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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.
Sometimes the catch of the day isn't about a single fish, or even sheer numbers of fish, but instead how they are being caught.
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.
November 5
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 655.39 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are down to about 64 degrees. While the water is overall clear the turnover still has it stained in places.
October 29
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 655.61 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are down to the upper 60s. The lake is turning over.
October 23
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.57 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is still high. Morning surface water temperatures are down to 71-72 degrees.
Read more fishing reports from Lake Hartwell and other popular places at the AHQ Report!
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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