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Fishing

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – October 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: 3.5 feet low. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Capt. Eddie Mason reports, “It’s been hot, but the fish have still been biting good. We’re just making sure to get down about 30 or 40 feet where the water is cooler. The oxygen lines are still running, so that’s helped. We’ve stayed on the lower end of…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – September 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: 2.2 feet low. Temp: 83-85 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain and a small amount of debris due to the rains. Linesides: Guide Bradd Sasser reports, “The hybrid and striper bite is still strong with a good steady bite throughout the day. The fish are mixed in all different levels of the water column, which indicates that the quality…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – August 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: 1 foot low. Temp: 86-88 degrees. Clarity: The water throughout the majority of the lake is clear. There is some slight staining in the smaller creeks and coves from wind and rain. Linesides: Guide Bradd Sasser reports, “The downline bite around daybreak has been fantastic, and we are seeing a pretty steady…

Clarks Hill Giant Flathead Catfish

Kelly Chavous, of Columbia County, finally got to hold a once-in-a-lifetime flathead catfish out at Clarks Hill Lake in Lincoln County on May 25. Kelly, his nephew Tyler and Kelly’s buddy Mike “The Catfish King” Arrington dropped the boat in the lake around 7 p.m. and set out a few jugs with live bluegill in…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report – July 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: 1.9 feet low. Temp: 87-88 degrees. Clarity: For the most part the lake is extremely clear. Linesides: Guide Bradd Sasser reports, “The fast and furious hybrid and striper bite has been starting around 6:30 and lasting until 8 or 8:30. After that, the bite doesn’t completely shut down, but it does slow…

Clarks Hill Fishing Report June 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: Full pool, and the lake should keep easing up. Temp: 79 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “Bass fishing has been good on the Hill, with a lot of big bass being caught on the typical topwater lures around herring-spawn areas. This time of year, the blow-throughs, shoals, points,…

Clarks Hill Lake Fishing Report May 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: 1.9 feet low. Temp: 62-67 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Jon Hair reports, “The fish are on beds and starting to show up on shallow points chasing herring. Best baits are a Zoom green-pumpkin lizard and a Greenfish Tackle Big Rubber Jig in the reno wreck ‘em color for the bedding…

Clarks Hill Lake Fishing Report April 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: 2.9 feet low. Temp: 54-57 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained due to the high winds and rain, but it is beginning to clear up in the main-lake areas. Linesides: Guide Bradd Sasser reports, “Even through we’ve had some wintertime weather and high winds, the great springtime bite is in full swing. Everything in…

Clarks Hill Lake Fishing Report March 2018

Clarks Hill: Level: 4.2 feet low. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained. Linesides: Capt. Eddie Mason reports, “Due to changes in the weather and the lake level going up, it seems like live-bait fishing for hybrids and stripers has changed three times in the last month. We were catching fish 30 to 40 deep in…

Clarks Hill Ditch Bass During March

Clarks Hill bass will soon be moving up and staging for the spawn like they always every year in late February as early March do as water temperatures warm. Some winters in Georgia are dry, and Clarks Hill is known for low-water levels. This year, the lake is 12 feet below full pool as bass hit the…

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