New State/World record Satilla redbreast!

[Rhodes]

https://gon.com/fishing/new-state-record-redbreast-comes-from-satilla-river

 

[fishfryer]

https://gon.com/fishing/new-state-record-redbreast-comes-from-satilla-river

That thing pulled like a freight train I bet

 

[fatback]

Big uns for sure

 

[GTMODawg]

What a PIG!

That thing is a hawg for certain.

 

[GTMODawg]

Are there any HP restrictions on the Satilla?

 

[blood on the ground]

Dang good fish for sure! I caught a giant shell cracker on a Carolina rig lizard out of the Etowah river years ago! Wish I would have weighed it but I tossed it back.

 

[Railroader]

No hp restrictions on the Satilla...

I know Lester, used to hunt and fish with him some. To say that he earned that fish would be a huge understatement.

He's been beating them banks his whole life, and he's a good dude. Always cheerful and ready to help somebody out.

He's probably a member here, too.

 

[oldfella1962]

wow I wish I could have witnessed that catch! What are they feeding the red breast in that river?

 

[Hooked On Quack]

Laaaaawd that's a big ole rooster red !!

 

[Railroader]

wow I wish I could have witnessed that catch! What are they feeding the red breast in that river?

The Satilla is a weird beast. During winters of high water, the spring is always a good one, with lots of big fish.

It is usually pretty well fished out by early summer, but by then the water is so low you can't run a John boat anymore, and the process starts over.

This publicity will ensure that it gets fished very heavily in 2022... ?

 

[BriarPatch99]

Are there any HP restrictions on the Satilla?

No ...but them sandbars will limit it ... My 30 is more than plenty

 

[Mars]

Laaaaawd that's a big ole rooster red !!

We got em like that in the creek by the house but I keep it quiet so I don't have to shoot trespassers ?

 

[Batjack]

We got em like that in the creek by the house but I keep it quiet so I don't have to shoot trespassers ?

"What we have here is a complete lack of communication."

 

[NCHillbilly]

Man, that's a biggun for sure! We have a lot of them around here in the rivers and bigger creeks, but they don't have that vivid red coloration here like they do down there. Just an orange breast like a bluegill.

 

[Mars]

"What we have here is a complete lack of communication."

same as the one in the article. I just have REAL big hands.

 

[Batjack]

same as the one in the article. I just have REAL big hands.
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I caught a stringer full about that size out of the creek bellow my pond and put them in my pond about 5 years ago. Hang one of them now bream fish'n with lite tackle and you'll wish you hooked a 5lb. bass.

 

[Mars]

I caught a stringer full about that size out of the creek bellow my pond and put them in my pond about 5 years ago. Hang one of them now bream fish'n with lite tackle and you'll wish you hooked a 5lb. bass.

The creek on my place is pretty grown up along the banks so I take a little 2ft dock demon rod and its always fun.

 

[Batjack]

The creek on my place is pretty grown up along the banks so I take a little 2ft dock demon rod and its always fun.

My go to is a old 3 foot Diawa with one of those silver dollar sizes Zebcos on it. Landed two 35lb. + carp on it and at least 10 tons of pan fish. Wish I could buy a dozen or so of them now.

 

[dang]

That thing would make a mighty fine bait
Congrats to the angler! Heck of a catch!!

 

[Hooked On Quack]

We got em like that in the creek by the house but I keep it quiet so I don't have to shoot trespassers ?

The wife caught one behind the house weighed 13oz, should of mounted it.