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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.
If you can honestly say you guessed a garfish would be the catch of the day to close out this week you need to immediately buy a lottery ticket - or get your head checked.
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.
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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