-- February 8 Lake Russell water levels are around 474.75 (full pool is 475.00) and water temperatures are in the upper 50s. The main lake is pretty clear but the backs are stained. This week Lake Russell bass fishing has not looked much like it has for the past month or more, and after the cold snap this weekend next week may not look a lot like this week.  But for now Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) repo ...

-- February 8 Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 657.53 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures are in the lower 50s.  The creeks are dingy but the main lake is clear. Guide Chip Hamilton(864-304-9011) reports that striped and hybrid bass have been biting very well.  He continues to find the fish relating to points, ridges and humps in 35-45 feet of water in the rivers, but in addition to catching ...

-- February 6 Lake Murray water levels are at 350.51 (full pool is 360.00) and water temperatures are in the lower 50s. The lake is clearing pretty well. There have been some very strong weights in recent bass fishing tournaments on Lake Murray, and in the most recent CATT tournament the top five teams all had over 20 pounds.  Captain Doug Lown reports that pretty much all the basscontinue to be caught in s ...

-- February 6 Lake Greenwood water levels are at 434.92 (full pool is 440.0) and water temperatures are around 50 degrees but rising.  The lake is clearing but still dirty in places. Lake Greenwood bass fishing has been pretty tough, but veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda expects that the warm weather this week should make the fish more active.  The best pattern remains fishing crankbaits in sh ...

-- February 5 Lake Wateree is at 95.1% of full pool, and temperatures are just above 50 degrees.  The whole system is in flux and the lake is not clearing right now. Water levels are dangerously low for using ramps like Clearwater and tournaments may have to be moved to other landings. If bass fishing was improving a couple of weeks ago it is starting to really improve now, and FLW fisherman Dearal Rodgers  ...