Altamaha River
The slow moving waters of the Altamaha River flow effortlessly through some of the South's last remaining harwood bottomlands, cypress swamps, historic rice fields and tidal marshes. Unhampered by dams, the Altamaha River winds 137 miles from the confluence of the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers to its coastal terminus near the historic fishing town of Darien.
The Altamaha forms the Northeast boundary of Wayne County, meandering its way past more than 60 miles of river frontage. For the people of Wayne County, the river is the focal point of an outdoors culture-hunting, boating, waterskiing, camping, swimming and, of course, fishing.
Small wonder. The Altamaha River is one of the premier catfish rivers in the southeast. Many large channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish are thriving in the river. The state record cat and flathead were both pulled from the Altamaha.
Fishing for catfish begins in early spring and peaks between May and September when the river is well within its banks.