Savannah River Dawn Bite: Blues, Reds, and Trout on the Falling Tide

About this episode

The episode provides a detailed fishing report for the Savannah River, highlighting conditions and fish activity.

This is Artificial Lure with your Savannah River fishing report. We’ve got a muggy, fishy morning on the Savannah. Around Savannah and Port Wentworth, dawn came in right about 6:20 a.m., with sunset around 8:20 p.m. Air temps are running upper 60s at first light, climbing into the low-to-mid 80s this afternoon. Light southwest breeze early, picking up sea-breeze style south-southeast 10–15 mph later. Cloud cover is mixed, with a decent chance of a pop‑up shower after lunch, which can actually fire up the bite ahead of the rain. According to the NOAA tide tables for Savannah River Entrance, we’re looking at mid‑morning high water and an afternoon falling tide. That means the first strong outgoing push late morning through mid‑afternoon is your magic window in the main river and creek mouths. Water’s stained to muddy upriver with all the recent runoff, but down toward Elba Island and Fields Cut you’ll find a better green‑brown edge and a touch of salinity. Water temps are hovering around the low 70s, which has the river pretty lively. Recent chatter from local marinas up and down River Street and over by Hogan’s Marina and Bull River Marina says the inshore mix has been solid: slot…

People in this episode

Host: Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing
• Savannah River
• weather
• tide
• local fish species

Keywords

• Savannah River
• fishing report
• blue catfish
• redfish
• trout
• tide
• weather

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NOAA

Places: Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Savannah, Elba Island, Fields Cut, Houlihan Bridge, Clyo, Bull River Marina, Hogan’s Marina

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