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Fishing Reports
The rivers are dropping out, tides are better in saltwater, and fish in ponds, lakes, and the Okefenokee are feeding with reckless abandon. Pretty much pick where you want to fish this weekend, and you should catch fish. Pick right, and you may just have your best trip of the year. Altamaha River: The panfish…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “Well, if you have been following my fishing reports, you already know that this year’s cold-water spotted seatrout bite was very good both early 2024 and 2025. And normally I am saying, ‘The spotted seatrout bite is about to really turn on.’ However, it never shut off. All good things.…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a record-breaking 126-day Gulf red snapper recreational season for 2025, the longest season since Florida assumed management of red snapper in the Gulf of America. The expanded season includes additional summer and fall fishing days from 2024, offering anglers more opportunities to fish over major holidays such as Memorial Day,…
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…
Springtime fishing is here. Bass are in all stages of the spawn. Early spawners are done and feeding up ahead of summer heat, and some species are just starting to spawn. Fun stuff, but sometimes difficult to pick a bite. If you pick right, it’s a blast! But if you don’t, then it could be…
I’ve not been around a lot this week due to fishing in the Everglades, but the reports I did receive were good. The rivers are getting back down and those bites are heating up at different rates. Guess right and you could be in for a great day! Altamaha River: Seth Carter fished the backwaters…
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.…
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…
The reports were as varied as the weather this week. The best reports came from ponds and the Okefenokee Swamp. Saltwater was hit-and-miss. The southeast Georgia rivers are still high but are falling now that the leaves have budded out and the trees are pulling more water. St. Marys River: The Temple Landing is currently…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “April should be a good month for fish catching. It is usually the month that officially ends winter on the coast. Everything starts getting active, bait moves shallow and so do the fish. Redfish should be out of the upper rivers and out toward the sounds and creeks off the…
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