Posts by Ron Brooks
Crankin’ For Rip-Rap Redfish
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…
Read MoreSeminole Hybrid Bass Schooling In The Fall
While it is not an unknown fishery on Seminole, hybrid bass are not a particularly sought-after species there. Known for huge stripers, bass and crappie, the sprawling Florida-Georgia border lake at the confluence of the Flint River, Spring Creek and the Chattahoochee River actually has a large population of hybrids just waiting to be caught. Rob…
Read MoreTrip To Shark Alley
In September, shark fishing is at its peak in the inlets and sounds along the Georgia coast. This peak is just what some anglers await each year. We went after “Jaws” in August, hoping to find more of what had recently been a big-fish bite along the coast. Capt. David Newlin took us out of…
Read MoreReady For A Georgia Kingfish Tournament
Tournament—there’s something about that word that gets the blood moving in many anglers. The competition, the recognition, the camaraderie, and the possible winning purse all combine to make tournament fishing something special. Many bass anglers have fished in tournaments, from local club events all the way up to FLW and B.A.S.S. sanctioned affairs. But until the…
Read MoreCatch Doormat Flounder Under The Docks
Flounder season is here, and the early run of fish in southeast Georgia has some flounder the size of doormats just waiting to be caught. The fish have migrated back inshore from their winter haunts to the sand around nearshore reefs and wrecks. Now is the time to cash in on some hard fighting and…
Read MoreSaltwater Fishing Georgia Reachable Nearshore Reefs
Lots of Georgia anglers have a desire to go saltwater fishing offshore. Unfortunately, because they think offshore means a 40-mile run, or their boat is too small, they stay inshore. There is good news for those with smaller boats — those in the 18- to 20-foot range. This month you can get in some “offshore”…
Read MoreRooster Redbreast On the St. Marys River
May is the month that southeast Georgia anglers hit the streams and rivers. The red-breasted sunfish are bedding this month, and some of the biggest you will ever catch can be caught right now. Whether you call them redbreasts, red-bellies, or robins, these fish are great to eat and put up quite a fight on…
Read MoreMap To Camden County Inshore Saltwater Fishing
Reading an article about saltwater fishing in Georgia generally means learning about catches either off- shore, or around the Brunswick or Savannah areas. Not that that’ s a bad thing, but there are a lot more places to fish along the coast than just those two or three locations. Five counties have a significant piece…
Read MoreShad Migration On The Ogeechee River
Bill Stall and his father-in-law Dan Rushing. hurriedly loaded fishing gear into two 14-foot aluminum boats. Both men are seasoned shad fishermen, and they were anxious to get into the water and get their lines wet, because the shad migration up the Ogeechee was under way. These silvery fish, known for tarpon-like jumping, are a…
Read MoreRight Combination For Georgia Redfish
Spring in the marshes. Wading and water birds of all kinds are moving back into the marshes and creeks of Georgia’s coastline. In its relatively short 100 miles of coastline, Georgia has more estuary and marshland than any other state on the Atlantic coast. That fact, according to Capt. Mark Noble, is the reason there…
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