Savannah GA Fly Fishing

March Madness

scott — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:17:35 +0000

David Nice hat Paderson

Frank Beard

Jay "I can throw line across a fish's back and still cath him" Shelton

JayShelton

Tim "let me show ya how to catch a striper"Barette

someday I'll be big!

Matt "I don't care about the wind"

With the latest warming trends the bite has gotten even better. The past week we have had small tides and good weather which has been great for use and bad for the fish being caught. We have been tossing a few stripers in the mix but not much to talk about there. Yesterday things came to a climax with slick calm conditions and warm weather we had reds popping tailing and all around goofing off. Some of the schools were just rubbing on each other daisy chaining like tarpoon.

Still Kick’n it down south

scott — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:59:29 +0000

Last weeks tide provided us with some great sight casting on the flats. With bigger tides this week things may get a bit muddy but fish have to eat, just pick your day and the right part of the tide. Next week I am anticipating a warming trend with increase action with the stripers. With a bit warmer water the bait shoukd get off the bottom bringing the stripers with them. Another month or so we should start seeing some triple tail down south, and let me tell ya this fish is fun if your into sight casting with fly or spin. Pin point casting to a picky fish can drive a man nuts!

Febuary Fun

scott — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:19:19 +0000

We have been busting ome nice fishy’s ass. there have been some nice breaks in the weather to get out and sight cast reds. The water last week was as clear as you could imagine in the Cane Patch area with very large schols of reds ready to eat a fly. I have also seen a few more dead trout on the flats and 2 sheepshead floating. This is going to be the yeart to practice catch and release a smuch as possible. There are concerns of what this cold weather will do to the redfish fry that were spawned last fall. Let’s hope they are fine and we continue to see and increase in the number of reds out there

Having some fun

scott — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:40:12 +0000

Sean Gill and I decided we need to do something other than reds, so stripers it was. Not that we have to many choices in Feb. We had a nice day catching 5 fish in a couple of hours. After so many nasty days it was nice to feel the warm sun and light winds. The striper bite should only improve as more bait start to show up and the weather improves.

Flies

scott — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:38:01 +0000

the savannah fly

: popper stopper

I have been tying the savannah fly for about 15 years now and I have to say there has not been a better go to fly in my box for reds than this one. Although it’s not my fav for tailers in the grass, any low tide situation this fly has produced over the years. The best thing about this fly is simplicity. It only takes minutes to tie and it works. I will Tie this with no eyes bead chain or dumbell depending on the sink rate desired. The popper stopper is great for reds as well. Whether in the grass or low tide this fly can produce awesome topwater bites for reds

Reds and Stripers

scott — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:58:10 +0000

The stripers are banging around upriver, we headed out in 25mph winds and managed a couple of lil guys, The reds are really going nuts on the light wind days, this pic of Julie says it all! We managed easily 25 fish on fly and spin, with numerous doubles. With the water temps hopefully on the rise soon we will see more striper action. I love chasing reds in the shallows but stripers up river are a kick in the pants as well. Soon tripletail will be showing up by late March so get ready for some reel fun sight casting down south for these guys.

Conservation

scott — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:34:13 +0000

With the unusual cold this year there has been many trout floating dead in the area. Not a good sign. With spring comming anglers should do everything they can to release the large female trout to help replennish the stock sooner than later. With new reports, as of report time more fish are being seen dead. With this weeks temps being sub freezing at night we may loose even more fish. The last fish kill took four to five years for the trout to get the numbers back up. We can make a difference this time. The reds on the otherhand have been hang’n in there, many nice schools on the flats that are hungry due to the lack of bait. We can only pray that last years spawned off fry can make it thru the cold temps or we may have a couple of tough years ahead of us. Did some striper fishing yesterday and we managed two 4-5 lbs fish, tough day. All I can say is, Bring on spring ! it has been a long cold winter.

Feb is good, When the weather is right

scott — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:30:39 +0000

When the winds and tides line up up we have been busting their butts! We have had some great days of low tide red fishing in the clear waters of Feb. The other day a customer and I had seen this red tailing and spashing along a sanbar, we needed to go see what all the fuss was about. A nice red around 26 ” Had a 8 inch mullet pinned to the bar and was trying to get the head shot on him so he could finish him off. I told my guy I would let that guy be and let him enjoy his meal, and the beautiful day. There still is some spotty striper action to be had in the river, Some being caught in Port Wentworth bridge and down river as well.

anyone need an 8 piece rod

Big Stan

Location XX

scott — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:52:06 +0000

Tommy Webster and I have been sneeking into a new spot just North of Beaufort that has way to many fish in it. We managed a dozen fish in 2 hours with many doubles. I just wasn’t fair for the fish ! The bummer side of the deal was that the sun was getting low and the tide was near the bottom, making just trying to get out of this spot a major hassle.

Wee!!!!

scott — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:43:45 +0000

Last week with the warming trend the fish decided to shake the winter cold! Good frien Sean and I started the week w/ some fun fishing on the flats but the weather was still a bit cool, than tue came with a bit warmer weather and more fish, wed thur fri only got better.