• Savannah Fishing Report - GA

    Miss Judy Charters
    http://www.missjudycharters.com
  • Miss Judy Charters provides Inshore fishing, Offshore fishing, and Gulf Stream fishing charters. Whether it's sport fishing for the serious angler or a leisurely day for the family, we have the trip for you. We have been fishing in Savannah, Tybee and adjacent waters for over 50 years. We have the knowledge for your inshore and offshore fishing adventure.

  • Savannah Fishing Report - GA

    Captain Tommy Williams of Miss Judy Charters is showing up a big thumbs and Dina Duffey Newnan, Georgia is showing us why! She is holding a nice Atlantic sharpnose shark that was caught while plain old bottom fishing in the sound with small pieces of shrimp!!




    Fists Full Of Fish!



    Please meet a great inshore Savannah Fishing Team! Who showed them the catching way? Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters What was Captain Garrett using for bait? Dead shrimp fished on the bottom! And where was he fishing? In the sound!
    Left to right: Chris Mathews, Russ Strazzella, O’Neil Strickland and Aaron Glasscock
    They are all holding a nice red fish? What does this mean? A plate full of blacken red fish just might be in their future!

    Inshore catching seems to be more reliable everyday! What does this mean? Well, our inshore captains are catching some nice red fish spotted sea trout flounder and black drum...and they seem to be more confident than not about catching!

    Stella Ross aka Captain Garrett Ross daughter helped her father pickup the shrimp he caught while throwing the old cast net the past weekend!




    Where oh where are the shrimp a hiding?


    Live shrimp, at least in the Savannah, Georgia area has been little to none! Those bait houses normally selling shrimp during this time of the year, including Miss Judy’s Bait House, have not been opened yet. Why? No shrimp! We cannot catch any in this area. Some bait houses are selling live shrimp that is being shipped in from Florida. I have heard that the Florida shrimp are real hardy and work too! We are waiting for the shrimp to show up here and then we can open our bait house doors! Anyhow, from Captain Garrett shrimp catching report...


    Here’s what I know about Captain Garrett shrimp catching plight!


    Captain Garrett headed to his casting destination at the end of a negative tide. While casting right at the water line, which was in the 2 foot range, he caught no shrimp. He moved out into the 6 foot range, only threw the cast net a dozen times, and caught lot of shrimp at least for a second. Most of the shrimp were too small and just swam through the net. However, he did catch a few, which is better than none at all. What does this mean? It means soon we GOT SHRIMPS!


    Let’s just go plain old fishing or should I say , “CATCHING!”

    While inshore fishing with Captain Tommy Williams of Miss Judy Charters in the sound this past week Brady Duffey age 14 Newnan caught this nice shark! Brady with fishing with his parents Dina and Scott Duffey! What else did they catch? Whiting Whiting and whiting!


    RED FISH RED FISH RED FISH RED FISH!!
    Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters says, “May’s red fish bite has officially started!”




    How do I know this? Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charter’s fish’s all of the time and he told me so! Do I believe him? We had better; he has got the pictures to prove it!! This fish was caught early Sunday morning on a cloudy day on plain old dead shrimp and an assortment of Gulps lures! What does this mean? Well, to catch a fish you must consider, as Captain Garrett does, location, location, and location!





    Babs Wall Orange Bonaire, Georgia and Captain Judy! This picture was taken before it poured and poured and poured! See the dark rain cloud in the background? Well, we were right where it started and ended! The good news it wasn’t sideways rain due to heavy winds. It was just straight up and down extra big drop rain!



    Alan Wall Bonaire, Georgia is holding a just caught soon to be released Juvenile bonnet head shark!




    Please meet a serious fishing family! They made reservations four months in advance for an offshore fishing trip. However, dear old Mother Nature dealt an old different set of cards. Even though lots of wind and rain was predicted this family was not going to stop their fish day from happening! So therefore that said, “Let’s just go fishing!”
    From left to right: straw hat Jimmy Orange, Jamie Wall Captain Judy holding a bonnet head shark, Karen Wall, Babs Wall Orange and her brother Alan Wall. Mr. Richard Wall is standing behind Jami!! What do we all have in common? We are soaked to the bone wet!! (Everyone from Bonaire, Georgia) What else did they catch? Whiting, croaker, pig fish, empty oyster shells, marsh grass sticks, rock crab loaded with eggs, stingray, and sea robins.


