| St. Simons Island - Saltwater Fishing Report | | | | quite challenging no matter the anglers skill level. |
| Georgia Saltwater Fishing Report - 03/13/2010 | | | | Drop it to the bottom, game on around the Georgia |
| This entire month has been a battle with cold | | | | Offshore Reefs. The slightest tap of the rod tip and |
| weather, fresh water run-off and big tides here on | | | | you're almost too late on the hook set. They're |
| the Georgia Coast. Every time it rains north of here, | | | | challenging to feel on the bite and challenging to catch |
| the fresh water rivers dump it all into the Atlantic | | | | as well. If you thought you felt something, that was |
| around Jekyll Island Georgia and St. Simons Island | | | | him... Sheepshead earn their stripes honestly. They're |
| Georgia. | | | | thieves...hence their offshore name, "Reef Bandits". |
| Just so happens, this is where we do all our fishing! | | | | Reef Bandits stack up heavy on the nearshore reefs |
| Well, first off, fresh water by the gazillions of tons is | | | | off Coastal Georgia in 30-60 ft. of water on wrecks, |
| bad enough... Then, hope that fresh rain water | | | | hard bottom outcroppings and other structure. The |
| warms up. Not happening any time soon, that's for | | | | larger spawning sheepshead pile in during late March |
| sure. Rain water is cold, and the weather isn't warm | | | | and early April. We suggest you limit your catch, not |
| yet, so we're stuck with it for a couple of more | | | | catch your limit on these big, hard fighting females. |
| weeks from inshore up to 10 miles offshore. | | | | They're carrying the eggs, so we like to keep only |
| So, we make the best of a bad situation. We go | | | | enough to eat and we send the rest back down to |
| offshore. Even with Red Snapper fishing closed, we | | | | fight another day. |
| still have a few tricks in the bag. And, I don't want to | | | | Georgia is unique in the Sheepshead fishery. I haven't |
| catch small fish, so we resort to catching HUGE | | | | fished many places where the offshore reefs are |
| sheepshead spawning on the offshore reefs. | | | | covered with sheepies like Georgia. We are fortunate |
| Sheepshead eat just about as well as Snapper and | | | | to have such a good fishery off our small coast. In |
| the definitely fight just as good or maybe even | | | | the event of fresh water intruding into our normal |
| harder than a Snapper. | | | | fishing patterns, we can normally alternate to another |
| The bait used is quite different and harder to come | | | | species and please our customers and have a BIG |
| by, the fiddler crab. Most people have heard of this | | | | TIME doing it... Fish hard, and have fun! |
| type of fishing, but it's mainly done on fishing piers | | | | May the wind be at your back, and your coolers be |
| and the backwater with live shrimp or fresh cut | | | | full! |
| shrimp. | | | | St. Simons Island Fishing Forecast: |
| If you have never been offshore on the reefs for | | | | As the water temperature warms, the inshore and |
| Sheepshead, Georgia is the place to do it. The fish | | | | offshore fishing will only get better into April and May |
| can exceed 10 pounds and on light casting tackle, it's | | | | 2010. |