Georgia Inshore Fishing Report

Inshore: The water in the sounds and rivers has been an issue over the past couple of months with freshwater run-off and muddy water making many areas simply un-fishable. Lately, however, the water has been cleaning up nicely thanks to great weather and tides. As a result the Trout fishing has seen an overall improvement in the first few days of June.

As is typical this time of year, there are a lot of smaller Trout around. You will find that one day you will find keeper Trout in a spot and the next it will be mostly smaller ones. Moving around and fishing through different tide stages will be a big part of finding bigger fish and many times you can grind out some decent fish that are mixed in with the smaller ones.

Flounder fishing continues to improve around the inlets. In a recent podcast with Capt. Tim Cutting, he recommends looking for man-made structure near an inlet. Docks, bridge pilings, jetties, and creek mouths are often where you will find flat fish laying up. A Carolina rigged finger mullet or mud minnow as well as paddle tails and screw tail grubs on jig heads are best presented by making short casts around the structure. Be sure to make a solid hook set and Flounder will often clamp down on the bait only to open their mouths and spit the hook once they see the boat.

Georgia Shark Fishing Report
Nearshore: Around the beaches the Shark fishing has been stellar both drifting behind shrimp boats and anchoring up around the sandbars. Big Pogies have been plentiful and easy to find and are a bait of choice right now. Tarpon and being seen randomly although not predictably.

Georgia Offshore Fishing Report
Offshore: Bluewater has pushed in closer than normal right now providing excellent visibility. The down side of this is that many fish will be leader shy and you may need to down size your tackle. Cobia fishing has been a main focus around the artificial reefs and offshore buoys. Anytime you venture offshore you should have a “pitch rod” rigged and ready for Cobia. Some good options are a blue and white bucktail jig, Hogy Eel, or Gulp Eel. Cobia will come up to investigate the boat without warning and you want to be ready.

In a recent podcacst, Capt. Brian Woelber recommends taking as much time as necessary to bait up with Pogies before heading offshore to fish for Cobia. I would have to agree as most of the fish that have been caught on my boat in the last couple of weeks chose to eat Pogies over the artificial offerings.This week I decided to do a solo show. It's been a while since the podcast was just a good ol' standard fishing report and I'm swamped with charters so I figured it was a good time.