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Saltwater Fishing
DNR Commissioner Mark Williams has announced that the newest wildlife license plate for motor vehicles and trailers is now available. The Marine Habitat License Plate featuring a red drum, also commonly referred to as redfish and spottail bass, can be purchased through local tag offices across the state using code: NR. The new tag design features…
This time of year there is an annual migration that gets the attention of a growing number of anglers along the Georgia coast. The Atlantic tripletail show up, and with their arrival, a very different option for anglers becomes available. Tripletail get their name from their large, rounded dorsal and anal fins, which closely match…
Whether you call them whiting or southern kingfish, depends on where you live. The whiting we catch on the Georgia coast are the same fish that folks in Virginia call southern kingfish. For all of us in Georgia, it’s simply whiting. The Georgia DNR Coastal Resources Division tells us that the whiting is the second…
Early spring finds wading and water birds of all kinds moving back into the marshes and creeks of Georgia’s coastline. In its relatively short 100 miles—as the crow flies—of coastline, Georgia has more estuary and marshland and more actual shoreline than any other state on the Atlantic coast, sans Florida. That fact is the reason…
Winter to some saltwater anglers means putting away the fishing gear and waiting for the spring weather to show up. But there is no need to do that if you really want to fish. Granted you have to dress for the weather, and it may be a bit uncomfortable, but there are fish to be…
Rivers are still very swollen, and you can’t get to some of the various boat ramps because the ramps and access roads are flooded. Your best bets this week are ponds and saltwater. Satilla River: The river is still up in flood stage, but it should be falling throughout this week. The annual Satilla Riverkeeper fishing tournament will be held May 3-12. Get the details on the Satilla River Facebook page. St. Marys River: Brentz McGhin and a friend fished the river with crickets over the weekend and caught a nice mess of panfish, but it wasn’t on fire. They pitched plastics for warmouth and caught bowfin and a few small bass. The river is up, and they worked for their fish. Okefenokee Swamp: I heard two good reports of warmouth this week. A couple dabbled live crawfish for four hours on Wednesday morning and caught 20 warmouth. Another angler…
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Saltwater Recipes
1 lb. large fresh shrimp 1 tsp. Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning 1 7-oz. can corn kernels 1/4 cup dry parsley 1/4 cup dry basil 1/4 cup dry white wine 3 ozs. Andouille sausage 1 medium zucchini 1 large red bell pepper 2 tbsp. olive oil Slice the Andouille sausage and zucchini into thin slices. Core…
This is one of the many recipes from the book Black Belt Bounty. This recipe is from Chris Blankenship, the commissioner of Alabama DCNR. 2 pounds red snapper, bass or any white, flaky fish 1 cup yellow mustard 1 box Zatarain’s Crispy Southern-Style Fish-Fri Vegetable or Canola oil Once filets are properly cleaned and cut…
The only thing that might be more fun than catching a redfish is eating one. This is the author’s favorite recipe for preparing his catch: Season redfish fillets with Redfish Magic seasoning (other blackening seasonings will work, also). Grill at 450 for one minute on each side, and then finish cooking filets on a sheet…