June 3
Lake Hartwell water levels are still low but up to 653.73 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is still mostly clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 79-80 degrees.
Lake Hartwell, May 28
Lake Hartwell water levels are low at 652.43 (full pool is 660.00), and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 75 degrees.
Guide Lane Clark (864-254-8614) reports that black bass are in transition from the shallow water bite around the herring spawning areas. While the herring spawn may be over, Lane said the bass are still lingering in those general areas because herring are still readily available as chow.
April 23
Lake Hartwell water levels are very low at 652.85 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 70 degrees.
April 15
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.42 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 70-71 degrees.
April 3
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.65 (full pool is 660.00), and most of the lake is clear with a slight stain in certain creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are about 64 degrees, but they’re rising higher on sunny afternoons.
March 25
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.59 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear with a slight stain in certain creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are up to about 60 degrees.
March 19
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 653.51 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear with a slight stain in certain creeks. Morning surface water temperatures have fallen to 55 degrees.
March 12
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.11 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear but there is some stained water in the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures have risen to about 62-64 degrees.
March 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 623.15 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear but there is some stained water in the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are about 52-54 degrees on the main lake and 54-58 in the creeks.
February 25
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.58 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear but there is some stained water in the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are about 50 degrees on the main lake.
February 18
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 652.79 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is mostly clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 47-48 degrees.
February 11
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 652.57 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 45-47 degrees.
February 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.70 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 43 degrees.
January 28
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.59 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 46-47 degrees.
January 21
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.21 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 50 degrees.
January 7
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.96 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 50 degrees.
December 23
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 653.15 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has cleared significantly. Morning surface water temperatures are about 51 degrees.
December 17
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 653.28 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has cleared significantly. Morning surface water temperatures were 52 degrees this morning
December 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.21 (full pool is 660.00) and there are even more stained areas after recent rains. Morning surface water temperatures are about 56-59 degrees.
November 19
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.91 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are about 61-63 degrees. The water has cleared and they are not seeing signs of a turnover.