Winds were awful in the brine, but the freshwater bite was very good. And, the forecast for saltwater at the time of writing this is bumpy.
Try some river bass fishing before the water levels rise again. Be careful getting around if the area you choose is low.
Altamaha/Ocmulgee Rivers – Joshua Barber caught 23 bass (second trip in a row with 23 bass) up to three pounds in the lower river. Texas-rigged plastics were the ticket for them.
I fished the lower Ocmulgee and thought I was going to slam them. I caught a bass on a black/gold Wobble Blade and three on Texas-rigged worms in the first 15 minutes.
The rivers are at a good level for a change. Be careful getting around (it’s getting low), but the fishing has been good.
Satilla River – Luke Steedley fished the upper river with Satilla Spins (the crawfish color was best)and did well for panfish. He caught a couple dozen redbreasts and bluegills. Some of the bluegills were really fat, he said.
St. Marys River – Mike Greenman fished the middle river with his fly rod and caught a couple bream. He was flinging a yellow and white No. 6 popper.
Okefenokee Swamp – Curtis Hazel fished the east side with a couple of friends and trolled up about 20 bowfin with fire tiger Dura-Spins.
Eight members of The Atlanta Fly Fishing Club came down for a trip to the Okefenokee and had a blast. Folks caught bowfin, pickerel, fliers, warmouth, and even a James and Thad fished with me with James landing a bowfin on a fire tiger Bladed Fly at the first stop. The biggest surprise was an 8-inch warmouth that inhaled a 3-inch Game Changer (white).
They caught 11 fish total with bowfin up to 3-lb., 5oz. Their spinning rod fish came on lemon-lime Dura-Spins.
