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Title: Savannah River Fishing Report - Impressive Reds, Trout, and Flounder Biting on Fall Tides
Published 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Morning y’all, this is Artificial Lure with your October 5th Savannah River fishing report—coming to you while dawn is breaking just after 7:20 AM and the river wakes up under a clear, cool October sky.
We’re riding big fall tides this weekend, thanks to lingering effects from those king tides and a recent supermoon. According to Tide-Forecast, high tide hit around 6:59 this morning—topping out at just over eight feet. That’ll flood the banks and backwaters through midday, then bottom out after 1:20 this afternoon with another high rolling in at 7:30 PM. Look for strong currents and watch for some minor flooding in the low spots, especially marsh edges and bluff creeks.
Weather-wise, the National Weather Service says we’ll keep that solid northeast wind, 15 to 20 knots, with gusts possible up to 25. Seas offshore are running 5 to 6 feet, but inside the river and creeks, things are just choppy enough to keep that water stirred. Expect a mix of sun and clouds with maybe a scattered shower, but temps will hang in that pleasant mid-70s and the humidity’s dropped to make it a fine day for casting.
Best fishing has hit that magic window right around high tide this morning and again late this afternoon, especially with shallow points and creek mouths getting a good flush of bait. FishingReminder and local anglers report impressive activity lately, with red drum, speckled trout, and flounder all biting strong along shell points and creek channels. Several nice slot reds have been pulled this week up against Spartina edges on the outgoing tide, especially near Thunderbolt and Coffee Bluff, as well as in the bends around Hutchinson Island.
Speckled trout are grouped up in deeper bends and along drop-offs, especially where the tide pulls shrimp and finger mullet close. Anglers drifting live shrimp under popping corks are getting fast strikes—though some switching to Gulp! swimming mullets and Z-Man soft baits in electric chicken color are matching the hatch on murkier outgoing tides.
Flounder reports have picked up near Butter Bean Beach and along the riprap at the Savannah Bend. Folks dragging mud minnows or white paddle-tail plastics tight to structure during the last of the incoming and just as the water turns are finding flatfish up to three pounds.
Catfish, including a few blue cats pushing double digits, are coming from deeper water off the main river channel with chicken livers and cut shad. Don’t overlook big sheepshead stacking around the dock pilings—fiddler crabs or barnacles on a short leader do the trick.
Hot spots to try right now would be Thunderbolt Harbor for redfish on that dropping tide, Bahia Bleu Marina for mixed bag action, or up along the points between Coffee Bluff Marina and Isle of Hope for big trout and flounder, especially as the water just starts to turn out.
With all the bait in the system after these high tides, the best advice is keep moving until you find them, match your offering to what’s pouring out of the grass, and mind your drift—those strong fall currents will put fish right on the ambush spots.
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We’re riding big fall tides this weekend, thanks to lingering effects from those king tides and a recent supermoon. According to Tide-Forecast, high tide hit around 6:59 this morning—topping out at just over eight feet. That’ll flood the banks and backwaters through midday, then bottom out after 1:20 this afternoon with another high rolling in at 7:30 PM. Look for strong currents and watch for some minor flooding in the low spots, especially marsh edges and bluff creeks.
Weather-wise, the National Weather Service says we’ll keep that solid northeast wind, 15 to 20 knots, with gusts possible up to 25. Seas offshore are running 5 to 6 feet, but inside the river and creeks, things are just choppy enough to keep that water stirred. Expect a mix of sun and clouds with maybe a scattered shower, but temps will hang in that pleasant mid-70s and the humidity’s dropped to make it a fine day for casting.
Best fishing has hit that magic window right around high tide this morning and again late this afternoon, especially with shallow points and creek mouths getting a good flush of bait. FishingReminder and local anglers report impressive activity lately, with red drum, speckled trout, and flounder all biting strong along shell points and creek channels. Several nice slot reds have been pulled this week up against Spartina edges on the outgoing tide, especially near Thunderbolt and Coffee Bluff, as well as in the bends around Hutchinson Island.
Speckled trout are grouped up in deeper bends and along drop-offs, especially where the tide pulls shrimp and finger mullet close. Anglers drifting live shrimp under popping corks are getting fast strikes—though some switching to Gulp! swimming mullets and Z-Man soft baits in electric chicken color are matching the hatch on murkier outgoing tides.
Flounder reports have picked up near Butter Bean Beach and along the riprap at the Savannah Bend. Folks dragging mud minnows or white paddle-tail plastics tight to structure during the last of the incoming and just as the water turns are finding flatfish up to three pounds.
Catfish, including a few blue cats pushing double digits, are coming from deeper water off the main river channel with chicken livers and cut shad. Don’t overlook big sheepshead stacking around the dock pilings—fiddler crabs or barnacles on a short leader do the trick.
Hot spots to try right now would be Thunderbolt Harbor for redfish on that dropping tide, Bahia Bleu Marina for mixed bag action, or up along the points between Coffee Bluff Marina and Isle of Hope for big trout and flounder, especially as the water just starts to turn out.
With all the bait in the system after these high tides, the best advice is keep moving until you find them, match your offering to what’s pouring out of the grass, and mind your drift—those strong fall currents will put fish right on the ambush spots.
Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a river report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.