Savannah River Heating Up: Reds, Trout, and Cats on the Move

About this episode

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

This is Artificial Lure with your Savannah River fishing report, coming to you like a buddy at the ramp. We’ll start with conditions around Savannah and Port Wentworth on the Savannah River. National Weather Service Savannah is calling for a warm, muggy late-spring pattern: morning temps in the upper 60s climbing into the mid 80s, light southwest breeze 5–10 knots inland, a bit more out near the sound. Skies are partly cloudy with a chance of a quick afternoon shower, but nothing that should blow you off the water fast. Barometer’s steady to slightly falling, which usually nudges the bite up around moving water. According to NOAA tide predictions for Savannah River entrance, we’re looking at a mid‑morning high and an afternoon falling tide. Around town docks you’ll see that water creeping up at first light, topping out mid‑morning, then easing out through early afternoon. That incoming around sunrise and the first push of the outgoing are your best windows. Sunrise is right around 6:20 a.m., with sunset about 8:20 p.m., so you’ve got a nice long day to work those edges. The cooler first two hours after sunup and last two before dark are still your prime time, especially up in the…

Topics covered

• fishing report
• Savannah River
• weather conditions
• inshore fishing
• local fish species

Keywords

• Savannah River
• fishing report
• redfish
• trout
• flounder
• stripers
• cats
• weather
• tide predictions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Weather Service, NOAA

Products: redfish, trout, flounder, stripers, cats

Places: Savannah, Port Wentworth, Savannah River, Savannah River entrance, Savannah-area, lower river, creek mouths, upriver

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