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Fishing
Approximately 26 short-finned pilot whales stranded on or near St. Catherines Island Wednesday, Sept. 25, leaving 15 dead in Georgia’s second mass stranding of these large marine mammals this year. Staff from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have also helped. Why the whales beached themselves isn’t known.…
If you know of a better month than October for targeting inshore redfish in our Georgia waters, I’d love to know when. After a long, hot summer, cool and breezy days send the water temperature tumbling, causing several species of fish to feed with a ferocity. Whether you call them redfish, spottail bass, reds, red…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey reports, “With water temperatures on the fall, the redfish, spotted seatrout, and flounder bites gets more predictable. The best fall bait is going to be live shrimp fished anyway you care to deliver. Small live baits normally trigger a bigger fish bite. Artificial flukes rigged on red/black/white colored lead heads work great…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “September is always my favorite month of the year to fish in coastal Georgia. The weather is usually nice, and the fishing is hot. The last few days has seen some really good fish catches. Redfish, trout, black drum, flounder, croaker and whiting have been biting. The redfish numbers are as good…
Georgia’s coast offers up some of the finest saltwater fishing opportunities you will find along the eastern seaboard. Whether you like to chase giant redfish in the fall, big gator trout in the spring, jig for flounder in the summer or soak a shrimp any time of year to catch a multitude of species, Georgia…
A Brunswick angler recently set a new men’s state saltwater gamefish record for African Pompano caught Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Alvin Dezern landed the 37-pound, 1.28-ounce African Pompano (Alectis ciliaris) using menhaden bait while bottom fishing approximately 43 miles east-southeast of St. Simons Island. The previous record for African Pompano was 23-pounds, 14.4-ounces, caught by Mike…
The Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources today announced a new women’s state saltwater gamefish record for mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), landed Aug. 4, 2019, by Janet Monroe about 60 miles east of St. Marys. Monroe, of St. Marys, caught the 18-pound, 9.92-ounce mutton snapper using a circle hook slip rig…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The usual summer fishing is happening. Flounder, redfish, trout, tarpon and sharks are biting. The flounder bite has been the best I have seen in years. Around the last half of the outgoing tide they seem to be everywhere on some days. A live shrimp fished just off the…
UDPATE: Wednesday, July 17, 2019: A group of pilot whales involved in strandings Tuesday that left three of them dead along St. Simons Island was seen offshore Wednesday. While further strandings are possible, Georgia Department of Natural Resources biologists hope the threat to this pod of pilot whales has passed. Brunswick boat pilots spotted the whales…
The Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources today announced a new men’s state saltwater gamefish record for dolphin fish (Coryphaena hippurus), also known as Mahi Mahi, landed May 25, 2019, by Will Owens off the coast of Savannah in 700 feet of water. Owens’ catch ties Matthew Sheppard Jr.’s record from…
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