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July 9
Lake Hartwell water levels are slightly down to 659.11 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures are up to 89 degrees at daylight on the main lake!
July 2
Lake Hartwell water levels are slightly down to 659.53 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 87-88 degrees at daylight on the main lake.
June 26
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.83 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures were up to 88 in the rivers this morning!
June 18
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.77 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are up to about 84 degrees in the rivers.
June 11
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.94 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is high. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 70s.
May 29
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.99 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is normal on the main lake but there is a little stain in the backs. Morning surface water temperatures dropped into the mid-70s.
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Located on the Georgia/ South Carolina border less than ten miles to the west of Anderson, South Carolina, the Hartwell Dam and Reservoir were constructed between 1955 and 1963. The top lake of the three “Savannah River chain” lakes, the lake is created by the Hartwell Dam located on the Savannah River seven miles below the point where the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers join to form the Savannah. One of the Southeast’s largest and most popular lakes, Lake Hartwell covers approximately 56,000 acres at full pool, has around 962 miles of shoreline, and extends 49 miles up the Tugaloo River and 45 miles up the Seneca River.
A very popular fishing lake 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 blueback herring and threadfin and gizzard shad.
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