Coming to coastal Georgia for some weekend fishing? Here are a few fishing tips past that all important fishing guide that should serve you well. Whether fishing for live bait or the larger variety of predatory fish that feed off them, there are many signs that will put you on the bait. A good captain can read the water and/or a depth finder to put the angler on the bait. Circulating and diving birds 
are most always sure giveaways that bait is near. Pelicans and Seagulls will follow mackerel, bluefish, jacks, or dolphins as they feed on larger baits such as sardines or menhaden, and pick up injured bait fish off of the surface. If merely targeting bait fish, position your bait just outside and adjacent of the diving birds. Now you are in position to cast sabiki rigs or get close enough to throw a cast net.
When you don’t see bird signs to show both types of your quarry, keen an eye on your fish finder. Most of the time bait are found in large schools as bait fish typically school up to have safety in numbers from predators, 
and this works very well. By watching your fish finder, you will see clouds of the bait. Right then you should either throw out your rigs or a cast net if looking for bait. If the bait is really thick, than you won’t have much of a problem staying on them. Another sure sign of bait in the area, is to see commercial live bait fisherman in the area. Inlets and local channel markers usually hold the bait pretty well. Equipped with these tips, come on out to the coastal waters off of the Savannah River Basin for some outstanding fishing activity.
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