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Fishing Reports
Inshore: Good, but an east wind has made conditions tough. “The fishing has been good when we have been able to get out,” said Capt. Greg Hildreth. “Last week was the full moon, so we were fishing the flood tide in the grass for tailing reds. We caught all our fish in the grass on…
When you talk about saltwater fishing in Glynn County, you are talking about the Golden Isles. Jekyll, St. Simons, Sea and Little St. Simons islands make up this chain of barrier islands that protect some of the finest estuary salt marsh on the planet, and some of the best fishing to be found along the…
Worried about seasickness and long boat rides? Three of Georgia’s coastal islands offer saltwater fishing within walking distance of your vehicle. The intricate network of sandbars, sloughs and points found near coastal inlets and barrier-island beaches are a battlefield for predator and prey, each vying to win the age-old contest for survival. Wind and waves…
Saltwater: Inshore: On the southern Georgia coast, Capt. Greg Hildreth reports that the seatrout fishing has been very good, as has the flounder bite. “The redfishing has also been good at the low-tide spots using topwater plugs and on the fly rod,” he said. Toward Savannah, Capt. Judy Helmey said despite fast, dirty water because…
Georgia is blessed to have an estuary system that blankets its entire coastline. From the barrier islands all the way back into the salt marshes, fish and marine life are abundant and are relatively untouched by the masses of fishermen found in other locations. These estuaries, fed by a mix of ocean water and fresh…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Greg Hildreth reports that the inshore fishing has been very good on the southern Georgia coast. “Inshore, the trout have started biting now that the water’s warming up. I’ve been catching them with live shrimp as well as the artificial D.O.A. Shrimp fished under a popping cork. The trout have been in…
At the mouth of the St. Marys River on the Florida-Georgia border, a wide dredged channel runs east into the ocean for about a mile. It is a deep channel, one that allows part of our nuclear submarine fleet access to their port at Kings Bay. On the north and south of the channel, jetties…
Saltwater: Inshore: The fishing for sea trout is fair right now, and it will quickly move up to the excellent rating in the next week or so as the water temperatures continue to climb. Some good catches of trout have come on live shrimp on slip-float rigs. There have already been some nice catches of…
I remember my first hot seatrout bite like it was yesterday. My father and I pulled my small jonboat within casting range of an oyster-shell point in a creek slicing through Saint Simons Island at the beginning of flood tide. As the water began easing its way up the point, seatrout swarmed from the deeper…
Inshore: The trout fishing has slowed down with all the cold weather we have been having, according to Capt. Greg Hildreth. “The trout that are being caught have moved into the deeper holes in 12 to 20 feet and are being taken with boot-tail minnows and lead heads. The most productive colors have been the…
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