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Fishing Reports
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The best redfish bite we have had in years is still hot. My last five trips we have caught more than 200 redfish. The whole month of September I have caught the limit on redfish on all but one trip. Most trips we have caught 30 or more. They…
August was very hot, and September promises to be almost as hot. Lots of fishermen tend to stay at home during the late dog days. If they do, they will miss out on some fine saltwater action in the creeks and rivers on the Georgia coast. The baitfish are flooding the estuaries and are in…
During the heat of the summer, it sometimes seems impossible to find a trout in the shallow waters of the inshore marsh. High water temperatures tend to drive the fish deep, and a long, hot day on the water can be tough and often fishless. Tripp Lang, of St. Marys, has an option for you…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “Redfish madness is a good description of the fishing the last few weeks. The redfish bite has been as good as I have ever seen it. Last week I had several trips where we caught around 100 redfish from 14 to 30 inches. Catching a limit of fish in…
A new women’s record has been set and approved by the DNR’s Coastal Resource Division for king mackerel. The fish was caught 49 miles east of Blackbeard Island. Jessica Pace, of Savannah, was fishing in a women’s fishing tournament on May 21 when she reeled in the record-breaking king mackerel weighing 45-lbs., 7-ozs. “Honestly, I…
The book on tarpon is that you will hook only one in 10 tarpon you see and only one in five that strike a lure. After that you will boat only one of five that you hook. They are notorious for being difficult to hook and get to the boat. Tarpon have a very hard…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The last few weeks has been the best July fishing that I have seen in years. Big redfish, big trout, black drum, tarpon and big sharks have been caught this week. The redfish have been almost everywhere. Yesterday afternoon we caught more than 50 in less than two hours,…
An African pompano caught 54 miles off the Georgia coast by a lady angler is pending state-record approval from DNR’s Coastal Resources Division. To date, there’s never been an African pompano submitted for a Georgia state record. “We were just fishing for fun, for kings, mahi and stuff like that,” said Capt. Danny Johnson, of…
“Shark! It’s a dadgum shark.” If I heard my dad say that once while I was growing up, I heard it a thousand times. And the very next words I always heard were, “Get the knife,” after which he would promptly cut the line. My father hated sharks. I grew up hating sharks because of…
Saltwater: Inshore & Nearshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “This past week has been one of the best weeks of fishing I have seen in a long time. Redfish, trout, black drum, sharks and tarpon are all biting. The trout have been all over the sounds. Some really big trout have been caught, and a lot…
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