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Saltwater Fishing

Georgia’s Coastal Stripers Fall 2025 By Jimmy Jacobs

Coastal Cast N’ Blast Summer 2025 By Polly Dean

Seatrout On The Georgia Coast Spring 2025 By Jimmy Jacobs

Georgia’s Cold Weather Reds Fall 2024 By Polly Dean

Transitioning To Saltwater Fly Fishing Summer 2024 By Polly Dean

Georgia’s Shark Bonanza Spring 2024 By John Trussell

Popping Cork Tactics From A Pro Winter 2024 By Ben Baker

Targeting Beach Cobia Winter 2024 By Ron Brooks

Be Prepared With A Ready Rod Fall 2023 By Capt. Cefus McRae

Crankbaits For St. Marys Red Drum Summer 2023 By Ron Brooks

Savannah Area Saltwater Piers Summer 2023 By Ben Baker

PEACH STATE FACT FOR THE WEEK

October's Record Fish

Suwannee bass. Photo by Jimmy Jacobs.

While a lot of Georgia’s outdoorsmen are in the woodlands hunting whitetail deer, now is also a good time to be fishing. In fact, three of the Peach State’s freshwater state-record fish were caught in the month of October. Interestingly, all three were caught from rivers.

The record Suwannee bass was caught by Laverne Norton from the Ochlocknee River in 1984. That bass tipped the scales at 3 pounds, 9 ounces. In 2003, Glenn Settles set the record for yellow bullheads with a 4-pound, 15-ounce cat taken from the Ogeechee River. Finally, Tim Trone was fishing in the Chattahoochee River in 2020, when he caught a blue catfish that weight 110 pounds, 6 ounces.

This just might be the time to do a bit of river fishing. For a complete list of Georgia state-record freshwater fish, click here.

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