changes in the black bass regulations in Georgia. It will be held May 21 at 7 p.m., and you can find out…
When it comes to bass fishing, May on the Altamaha River is as good as it gets anywhere in the country. Now I know that’s a bold claim to make, but with the spawn well behind us and the mercury in your thermometer climbing higher by the day, where else can you drop in a…
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…
The bite inland has been good but saltwater after the wind started blowing this weekend has been rough. Rivers are low, and fish are biting. Altamaha/Ocmulgee Rivers: Harry and James Beverley fished the lower Altamaha River this week for just a half-day trip before the rain ran them off. They caught 17 bass (12 keepers).…
The bite is picking up significantly in many places with the cooler weather. The Ocmulgee and Altamaha rivers are in good shape, so give them a try while they are right. The Okefenokee bite is good and saltwater has much-improved weather forecasted this weekend and much better tides. Altamaha/Ocmulgee Rivers: Both of these rivers…
The world moved slower a hundred years ago in south Georgia. Life was simpler; but, truly, times were hard. There was little industry. No “town” jobs to speak of in a spot as sparse as Soperton. Willie T. Barwick was struggling just to get by in the year 1920, at wit’s end. That’s when he…
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