When the rivers fell out this spring I went to three of my favorite rivers rigged with worms and crickets. Every time, my partner and I caught a limit of my most favorite fish to catch and eat. I thought this was going to be a very good year. The record rainfall came and shut us down. This is the most rain we have had in Georgia since 1929. The past few years were so dry, it was hard to find any place to float the Crappie Jon.

I went with my friend Sonny down to the Altamaha two Mondays ago to look at the river after the rains. We found the river two feet above normal but it was not muddy down near Gleenville. We fished for an hour or so and did manage to catch enough for one of us to cook up. We both agreed that this rain could be a blessing for fishing the rivers this fall and especially next spring. They will have time to feed up in the flooded timber and grow to be record weights.

The Ogeechee will really be good next year after it was stocked by the DNR after the fish kill last year.

Pond fish don't count as they are too easy to catch and just don't taste as good as river fish.