Early June Savannah River: Trout and Reds Heating Up on the Lower River

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The episode discusses the current fishing conditions and patterns on the Savannah River, focusing on trout and redfish activity in early June.

This is Artificial Lure with your Savannah River fishing report. We’ve got a classic early‑June pattern setting up on the Savannah around Savannah, Port Wentworth, and up toward Augusta. Around the lower river and sounds, the morning tide is a strong incoming, with a high around mid‑morning and a solid outgoing through early afternoon. Evening brings another push of water right before dark. Light winds, mostly under 10 knots, and muggy temps in the upper 80s to low 90s this afternoon, cooling into the 70s overnight. Skies are partly cloudy, with a slight chance of a pop‑up shower inland. Sunrise comes early and sunset lands late enough to give you a good evening bite window. Water clarity on the main river is typical Savannah: stained to muddy in the main channel, a little cleaner in the back creeks and rice canals. Salinity is pushing upriver on these stronger tides, so you can find a brackish mix a bit farther inland than you might in spring. Recent trips and local chatter say inshore trout and redfish are finally waking up on the lower Savannah and the mouths of the creeks off the ICW. Folks working the shell bars and current seams near Elba Island and Hog Marsh have been…

People in this episode

Host: Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing report
• Savannah River
• trout fishing
• redfish
• tide patterns
• local fishing conditions

Keywords

• Savannah River
• trout
• redfish
• fishing report
• tide patterns
• live shrimp
• Elba Island
• Hog Marsh

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Products: live shrimp

Places: Savannah River, Savannah, Port Wentworth, Augusta, Elba Island, Hog Marsh

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