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Savannah River Fishing Report: Reds, Trout, Cats, and Bream on the Bite
Artificial Lure here with your Savannah River fishing report for May 7, 2025, coming at you bright and early. If you’re heading out today, expect true spring weather—mild in the morning and warming fast by midday, with highs topping out in the upper 70s to low 80s and a light southerly breeze. Skies are mostly clear, so fish will be feeding strongest at dawn and dusk. Sunrise is about 6:35 AM and sunset’s around 8:10 PM, giving you plenty of daylight to get after it. Tide-wise, we’re seeing a moderate influence downriver: look for an early morning high tide carrying bait up into the grasses, with a low tide sweeping out late afternoon. That means your best action will be right at first light and again the last two hours before sunset when the fish are on the move and looking for a meal.
Now, let’s talk fish. The river is alive right now. Down near the mouth and around the marshes, redfish—call them spot tails if you’re local—are biting well on the rising tide. Best spots are grassy points and mouths of the feeder creeks, especially where there’s a bit of current. Speckled trout action is hot right alongside them. Look for ‘em where moving water runs past shell beds or grass edges. Both species are chasing mullet and glass minnows, so if you’re throwing lures, match the hatch—soft plastics on a jig head in natural colors, or live shrimp under a popping cork. Paddletail swimbaits and gold spoons have been quietly smashing fish, especially on the cleaner incoming water.
Upstream in the freshwater stretches of the Savannah, catfish are waking up for the season. Decent blues and channel cats are being caught on cut bait fished deep near drop-offs and the outside bends of the river. For panfish, bream are prepping for their spawn—look around points and the back of coves in shallow water; crickets and red wigglers are the go-to baits right now. Folks are still picking up some crappie in 3 to 6 feet of water around brush piles and docks, mostly on jigs tipped with minnows, though the bite will slow as water temps rise[1][3].
Recent catches have been solid all week, with reds and trout reported in good numbers near Fort Pulaski and the mouths of Lazaretto and Wilmington rivers. For catfish, try upstream near Abercorn Creek. The bream bite is best up near the I-95 crossing, and don’t sleep on the shallow points near Hardeeville for some bonus bass on fire tiger crankbaits[1][3].
Hot spots for today: The oyster bars and grass lines at Hog Marsh, the mouths of Back River and Little Back River, and upstream around Abercorn Creek for cats.
Whatever your target, bite should be steady early and late. Tight lines out there, and keep your drag set—these river fish are fired up.
Now, let’s talk fish. The river is alive right now. Down near the mouth and around the marshes, redfish—call them spot tails if you’re local—are biting well on the rising tide. Best spots are grassy points and mouths of the feeder creeks, especially where there’s a bit of current. Speckled trout action is hot right alongside them. Look for ‘em where moving water runs past shell beds or grass edges. Both species are chasing mullet and glass minnows, so if you’re throwing lures, match the hatch—soft plastics on a jig head in natural colors, or live shrimp under a popping cork. Paddletail swimbaits and gold spoons have been quietly smashing fish, especially on the cleaner incoming water.
Upstream in the freshwater stretches of the Savannah, catfish are waking up for the season. Decent blues and channel cats are being caught on cut bait fished deep near drop-offs and the outside bends of the river. For panfish, bream are prepping for their spawn—look around points and the back of coves in shallow water; crickets and red wigglers are the go-to baits right now. Folks are still picking up some crappie in 3 to 6 feet of water around brush piles and docks, mostly on jigs tipped with minnows, though the bite will slow as water temps rise[1][3].
Recent catches have been solid all week, with reds and trout reported in good numbers near Fort Pulaski and the mouths of Lazaretto and Wilmington rivers. For catfish, try upstream near Abercorn Creek. The bream bite is best up near the I-95 crossing, and don’t sleep on the shallow points near Hardeeville for some bonus bass on fire tiger crankbaits[1][3].
Hot spots for today: The oyster bars and grass lines at Hog Marsh, the mouths of Back River and Little Back River, and upstream around Abercorn Creek for cats.
Whatever your target, bite should be steady early and late. Tight lines out there, and keep your drag set—these river fish are fired up.
