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Fishing Reports
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,…
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: 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…
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.2 feet below 330. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Clear in most areas. Bass; Tournament angler Josh Rockefeller reports, “The lake is full and the fish are biting good. The water temp’s right around 80. I’ve been finding bass feeding on shad in the river arms. At first light I will work rocky…
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.2 feet above 330. Temp: 69 degrees. Clarity: Some stain from rains. Bass: Guide Trad Whaley reports, “The water level was as high as 5 feet over full pool, and in less than seven days it’s back to full pool. It’s dirty in the rivers, and this has caused a later-than-usual spawn,…
Georgia has seen three state-record fish in the past four months. Could another record fish have been caught last week? We will never know because the angler chose to release a huge yellow perch that based on measurements would have been close to state-record proportions. Patrick McCorkell was fishing below the Thurmond Dam in the…
Clarks Hill: Level: 1.3 feet above 330. Temp: 58-64 degrees. Clarity: The river is dirty, the water mid-lake is stained, and the water down the lake is clear. Bass: College tournament angler Daelyn Whaley reports, “Look for your shallow-water patterns to start heating up in the backs of the pockets. Start looking for spawning fish…
Pulling live blueback herring during a striper tournament paid off in more ways than one. The boat placed second in the Clarks Hill Striper Club tournament, and one of the anglers set a new lake record for spotted bass. Riley Hale was fishing with Capt. Ed Lepley and Kenny Brooks during the tournament this past…
Bass at Clarks Hill are on all three stages of the spawn in March. You can catch bass by targeting spawning areas, and you can catch them on a variety of baits. On the lower lake you are likely to have a mixed bag of spotted bass and largemouth, but up the Georgia Little River…
Clarks Hill: Level: 0.4 feet below 330. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Clear on the lower end but it’s been a little cloudy from Lloyds Creek up. Bass: Guide Trad Whaley reports: “Clarks Hill is getting right and so are the fish. It seems like everything is on schedule for a normal spawn. In March, start looking on…
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