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May 9
Clarks Hill water levels are still very high at 330.55 (full pool is 330.00) and morning surface water temperatures are around 75 degrees. Clarity is about normal; up the lake is dirtier while down the lake is clear.
May 1
Clarks Hill water levels are still very high at 330.26 (full pool is 330.00) and morning surface water temperatures are around 70-72 degrees.
April 25
Clarks Hill water levels are very high at 330.37 (full pool is 330.00) and morning surface water temperatures are around 70 degrees.
April 17
Clarks Hill water levels are at 330.20 (full pool is 330.00) and you can find water of any color over the lake, from mud in the backs of some creeks and up-river to clear water at the front of some creeks and in parts of the main channel. Morning surface water temperatures are about 65-66 degrees.
April 11
Clarks Hill water levels are at 330.12 (full pool is 330.00) and before today’s rain the lake was clearing. Morning surface water temperatures are about 63-65 degrees.
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Located on the Georgia/ South Carolina border approximately 22 miles upstream of the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia, the originally named Clarks Hill Dam and Lake were built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1946 and 1954. The last lake of the “Savannah River chain”, the dam near the South Carolina town of Clarks Hill is located near the confluence of the Georgia Little River and the Savannah River which form its two main arms. One of the largest man-made lakes in the Southeast, the lake covers approximately 71,000 acres at full pool, has around 1200 miles of shoreline, and extends over 39 miles up the Savannah River in its longest run. The lake was federally renamed J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir in 1987, but residents of Georgia and South Carolina often still refer to this body of water as Clarks Hill – still its official name per the state of Georgia.
A fishermen’s paradise 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 a very large population of blueback herring, abundant gizzard shad and a dwindling population of threadfin shad.
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