— The newest Lake Hartwell fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-hartwell-gasc-spring-2018-fishing-report/ February 16 Lake Hartwell water levels are up almost another four feet to 656.37 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures have warmed about five degrees to 50.  For Hartwell the lake is very stained, especially in the backs of creeks. It’s hard not […]

— The newest Lake Hartwell fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-hartwell-gasc-winter-2017-18-fishing-report/ January 18 Lake Hartwell water levels are at 651.40 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures are 44-46 on the main lake and in the high 30s/ low 40s at the back of creeks.  There is some stained water in the backs. Overall bass […]

— The newest Lake Hartwell fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-hartwell-gasc-winter-2017-18-fishing-report/ December 14 Lake Hartwell water levels are at 651.60 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures are in the mid-50s.  Clarity is still pretty good even after last weekend’s snow. Last week the striped bass on Lake Hartwell were really eating, but this week […]

— The newest Lake Hartwell fishing report, updated September 15, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-hartwell-gasc-fall-2017-fishing-report/ August 31 Lake Hartwell water levels are down almost eight feet to 652.06 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures have fallen into the lower to mid-80s.  With dry conditions clarity is very good. Late in the summer striped and hybrid […]

— August 10 Lake Hartwell water levels are at 652.90 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures are around 84 degrees first thing in the morning.  Even though they’ve had a good bit of rain the dry ground has soaked it up and clarity is good. The striped and hybrid bass bite remains about the […]

— The newest Lake Hartwell fishing report, updated August 10, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-hartwell-gasc-summer-2017-fishing-report/ July 14 Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 653.43 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures are around 85 degrees even first thing in the morning.  Clarity is good. The striped and hybrid bass bite has slowed down marginally on […]

— The newest Lake Hartwell fishing report, updated June 30, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-hartwell-gasc-summer-2017-fishing-report/ June 6 Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 654.06 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures have shot from 76 degrees to around 80 or 81 in just a few days.  Clarity is good. Striped bass action has been very […]

— May 10 Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 652.80 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures range from the upper-60s to low-70s.  They dropped significantly over the weekend but are now rebounding towards the mid-70s again.  On windy days the water is a little dingy but overall clarity is good without significant rain […]

— March 8 Lake Hartwell water levels are at 650.23 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures range from the mid to upper-50s.  Clarity is good. After the winter doldrums Lake Hartwell striped bass are starting to “move around” again, and Captain Bill Plumley (864-287-2120) reports that fish are starting to scatter out and move up […]

— February 9 Lake Keowee is at 95.4% of full pool.  As always water temperatures vary widely on Lake Keowee, from the lower to upper 50s.  Clarity is very good. Guide Brad Fowler reports that Lake Keowee bass are in about the same mood as Lake Hartwell bass, which means that they are as likely […]

— February 9 Lake Hartwell water levels are at 650.30 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures range from the low to mid-50s.  Because of drought conditions any rain is quickly soaked into the ground and there is relatively little inflow into the lake. “Winter” weather has been wacky in the Upstate, and as a […]

— Please note that the most recent Lake Hartwell fishing report can be found here: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-hartwell-gasc-winter-fishing-report/ January 16 Lake Hartwell water levels are at 649.51 (full pool is 660.00), and water levels range from the upper-40s to the lower to mid-50s. Guide Brad Fowler reports that bass patterns are basically unchanged in the last couple […]

— Please note that the newest Lake Keowee fishing report can be found at http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-keowee-sc-winter-fishing-report/ January 16 Lake Keowee is at 96.8% of full pool. Water temperatures vary greatly across the lake, but generally range from the mid- to upper 50s on the lower end to the lower to mid-60s in the 6-Mile Area.  Clarity is […]

— November 30 Lake Keowee is at 97.5% of full pool. Water temperatures are around 60 degrees and clarity is normal. Bass fishing continues to improve on Lake Keowee, and Guide Brad Fowler reports that there is now a pretty good drop shot and spoon bite.  As predicted fish are getting deeper and starting to […]

— Striped and Hybrid Bass: Fair to good.  Captain Bill Plumley (864-287-2120) and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) report that striper fishing is improving and at times there has been some good schooling activity.  The most common pattern has been fishing live herring vertically in mid-depth water. Bass: Fair to good.  Guide Brad Fowler reports that bass […]

— November 28 Lake Hartwell water levels have dropped to 649.96 (full pool is 660.00), while water temperatures are around 60 degrees.  Clarity is very good. Bass are slowly beginning to get into a winter pattern on Lake Hartwell according to Guide Brad Fowler.  And on Lake Hartwell that means that fish can be caught […]

— July 25 Lake Hartwell water levels have dropped significantly to 656.54 and water temperatures are in the upper 80s.  Clarity remains very good. Bass fishing on Lake Hartwell is in a typical mid-summer pattern, and while fish can be caught Guide Brad Fowler reports that overall the bite is basically slow to fair.  Between […]

— Striped and Hybrid Bass: Very good.  Captain Bill Plumley (864-287-2120) and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) report that striper have generally moved into the lower lake, and they can be caught from about 35 feet all the way down to 100 or more.  Down-lining live herring is the predominant pattern.  Hybrids can be caught at night […]

— Overall, Lake Hartwell is at 660.49 and water clarity is normal.  Water temperatures are in the mid-70s. It’s still a transition period for bass on Lake Hartwell according to Guide Brad Fowler, and the end of the spring phase on the lake is starting to give way to summer fishing.  There are only a […]

— Overall, Lake Hartwell is at 660.14 and water clarity is normal.  Water temperatures are in the mid-70s. It’s a transition period for bass on Lake Hartwell according to Guide Brad Fowler, and even though fish can be caught there is no “red hot” bite right now.  Fish can still be found bedding, and there […]

— Overall, Lake Hartwell is at 660.44 and water temperatures shot from the low 60s into the high 60s/ low 70s over the past week and a half. In the four-day ABA Ray Scott Championship a couple of weeks ago on Lake Hartwell there were a good number of 20-pound sacks caught.  The winning angler […]

— Overall, Lake Hartwell is at 660.36 and morning water temperatures are in the low 60s; some creeks can be up to 4 or 5 degrees warmer. In the ABA Ray Scott Championship this past weekend on Lake Hartwell Jason Burroughs of Hodges, SC ran away with the win by weighing in a 4-day total […]

Overall, Lake Hartwell has come up to 660.40 and water temperatures are in the low to mid-60s; there can be five degrees of variance between creeks and the main lake.  Generally the water is pretty clear but fishermen can find some color in the creeks. In his last report Guide Brad Fowler estimated that about […]