I grew up in southeast GA fishing mostly in small rivers like the Satilla. As a child, I spent many Saturday mornings going fishing with my dad instead of sleeping in and watching cartoons. It definitely paid off, as the memories I made are way more valuable than a few episodes of the Smurfs!
So now as a 31 yr old adult, I rarely go fishing with my Dad - he works an obscene amount of hours and just never seems to have time. But I did get him to commit to a fishing date!
Personally, I have never caught anything larger than about 4 lbs., but then there aren't many large bass in the Satilla. My dad had an 8lb mounted on the wall for most of my childhood, and has topped 10lbs only twice.
I grew up watching Jimmy Stewart, Bill Dance, and Doug Hannon videos with Dad, and I would just love to have a productive day fishing with him - though the time together is most important.
So I guess I should get to my titled question. What places are good within 1 1/2 hours here? I have looked up info on St. Johns, Black Creek, Rodman Reservoir, and Lake George, but I'm having trouble deciding. Is one place easier to fish than the other, better access, less congestion, better fishing, etc? What places would I, or *gasp* my dad, have a better chance at breaking our records?
For any that reply, thanks for your input! As you can probably tell, I'm pretty excited.