    Right before the rains came Babs Wall Orange hooked up something very big. She fought it for about 10 minutes before the rain started and was still fighting it 20 minutes into the heavy downfall. Here’s the thing we really never got to see this fish, but it acted like a large shark, then a large manta ray, then a large sturgeon, then a large cobia, then a trophy red fish, then a saltwater crock, or a oversized money face prickle back, and now I guess you know where I am going with this. When you are fishing in salt water no matter where you never really know what you might hook up! But here’s what I do know, “It is still growing!” What does this mean? “Lots of tales can be generated and a story that really never has to end!”


    Artificial Reefs in less than 50 feet of water



    I think this father son duo caught a nice set of twins! (Little Tunny) Ahmad Abria and his father Hosam both from Minnesota not only caught some nice fish, but from the looks of it lucked out on calm ocean situation!




    Mohammad Elsawaf visiting from Minnesota had a great catching day! He is holding a just caught Bonita! What caught this fish’s fancy? A small 00 Clark Spoon!


    Savannah Genuine Snapper and mega sharks Banks

    This is just one of the big sharks that David Miller Ohio caught while live bait fishing at the banks! Detail about this trip in next week’s fishing report!




    It is that time of the year where you could not only catch but also keep some really nice fish! While plain old bottom fishing our customer have been catching some nice grouper, genuine red snapper, (catch and release only) cobia, amberjack, almaco jack, big sharks (catch and release only) vermilion snapper, white grunts, porgy (white bone, knobbed, and red porgy) trigger fish, black sea bass, and other colorful biters. The bottom line it’s time to go catch some color!




    Gulf Stream



    Photo by Captain Garrett Ross
    A sail fish doing what it does best, which is taking batting practice at its’ intended meal!


    Yes it is still and it only going to get better! I will explain better later!



    This is my mother Jerry Lovett Helmey
    (1925-1957)
    What is she sitting in? My red radio flyer wagon!


    You can’t see them too well, but she has on a pair of crabbing boots!


    Extra Money


    Many years ago when I was about 8 years old I had myself quite a few little businesses’ going on. During the summer time I would occasionally take a few people or should I say “daddy’s friends to do what’s now called “Sports crabbing!” All I had to do was tie a chicken neck on the end of a string, drop over into my hot crabbing spot, and normally the crabs would come. The pay was good. I normally got $5.00 a trip. Heck, this was a good amount now that I think about it. Since I didn’t have to pay for my boat, fuel, dockage, or property taxes all monies collected were mine for the keeping. Now that I think about it, “those are definitely the days to long for!” I can’t say that I ran a lot of these crabbing trips, but when I did I always got paid.
    I had another small business. I used to turn in coke bottles for their deposit. I would load up my red radio flyer wagon and off to the local 7 Eleven I would go. The local store was own by the Mr. Soc. I never knew his last name. My father opened me a charge account there. It was to be used for emergencies such as miscounting of the funds in my pocket when I was trying to make a purchase. At the time I didn’t think to use it too much. Boy, what was wrong with me?
    Most coke bottles would bring about $.02 cents. As time went on they got as high as $.05 cents. My radio flyer would hold about two cases of drink bottles. Or should I say that was about all I could pull by myself. If I had help they would want some of the proceeds so I decided just to do it my darn self.
    Back in my childhood days, before it was even popular I would cut my sleeves off my shirts and pants. I loved the “raggedy look!” For me it was the in style! When you first cut your sleeves or pants off they didn’t really look very cool until they were washed a few times. Upon washing the fringes would develop, which is the look I loved. I must have looked pretty bad, because one day while pulling my painted radio flyer wagon full of old coke bottles in my raggedy clothes someone gave me a dollar. I was puzzled at first, but then after I thought about it a new business was formed I found out that I had an entirely different business, which was “dressing for success!”
    Soc must have seen the whole thing un-fold. He told my father and when he got home, boy did I get in trouble. He was mad because I had taken money in the first place, but also the fact it was from a stranger. I really didn’t understand at first, my father had always told me not to take candy from strangers. He never said a thing about money!
    Now you know the rest of the story!

    Thanks for reading! Captain Judy
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