-- February 8 Clarks Hill water levels are down to 326.49 (full pool is 330.00) while water temperatures have risen to the upper 50s.  Creeks and up the lake are more stained while the lower lake is clearer. Rising temperatures have made for a good bass bite this week, and tournament angler Tyler Matthews of Evans, GA reports that he has been finding fish in a couple of different patterns. Overnight it seem ...

-- 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 Santee Cooper water levels are at 76.25 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.25 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).  Surface temperatures are already in the mid-50s and should hit 60 by week’s end. Clarity is improving but the lake is definitely still stained. Bass fishing is improving with the warm temperatures, and Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports that in both lakes fish ...