Best Fishing Times in Georgia This Week

Georgia's fishing year runs from striped bass below the Albany dam in March and April to trout stocked late March through October, Etowah River stripers May to September, and crappie fall to spring. Within any day, the first and last hour of light are the surest bite, best of all when a solunar window lands on them.

The table above shows the next 7 days for Clayton, Brunswick and Eatonton, with each day's major and minor periods, sunrise and sunset, and a rating from Fair to Best. For your own spot, enter a ZIP on the best fishing times page.

On the lower Flint River, striped bass fishing is best in spring, March to April, when fish move upriver and gather below obstructions like the dam in Albany. That is from Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.

Up to 160 streams can be stocked with rainbow, brown and brook trout from late March through October. That is from Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.

The Georgia fishing license page has what a resident and nonresident license costs and where to buy one, read from the state's own regulations.

On the coast, often as much as the moon windows. The Georgia tide charts page has high and low tide for every station, so you can line a moving tide up with a window here.

The solunar windows are the old angler's rule, and the studies are mixed. Dawn and dusk are the reliable part: fish feed in low light. So each day here is rated on the moon phase and on whether a moon window meets sunrise or sunset, with the weather as a smaller nudge.

Each town's card above rates today Fair, Good, Great or Best. The rating adds up the moon phase, whether a moon window meets sunrise or sunset, and the National Weather Service forecast for that town: pressure, fronts, wind, rain, cloud and thunder. A Fair day still has its dawn and dusk.