Savannah and Coastal Georgia fishing report for the week of September 10, 2026. The Georgia coast has one more good week of tarpon before the run winds down, and the fish have been on the menhaden schools in the sounds and along the beaches. The tripletail are still on the floats, and the new moon flood tides this weekend will have the redfish up in the spartina grass from Tybee down to the Golden Isles.
What’s Hitting
This week the tarpon are still the headline. Fish are on the menhaden schools in Wassaw Sound, Ossabaw Sound, and St. Catherines Sound, and along the beaches of Tybee and Wassaw at dawn. Tripletail are on the crab-trap floats and the channel markers in the sounds, with fish from 5 to 15 pounds. Redfish are tailing on the flood tides in the spartina flats and feeding on the oyster bars on the falling tide. Speckled trout are showing in better numbers in the creeks. Flounder are on the creek mouths and along the jetties. Spanish mackerel and bluefish are on the bait at the sound mouths.
Nearshore, the reefs in 40 to 60 feet have kingfish and some cobia.
Where to Find Them
For tarpon, the sound mouths and the beaches at dawn — look for the menhaden schools and rolling fish in Wassaw and Ossabaw sounds. Tripletail are on the floats in the sounds and along the beaches. Flood-tide reds are on the spartina flats along the Wilmington River, the Skidaway area, and the flats behind Ossabaw and Sapelo. Trout are in the creeks off the Wilmington and the Ogeechee on the falling tide. Flounder are on the creek mouths and the Tybee jetties.
Tides & Conditions
The new moon this weekend produces the highest flood tides of the month on the Georgia coast, which has some of the largest tidal ranges on the East Coast — the afternoon floods will push deep into the spartina. Winds have been northeast at 10 to 15, and water temps are in the low 80s. Clarity is fair in the sounds and good on the beaches.
Tackle & Tactics
For tarpon, a live menhaden on a 7/0 circle hook with 80-pound leader, fished on the surface or under a float near the bait schools. Tripletail want a live shrimp cast in front of the fish on the floats. For flood-tide reds, a weedless soft plastic crab or a spoon fly on an 8-weight. Trout are taking soft plastics and live shrimp under a cork in the creeks. Flounder want mud minnows on a jig head.
Local Intel This Week
Public ramps: the Lazaretto Creek ramp on Tybee is the closest to Wassaw Sound and the beach, the Skidaway Narrows ramp serves the Wilmington River and the inside water, and the Kilkenny ramp covers Ossabaw and St. Catherines sounds. The Fort McAllister ramp on the Ogeechee is a good option for the south side. Shore anglers have been catching trout and flounder from the Tybee Pier and the Lazaretto Creek area. Fish are concentrating in the sounds on the bait schools at dawn and on the spartina flats on the afternoon floods. Check current Georgia DNR regulations before keeping fish — redfish and trout have slot and limit rules, and tarpon are a release fishery in Georgia.
This Week’s Tip
Tripletail on the floats are easy to spot but easy to spook. Run the trap line with the sun behind you so you can see the fish, approach from downwind, and cast the shrimp a few feet past the fish and bring it into view. A fish that sees the shrimp coming from the side eats it. One that has a bait dropped on its head sinks out of sight.
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