UTERJanuary
Lanier stripers and deep spots
Planer boards with herring; drop shots.
Lanier to the Okefenokee
Georgia freshwater fishing
What's biting in Georgia freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and spotted bass at their peak, with bluegill, redear sunfish and warmouth around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 29 fish here month by month, from Lake Lanier to Chattahoochee tailwater.
Fall feed
Spotted-bass and striper highland reservoirs north of Atlanta, the Flint's shoal bass, Seminole's grass bass, blackwater rivers full of redbreast, and the trout of the Chattahoochee and the mountains.
Lake LanierLake SeminoleWest Point LakeLake AllatoonaFlint RiverAltamaha RiverChattahoochee tailwater
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Stripers come up.
Largemouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Striped bassShoal bassBlack crappie (speck)Redeye bass
This month here
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Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Redeye bass
Shoal bass
Suwannee bass
Black crappie (speck)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Warmouth
Redbreast sunfish
Spotted sunfish (stumpknocker)
Walleye
Chain pickerel
Flathead catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
Longnose gar
Florida gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Pre-spawn on Seminole; shad on the Savannah
Largemouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Striped bassBlack crappie (speck)Chain pickerelBlue catfish
Lipless cranks in the grass.
March
Bass and crappie on the beds
Largemouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Striped bassBlack crappie (speck)Suwannee bassRedear sunfish (shellcracker)
Seminole and Eufaula spawners.
April
Shoal bass wake up on the Flint
Largemouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Striped bassShoal bassBlack crappie (speck)Redbreast sunfish
Wade the shoals.
May
Lanier herring-spawn topwater
Walking baits on the points at dawn.
June
Bream beds and redbreast
Satilla redbreast on crickets.
July
Summer stripers deep
Downlines on Lanier.
August
Hot — fish early or deep
Flint shoal bass wading.
September
Fall transition
Topwater schools.
October · now
Fall feed
Stripers come up.
November
Crappie and stripers
Brush piles.
December
Winter stripers and spots
Follow the gulls.
Fish guides for Georgia freshwater
When, where and what to use, fish by fishAmerican shadBlue catfishFlathead catfishLargemouth bassRedbreast sunfishRedeye bassShoal bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Striped bassSuwannee bassWalleye
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