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By Quiet. PleaseArtificial Lure here with your Savannah River fishing report for May 7, 2025, coming at you bright and early. If you’re heading out today, expect true spring weather—mild in the morning and warming fast by midday, with highs topping out in the upper 70s to low 80s and a light southerly breeze. Skies are mostly clear, so fish will be feeding strongest at dawn and dusk. Sunrise is about 6:35 AM and sunset’s around 8:10 PM, giving you plenty of daylight to get after it. Tide-wise, we’re seeing a moderate influence downriver: look for an early morning high tide carrying bait up into the grasses, with a low tide sweeping out late afternoon. That means your best action will be right at first light and again the last two hours before sunset when the fish are on the move and looking for a meal.
Now, let’s talk fish. The river is alive right now. Down near the mouth and around the marshes, redfish—call them spot tails if you’re local—are biting well on the rising tide. Best spots are grassy points and mouths of the feeder creeks, especially where there’s a bit of current. Speckled trout action is hot right alongside them. Look for ‘em where moving water runs past shell beds or grass edges. Both species are chasing mullet and glass minnows, so if you’re throwing lures, match the hatch—soft plastics on a jig head in natural colors, or live shrimp under a popping cork. Paddletail swimbaits and gold spoons have been quietly smashing fish, especially on the cleaner incoming water.
Upstream in the freshwater stretches of the Savannah, catfish are waking up for the season. Decent blues and channel cats are being caught on cut bait fished deep near drop-offs and the outside bends of the river. For panfish, bream are prepping for their spawn—look around points and the back of coves in shallow water; crickets and red wigglers are the go-to baits right now. Folks are still picking up some crappie in 3 to 6 feet of water around brush piles and docks, mostly on jigs tipped with minnows, though the bite will slow as water temps rise[1][3].
Recent catches have been solid all week, with reds and trout reported in good numbers near Fort Pulaski and the mouths of Lazaretto and Wilmington rivers. For catfish, try upstream near Abercorn Creek. The bream bite is best up near the I-95 crossing, and don’t sleep on the shallow points near Hardeeville for some bonus bass on fire tiger crankbaits[1][3].
Hot spots for today: The oyster bars and grass lines at Hog Marsh, the mouths of Back River and Little Back River, and upstream around Abercorn Creek for cats.
Whatever your target, bite should be steady early and late. Tight lines out there, and keep your drag set—these river fish are fired up.
Now, let’s talk fish. The river is alive right now. Down near the mouth and around the marshes, redfish—call them spot tails if you’re local—are biting well on the rising tide. Best spots are grassy points and mouths of the feeder creeks, especially where there’s a bit of current. Speckled trout action is hot right alongside them. Look for ‘em where moving water runs past shell beds or grass edges. Both species are chasing mullet and glass minnows, so if you’re throwing lures, match the hatch—soft plastics on a jig head in natural colors, or live shrimp under a popping cork. Paddletail swimbaits and gold spoons have been quietly smashing fish, especially on the cleaner incoming water.
Upstream in the freshwater stretches of the Savannah, catfish are waking up for the season. Decent blues and channel cats are being caught on cut bait fished deep near drop-offs and the outside bends of the river. For panfish, bream are prepping for their spawn—look around points and the back of coves in shallow water; crickets and red wigglers are the go-to baits right now. Folks are still picking up some crappie in 3 to 6 feet of water around brush piles and docks, mostly on jigs tipped with minnows, though the bite will slow as water temps rise[1][3].
Recent catches have been solid all week, with reds and trout reported in good numbers near Fort Pulaski and the mouths of Lazaretto and Wilmington rivers. For catfish, try upstream near Abercorn Creek. The bream bite is best up near the I-95 crossing, and don’t sleep on the shallow points near Hardeeville for some bonus bass on fire tiger crankbaits[1][3].
Hot spots for today: The oyster bars and grass lines at Hog Marsh, the mouths of Back River and Little Back River, and upstream around Abercorn Creek for cats.
Whatever your target, bite should be steady early and late. Tight lines out there, and keep your drag set—these river fish are fired up.