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Fishing Reports

Clarks Hill Fishing Reports – May 2023

Clarks Hill: Level: 0.5 feet above 330. Temp: 69-72 degrees. Clarity: Georgia Little River has a heavy stain upstream of Mistletoe. There’s a light stain in the Savannah River. Bass: Tournament angler Trad Whaley reports, “Fishing is weird right now on all our Savannah River lakes. They are spawning to postspawn and everywhere in between.…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – April 2023

Clarks Hill: Level: Full at 330. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: The lower end is clear, and there is some stain up the rivers with heavy stain way up them. Bass: D.J. Hadden, with Hadden Outdoors in Appling, said to look for bedding bass in the backs of pockets. Clearer water on the lower lake will…

Clarks Hill Lake Fishing Report – March 2023

Clarks Hill: Level: 1.7 feet below 330. Temp: 58-60 degrees. Clarity: The Savannah River has a light to heavy stain in the creeks and the main river all the way to the dam. Georgia Little River is unusually clear to Raysville Bridge. This is the opposite of most years. Bass: D.J. Hadden, with Hadden Outdoors…

10 Locations For Clarks Hill Prespawn Bass

Longer days have Clarks Hill bass stacking up in ditches near spawning areas and feeding heavily on flats near them. This is one of the best months of the year to catch numbers of bass and find a big prespawn female to brag about. No hindsight ip unit displayed. With 72,000 acres on the Savannah…

Clarks Hill Lake Fishing Report – February 2023

Clarks Hill: Level: 2.9 feet below 330. Temp: 48-55 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear, and the rivers above Soap Creek and Lloyd Creeks are stained to muddy. Bass: D.J. Hadden, with Hadden Outdoors in Appling, reports that bass are still holding in the ditches and channels 15 to 20 feet deep or deeper…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – October 2022

Clarks Hill: Level: 3.5 feet below 330. Temp: 78-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Capt. Eddie Mason reports, “I was fishing the mid-lake some, but now I’m mostly back on the lower end. Since it’s cooling off some, we’re going out a little later, around 6, but that early morning bite is still the one to…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – September 2022

Clarks Hill: Level: 3.3 feet below 330. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: The water is clear on the main lake and bigger creeks with some stain up the rivers.  Bass: Tournament angler Trad Whaley reports, “September is to me one of the tougher months to pattern fish. They are following bait and are in the summer-fall…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – August 2022

Clarks Hill: Level: 1 foot below 330. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear mid-lake down, stained in the rivers. Bass: Tournament angler Trad Whaley reports, “Summer has us in a stranglehold. If you can dodge the storms, night fishing is a great option to stay cool and catch some of the better fish. Also,…

Savannah River Reservoirs Seeing Good Growth From Water Willow Plantings

  Georgia’s eastern flank offers some of the best freshwater fishing in the state, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) works to improve bass habitat at the Savannah River reservoirs. The USACE operates three major lakes along Georgia’s border with South Carolina: Lake Hartwell, Richard B. Russell Lake and Clarks Hill Lake. Administratively,…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – July 2022

Clarks Hill: Level: Full pool at 330. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Trad Whaley reports, “Summer is upon us with hot weather not letting up. This time of year they are getting deep again setting up above the thermocline. There are some shallow fish to be caught early and late on topwater…

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