Saltwater is still on fire, and several other freshwater fisheries produced some good catching this week, as well. Pretty much all the southeast Georgia rivers are fishable again.
River gages Thursday, October 31 were:
• Clyo on the Savannah River – 5.6 feet and falling
• Abbeville on the Ocmulgee – 1.5 feet and falling
• Doctortown on the Altamaha – 5.2 feet and falling
• Waycross on the Satilla – 7.0 feet and falling
• Atkinson on the Satilla – 6.2 feet and falling
• Statenville on the Alapaha – 4.3 feet and falling
• Macclenny on the St Marys – 3.2 feet and falling
• Fargo on the Suwannee – 4.6 feet and falling
Altamaha River – A couple of Waycross anglers fished the river and caught 21 bass up to 2.52 pounds.
They had one straighten the hook that was in the 6pound range. They also had five bowfin up to eight pounds.
Okefenokee Swamp – The fishing effort has been almost zero again this week on the east side.
The best reports were for catfish on the west side (at the Sill). Putting shrimp on the bottom produced the best catches. The fish are there and will bite, and the water level is good for getting around (but not too high).
The most recent water level (Folkston side) was 121.15 feet.
Saltwater (Ga. Coast) – Saltwater fishing has been excellent again.
Tim Corey fished with me in the Brunswick area. We did great for redfish, black drum, and even a couple nice flounder. We caught 15 redfish (nine of them were oversized), a half-dozen trout up to 18 inches, a few black drum, and two nice flounder up to 19 inches.
About 2/3 of our fish ate live shrimp rigged on a 3/16oz., 3/0 hook Redfish Wrecker Jighead. We tightlined the shrimp on the bottom, reeled into the fish when it bit, and the Gamakatsu circle hook got them in the corner of the mouth almost every time.
We also bounced a rootbeer Keitech 4-inch swimbait on a 1/4-oz. Zombie Eye Jighead for about 1/3 of our fish (including the big flounder a couple of our biggest redfish).
