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I have had a busy week on the Hooch north of West Point Lake.

Last Wednesday 4/27 I picked my son up from school and headed over to the Hooch. We only had about 3 hours and I had about 7-8 spots up and down the river I wanted to fish. Some spots we only made a single cast, it's amazing what just one well placed cast can do. We had a 7 pound hybrids, 12 pound striper, huge gar, and a nice bass. River casted and caught the largemouth all by himself. Here is a video of him reeling in the striper

4/29 Friday morning we fished an section and had three stripers. One was 15 pounds. But we hit at least 6 good areas. There are a few stripers moving up the river but they are not thick yet. They should be there in a week or two. Friday midday we headed south to another boat ramp and had pretty good fishing. A handful of hybrids, one striper and we had some really big largemouth. The best five would have been 20-25 pounds... It was a good trip. We saw a pair of bald eagles.


Saturday during the morning, I assisted with a riverkeeper cleanup.
It was a beautiful day to paddle the river, the water was pretty and the flow was good. The riverkeeper had a great turnout. I cannot say enough good things about this group and organization. I encourage everyone to donate or volunteer if they can. You don't really even have to do much heavy lifting. They are a fun and safe group to paddle with.
After the riverkeeper cleanup I met up with some clients and we headed back south. The stripers didn't cooperate, we had one hybrid up to the boat that I managed to knock off with the net. But the largemouth and spotted bass fishing was great again. We had a decent size catfish and a gar. Out best five bass would have been near 20, maybe 25 pounds. I was disappointed the stripers didn't bite but they had a blast and were impressed, so that is what counts!

Tues I tried to recreate my trip from Friday. The water was a little lower and beautiful. With the better water I had higher hopes for the fishing up further north. But the stripers did not cooperate. I think we only had a couple of bites and no fish!
So we packed up and headed down south to try the largemouth spot. The water level was about a foot or two lower, The bass were not packed in as thick as they had been. After that we found some stripers. But we missed more than we caught, and we didn't have any big stripers. We tried hard. The tougher the fishing is, the harder I work! I am probably being too hard on myself, but I have very high expectations. I had a great group of old friends. We saw a bald eagle twice. It was still better than sitting at home! I have not gotten many pics from that trip.

M.R. River Fishing
Matthew Robinson
www.gariverfishing.com
770-616-3865
www.instagram.com/captainmattrobinson/
 

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Last weekend I fished down in the gulf. Saturday and Sunday were red snapper season, but we fished Friday as well.

I stayed close all weekend, never getting more than about 14 miles out. Friday we had a 35 pound cobia, a nice gag grouper and a few mangrove snapper. And a bunch of big throwback red snapper.

Saturday it's like the snapper knew the season opened. We fished a couple of spots where we caught fish the day before and I guess the current just wasn't right. A couple of hours later we hit those same spots and smoked the big snapper. We had one right at 20 pounds.

Sunday I had a new crew and the weather turned rough. We fished around and had a decent day, but it is tough fishing when it's hard to stand up!

I have open days for trout fishing Nov. 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. I will give anyone reading this a hundred dollar discount on the chattahoochee trout trips.

I also have Nov. 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23ed available, if you want to get out with the kids for thanksgiving holidays.

M.R. River Fishing
Matthew Robinson
www.gariverfishing.com
770-616-3865
www.instagram.com/captainmattrobinson/
 

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Last weekend I fished down in the gulf. Saturday and Sunday were red snapper season, but we fished Friday as well.

I stayed close all weekend, never getting more than about 14 miles out. Friday we had a 35 pound cobia, a nice gag grouper and a few mangrove snapper. And a bunch of big throwback red snapper.

Saturday it's like the snapper knew the season opened. We fished a couple of spots where we caught fish the day before and I guess the current just wasn't right. A couple of hours later we hit those same spots and smoked the big snapper. We had one right at 20 pounds.

Sunday I had a new crew and the weather turned rough. We fished around and had a decent day, but it is tough fishing when it's hard to stand up!

I have open days for trout fishing Nov. 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. I will give anyone reading this a hundred dollar discount on the chattahoochee trout trips.

I also have Nov. 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23ed available, if you want to get out with the kids for thanksgiving holidays.

M.R. River Fishing
Matthew Robinson
www.gariverfishing.com
770-616-3865
www.instagram.com/captainmattrobinson/
Where do you fish out of in the gulf?We’re headed to PCB the week of thanksgiving
 
I hope everyone had a great holiday season!

The trout fishing has been really good!
The DNR is stocking trout in the Vinings / Paces ferry area for the first time in a couple of years. My son and I helped with a bucket brigade at Whitewater Creek. The DNR is even stocking some big Brook Trout.

The Paces Ferry trip is a great 1/2 day outing. Half day trout trips are $300 and a full day at $425.


The trout fishing has been good there with steady action all the way down past the Polo Fields. I have mainly been catching rainbows, but browns and brooks are possible.
The size of the trout has been a nice surprise with many fish over 2 pounds.


I finished up the snapper season down in the Gulf of Mexico with a good haul. We had a couple of snappers in the 20 pound range, a couple of nice groupers and a bunch of mangroves.
And we had a couple of goliath groupers as well, including a near 300 pound fish on a smaller rod with 80 pound test.
If you want to get down to the coast, get dinner, and test your abilities/ manhood against a monster goliath grouper. Let me know and we can get the details worked out.



M.R. River Fishing
Matthew Robinson
www.gariverfishing.com
770-616-3865
www.instagram.com/captainmattrobinson/
 

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We fished out of McGinnis Ferry on Sunday, Jan 15th it was tough. We had a handful of fish, but still way below my expectations. We had one nice brown. I got home and went to feed the fish in my outdoor fish tank. They didn't eat, so something was definitely wrong with the weather.
Still a nice day on the water, I think I counted 6-7 other boats, there was an unusual amount of boats on the river, That couldn't have helped anything.


On Monday we went below Morgan Falls. The water was falling, it was green but still had a little stain to it. We caught a few fish, stumbled upon a nice school of bass. I think we hooked 5-6 bass. A few of them threw the hooks. But the kids caught some nice fish. A couple of so-so trips in a row, so we are do for a good one next time!

M.R. River Fishing
Matthew Robinson
www.gariverfishing.com
770-616-3865
www.instagram.com/captainmattrobinson/
 

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