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Fishing Reports
Clarks Hill: Level: 5.8 feet low. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: This is the time of year when the lake is turning over and that makes the water cloudy. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “Fish are still schooling on the main lake and are on the move to the backs of the creeks as November…
Topwater baits over rocky humps and points, and dragging jigs on them and down the sides as they drop off into deeper water—that simple pattern is a great way to catch Clarks Hill bass in October. Clarks Hill’s 72,000 acres of water have gone through many changes since the river was dammed in 1950, but…
Clarks Hill: Level: 4.3 feet low. Temp: 78-80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Josh Rockefeller reports, “Clark’s Hill is starting heat up. The lake has dropped several feet, but the fish are starting to school better as the cool temperatures come. Water temperatures are in 78-80 degree range. The bridges seem to be holding a…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.9 feet low. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Fairly clear but stained in the rivers. Bass:Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “The fish are starting to school up again, and you can find bass schooling on humps on the main lake. Throwing topwaters and flukes at fish busting or just fan casting across the humps will produce fish.…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set the deer hunting dates for the 2019 season at the corps’ Bussey Point Management Area. Bussey Point is a 2,545-acre peninsula located in Lincoln County on Clarks Hill Lake (J. Storm Thurmond Reservoir). All hunts are limited to 100 hunters per day. Hunters are registered on a…
Finding a quiet and safe place for a nursery tops the priorities for new parents, be they humans or fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state partners help fish in Savannah River reservoirs find those safe places for their young. To make those safe places this summer, workers, student interns and volunteers have…
(Editor’s Note: GON policy has always been to use the original local names for lakes, rather than names later enacted by Congress to honor fellow politicians. So this lake is always referred to in GON as Clarks Hill rather than J. Strom Thurmond. Likewise, we use Lake Eufaula rather than Lake Walter F. George. The…
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.5 feet low. Temp: 89 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide Eddie Mason reports, “They now have two oxygen lines running that is putting oxygen in the water, so the fish are between the lines and the dam more and more every day. The daylight bite is getting better and better, and the…
Clarks Hill: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Mostly clear around the dam and progressively getting dirtier the farther upriver you go. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “The bass are starting to become more pressured on the humps, but using a Buckeye Lures Football Mop Jig will bring bites while worked slowly. Switching to something smaller like a…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.8 feet low. Temp: 78 degrees. Clarity: Clearing. Bass: Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “The fishing has begun to slow down some since water temps are climbing into the high 70s. The herring spawn bite is still happening, but the fish are getting more and more pressured and are hard to fool. Low-light conditions are best for…
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