August Savannah River Fishing Report: Reds, Trout, Flounder, and Cats Biting This Friday

This is Artificial Lure with your Savannah River fishing report for Friday, August 29, 2025. If you’re planning to hit the water in and around the Georgia–South Carolina line today, here’s what’s biting and what to expect. Let’s start with the conditions. Sunrise came in at 6:51 AM and sunset won’t be till 8:01 PM, giving us plenty of daylight to work those drop-offs and grass lines. The tide’s running mellow this morning: early low around 6 AM, then peaking with a high at 12:20 PM before dropping again late afternoon. With a tidal coefficient in the mid-40s, don’t expect screaming currents—drifts will be smooth, but fish may hold tighter to structure. Slight east winds around 10 knots, seas at 2 to 3 feet, and only a slim shot at light showers in the PM, according to the National Weather Service Marine Forecast. Water’s in that warm late summer sweet spot. Fish metabolism’s high, so they’re chasing bait, but look for ‘em in deeper holes or shaded banks as temps climb mid-morning. Water clarity's decent, as we haven’t had big rains to muddy things up this week. It’s been a classic August pattern for catches. Local reports talk up a mix of red drum, a few nice slot speckled trout, and flounder from the creek mouths at outgoing tide. Catfish action is steady upriver, with channel and blue cats taking cut herring and stinkbaits—some fish over 10 pounds. Bass anglers are still picking off largemouth around snaggy timber and tidal pockets, best on the early topwater. Hot spots you’ll want to try: - **Elba Island Cut**—the riprap and outflow areas are holding reds and a few hefty trout, especially as the tide swings high to outgoing. - **Hutchinson Island side channels**—excellent for flounder and a surprise sheepshead or two tight to crab trap pilings. - **Downriver near Fort Pulaski**—drop a line in the eddies behind visible pilings and rocks; solid for mixed bags and that shot at a bull red as the biggest tides get moving. Best baits lately have been live finger mullet and mud minnows under popping corks. Artificials that are producing: root beer or electric chicken paddle tails on quarter-ounce jig heads, and gold spoons when there’s a little chop. For trout, MirrOlures or similar suspending jerkbaits are working, especially in the clearer water pockets. Flounder guys are wading or boating shallow and working Gulp! swimming mullets in pink or white. If you’re going out for cats upriver after dark, cut menhaden and chicken liver on a slip sinker rig is still the ticket. For bass, buzzbaits and frogs at first light, switching to soft plastics like Zoom Trick Worms as the sun gets up. All in all, it’s shaping up to be a solid late-summer Friday. Just remember to watch the afternoon storms—odds are low, but the wind can kick up unexpectedly. That’s the word from the banks and backwaters of the Savannah River. Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.