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Fishing Reports
Saltwater: Inshore: A very mild winter has kept the inshore fishing going, said Capt. Greg Hildreth. “We’re still sight fishing for reds — there’s been plenty of that — and we’re still catching trout. It’s 72 degrees outside right now,” Greg said on Friday, January 20. “This is the mildest winter we’ve had a while,…
Saltwater: Inshore: Though fewer folks go after sea trout this time of year, Capt. Greg Hildreth said the trout fishing is very good. “We’ve had mild weather this month. The water temperature is still 60 degrees, which is perfect for trout. They’re just beginning to move to the deep holes,” Greg said. Last weekend a…
As the greenish-silver tarpon broke the surface and submerged only 10 feet from the boat, I yelled out of instinct “Tarpon. Tarpon! TARPON!” “This ought to last about 2.6 seconds if he bites,” I quipped, as I plunked my seatrout offering, a Saltwater Assassin four-inch Sea Shad suspended under a Cajun Thunder float, in front…
What happened to the kingfish bite? That was the question many were asking as they prepared for the 11th annual Golden Isles Kingfish Classic last month, Georgia’s largest saltwater tournament. Early season tropical weather and abundant rainfall seemed to have put the kingfish off the feed. Mid-July is normally the peak of the kingfish run,…
Coastal Georgia has never been known as a premier destination for tarpon anglers. Folks know and appreciate the area for speckled trout, redfish, and king mackerel, but places like Boca Grande and the Florida Keys get all the glamour press for the silver king. Yes, these places have earned their reputation, but Iʼll let you…
In August of 1975 a man named David Crews invited my father and I to join him on a flounder-gigging expedition to the sandbars of Harriet’s Bluff on the Crooked River in Camden County. It was the first time we had ever heard of such a thing, and for a 13-year-old, a terribly exciting proposition.…
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…
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