Inshore April fishing brings fishermen closer to the act of catching. Bait shops will start to carry what you need to get the fish’s attention — live shrimp. Pair the shrimp with traditional adjustable floats from large to small and popping corks and you’ll be catching fish in no time. Redfish, spotted sea trout, and…
Inshore Report I love it when the month of March rolls around on Savannah’s coast. I finally get to say “When the water temperature reaches 65 degree everything is alive!” This is the time of the year all fishermen and fish have been waiting for. Inshore fishermen can expect the cold redfish bite to thaw…
By the time January rolls around in Savannah, the migrating coastal inshore fish have left and the ones that are staying have gone into the hibernation mode. Spotted seatrout are normally wintering in deep holes in the creeks, rivers or sounds. The best way to catch them when in the hibernation mode is using a…
Inshore Waters Catching fish can happen in the month of December in Savannah, Georgia! Spotted sea trout, flounder, and redfish are bulking up for cold weather patterns. It’s also time to be a weather watcher. Normally the inshore bite will “turn on big time” when there is an approaching cold front. The fish usually feed…
Inshore Inshore fishermen can go into “watch and catch mode” for spotted seatrout, redfish, flounder, sheepshead, black drum, shark, Spanish mackerel and cobia. Now is also the time to bring out the cast net and catch your own bait. Peanut menhaden, finger mullet, mud minnows and shrimp are plentiful. All of these baits will work…
March marks the long-awaited end to slower winter fishing season. As I say, when the water temperature reaches 65, everything comes alive! Inshore fishermen can expect the cold redfish bite to thaw and will see spotted sea trout too. And at the end of the day when those bites end, you can try bottom fishing…
For those fishermen that want to have a go at striped bass, AKA rockfish, February is a great month. In our area the Savannah River and Ogeechee River are the two places that seem to hold the interest of these strong pulling fish. The best rockfish bait are live shrimp, finger mullet, and threadfin herring….
The Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), based out of Texas, is a national membership-based marine conservation group that stresses science-based fisheries management decisions. Going beyond catch and release, CCA strives for long-term coastal ecosystem health. On November 19-21, 2013 the CCA brought together marine biologists and Association leaders for a summit in Texas to update the…
By the time the month of January rolls around the migrating inshore fish are gone, and everything left has gone into hibernation. Spotted sea trout are wintering in deep holes in the creeks, rivers or sounds, so the best way to catch them is to use small freshwater jigs with curly tails or super grubs…
Inshore During the month of December the fish are biting fast in an effort to bulk up for the quickly approaching cold weather patterns. It’s a great time to be a weather watcher, as the inshore bite will really get going when a cold front is on the way. The fish usually feed hard 18…
Alicia Parsons is the Executive Director of the South Carolina Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), and organizes the annual Red*Trout tournament, which takes place in late October each year at the Charleston Harbor Marina. In 2013, 31 boats helped to raise just over $100K, and the twelve-year fundraising total is now more than…
When the month of November rolls around, the inshore bite certainly picks up for what’s called the “Savannah Slam”…Red fish, spotted sea trout, and flounder. The secret to catching more inshore fish in these fall months is to use live shrimp as bait. All fish like shrimp because it’s easy to eat, easy to kill…
Inshore fishermen get to experience the big bull redfish migration. These monsters start their migration pattern from creeks, rivers, and upper sound areas before making way to the beach fronts and then the ocean. Schooling baits such as mullet and menhaden provide much feeding opportunity for these fish. How to find the Big Bull RedFish…
The month of October offers fishermen a bigger bite scenario. Inshore fishermen get to experience the big bull redfish migration, which starts taking place this month. These monster redfish start their migration pattern from where they have been holing in the creeks, rivers, and upper sound areas. Once in the back of the (closer to…
Spring causes redfish to break out of the winter pattern of staying in large schools. They break up into smaller pods and fan out across the marshes of the Lowcountry looking for bait. Caleb Davis, age 15, and his father Ron, mimic that behavior as they scan and scour the marsh looking for redfish to…