Savannah River Fishing Report: Incoming Tide, Redfish and Trout On the Move

Good morning, y’all, this is Artificial Lure with your Savannah River fishing report for the Georgia and South Carolina side. The tide table for the lower Savannah River and nearby Savannah-area marshes is showing a classic moving-water bite window today, with the best action around the incoming tide and the first of the outgoing. On the river proper, that push of water should have redfish, trout, and flounder feeding along drains, points, and oyster edges. If you can fish the last hour of the incoming and the first two of the ebb, that’s prime time. Weather-wise, the coastal breeze looks workable, with warm May air, plenty of humidity, and a good chance of cloud cover at times. That kind of weather usually keeps the bite honest if the wind doesn’t get too ugly. Sunrise is around 6:21 AM and sunset about 8:20 PM, giving you a long day to chase them. Early light and the last hour before dark are your best windows. Recent reports from local anglers around the Savannah River and adjacent creeks have been steady on redfish, with several fish in the slot and a handful of larger bull reds showing up deeper and around current seams. Speckled trout have been mixed in near grass lines and creek mouths, and flounder are starting to show better on bottom around bait-rich areas. A few catfish and striped bass have also been reported in the main river, especially where current breaks off structure. If you want to catch fish today, I’d lean on live shrimp, mud minnows, and finger mullet for bait. For artificials, the old reliable soft-plastic paddletail in natural shrimp, white, or new penny is money. A 1/8 to 1/4 ounce jighead will cover most of the shallow to mid-depth water. Topwaters early can get the trout fired up, and a gold spoon or weedless paddletail is hard to beat around grass and mud edges for reds. If the water’s stained, bump up the vibration and scent. The hottest spots today are the mouths of feeder creeks on the Georgia side, the deeper bends and shell banks around the lower river, and the marsh drains off the South Carolina side where bait is pinched out on moving tide. Around harbor edges, bridge shadow lines, and any place with hard current and a softer eddy behind it, you’ve got a real shot at a quality fish. If I were making a quick plan, I’d start at daylight with topwater or a shrimp imitation near creek mouths, then switch to live shrimp under a cork or on bottom as the tide gets moving. As the water starts falling, work deeper cuts and current edges for reds and flounder. Keep your eyes open for mullet flicking and birds working bait, because that’s where the dinner bell’s ringing. That’s the word from the river today. Fish the tide, stay on the moving water, and don’t overlook the ugly little pockets where bait gets trapped. Thank you for tuning in, and be sure to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn