November 3

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.34 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake continues to be clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 69 degrees.

October 26

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 654.84 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake continues to clear. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 60s.

October 21

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.84 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake continues to clear. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 68 degrees. 

October 13

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.43 (full pool is 660.00) and the turnover assumes to be winding down and the lake is clearing. Morning surface water temperatures range from as low as 67 in the backs of some creeks to 74 on the main lake.

October 6

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 656.00 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is good on the main lake but a bit lower in places up the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 73 degrees in the last few days. 

September 29

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 656.38 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is good on the main lake but lower up the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped a couple of degrees to about 78 in the last two or three days. 

It’s been a tough week for hybrid and striped bass bite on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports 

September 15

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 657.97 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is good on the main lake but lower up the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are around 81 degrees.   

The hybrid and striped bass bite is still a little funny, but Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

September 8

Lake Hartwell water levels have shot up two feet to 657.94 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is good on the main lake while the backs of creeks are blown out with logs, debris and dirty water. Morning surface water temperatures are around 84 degrees.   

The bass fishing on Lake Hartwell is easy

August 31

Lake Hartwell water levels are way down to 656.09 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is very high. Morning surface water temperatures are around 84 degrees.   

The hybrid and striped bass fishing on Lake Hartwell is still a little hit-or-miss, but Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

August 18

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 656.57 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is very high. Morning surface water temperatures are around 83-85 degrees.   

Every few years the August hybrid and striped bass fishing on Lake Hartwell gets tough, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

August 3

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 657.90 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is very high. Morning surface water temperatures are about 86 degrees. 

The hybrid and striped bass patterns are changing on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

July 22

Lake Hartwell water levels are way down to 658.80 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is still high. Morning surface water temperatures are back to about 87 degrees. 

There are some changes with the hybrid and striped bass on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

July 14

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 659.43 (full pool is 660.00) and even with recent rains clarity is still high. Morning surface water temperatures got up to 87 degrees but have now been about 85 for over a week. 

The hybrid and striped bass on Lake Hartwell have really settled into early summer patterns on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

July 1

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 659.54 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is still high. Morning surface water temperatures got up to 86 degrees but have now dropped back to about 84. 

Pre-summer patterns for hybrid and striped bass on Lake Hartwell are fading into the rearview mirror as we get into full summer fishing, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

June 23

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 660.46 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is about as high as Lake Hartwell gets. With no more than brief rain showers recently, except for the very back of some creeks the water is clear.   Morning surface water temperatures are 84-85 degrees. 

There’s been a bit of a change with the hybrid and striped bass this week on Lake Hartwell, and even as the fish are still basically in the mid-rivers and have not moved down the lake much  Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

June 17

Lake Hartwell water levels are well above full at 660.71 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity remains very high. Morning surface water temperatures are around 84 first thing.

June is usually a good month for hybrid and striped bass on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

June 9

Lake Hartwell water levels are well above full at 661.32 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is very high.  Morning surface water temperatures are 80-81 degrees over most of the lake. 

The hybrid and striped bass are in some pretty reliable patterns right now on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

May 24

Lake Hartwell water levels are still above full at 660.32 (full pool is 660.00) and even after a bunch of rain most of the lake is still very clear. Morning surface water temperatures got as high as 78 or 79 but they have since dropped to about 74. 

Even with dropping temperatures Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

May 19

Lake Hartwell water levels are still above full at 660.29 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures are up to about 76 or 77 degrees. 

With the herring spawn now wide open in the areas he is fishing Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

May 12

Lake Hartwell water levels are still above full at 660.27 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures dropped to about 70 degrees but have now rebounded to about 74. 

This week the cold front made them work a little harder to catch hybrid and striped bass on Lake Hartwell, but Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

May 4

Lake Hartwell water levels are still above full at 660.45 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is basically clear everywhere again as it has gotten very dry. Morning surface water temperatures are about 73 degrees over much of the lake. 

It’s still a very good bite for hybrid and striped bass on Lake Hartwell, but Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

April 21

Lake Hartwell water levels are still above full at 660.26 (full pool is 660.00) and the backs of some creeks are Clemson orange after recent rains. Morning surface water temperatures range from 58 in cooler creeks to 62 on the main lake to 66 or 67 up warmer rivers. 

It’s been a great week, and today was a fantastic day, for hybrid and striped bass fishing on Lake Hartwell.  Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports

April 8

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 660.66 (full pool is 660.00) and the backs of creeks are muddy with recent rains. Morning surface water temperatures have risen into the lower 60s. 

There has been some significant improvement in the hybrid and striped bass fishing this week on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports