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March 14
Clarks Hill water levels are still very high but down from yesterday to 331.64 (full pool is 330.00) and water clarity varies around the lake. Morning surface water temperatures are about 60 degrees again today.
March 6
Clarks Hill water levels are very high at 330.63 and rising (full pool is 330.00) and the water has gotten muddy again. Morning surface water temperatures are about 53-55 degrees, and during the day you can see water approaching 60!
February 28
Clarks Hill water levels are at 329.84 (full pool is 330.00) and water color is a mixed bag. It’s clear at the Russell Dam, muddy within sight of the dam down to mid-lake, clears by the Clarks Hill dam, and clear up the Georgia side until about halfway up where it gets muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are about 51 degrees in the main lake and 54 in the back of creeks.
February 22
Clarks Hill water levels have dropped back to 329.64 (full pool is 330.00) and the lake is clearing, especially the main channels, although there is still plenty of dirty water to be found in the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are up to about 51 degrees.
February 14
Clarks Hill water levels have shot up to 330.22 (full pool is 330.00) and with two inches of rain Monday almost the whole lake is muddy. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 49-51 degrees.
February 9
Clarks Hill water levels are down to 328.76 (full pool is 330.00) and about the upper third to quarter of the lake is muddy. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 48-50 degrees.
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Located on the Georgia/ South Carolina border approximately 22 miles upstream of the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia, the originally named Clarks Hill Dam and Lake were built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1946 and 1954. The last lake of the “Savannah River chain”, the dam near the South Carolina town of Clarks Hill is located near the confluence of the Georgia Little River and the Savannah River which form its two main arms. One of the largest man-made lakes in the Southeast, the lake covers approximately 71,000 acres at full pool, has around 1200 miles of shoreline, and extends over 39 miles up the Savannah River in its longest run. The lake was federally renamed J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir in 1987, but residents of Georgia and South Carolina often still refer to this body of water as Clarks Hill – still its official name per the state of Georgia.
A fishermen’s paradise with abundant underwater timber, Clarks Hill is known for its largemouth bass fishery, a large population of stocked striped and hybrid bass, big flathead and blue catfish, prolific crappie, bream, and more. The most significant forage species are a very large population of blueback herring, abundant gizzard shad and a dwindling population of threadfin shad.
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