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March 19
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.79 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while the creeks are dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 61 degrees up the rivers and 59 degrees on the main lake.
March 12
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.61 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is still mostly clear with some stain in the backs, despite almost an inch of rain Monday. Morning surface water temperatures are around 52 degrees on the bigger water and a little warmer in the backs.
March 6
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 659.46 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is mostly clear but the creeks had some stain even before ¾ of an inch of rain fell yesterday. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 49-52 degrees, mostly owing to the cold nights.
February 26
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.01 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is much clearer than last week. Morning surface water temperatures are back up to around 49-51 degrees.
February 19
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.13 (full pool is 660.00) and much of the lake is just lightly stained, while some of the creeks that get dirty easily are muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are about 49 but expected to drop with this new front.
February 12
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 656.54 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while the feeder creeks have some color. Morning surface water temperatures have risen and fallen wildly but are now back in the lower 50s.
Read more fishing reports from Lake Hartwell and other popular places at the AHQ Report!
Located on the Georgia/ South Carolina border less than ten miles to the west of Anderson, South Carolina, the Hartwell Dam and Reservoir were constructed between 1955 and 1963. The top lake of the three “Savannah River chain” lakes, the lake is created by the Hartwell Dam located on the Savannah River seven miles below the point where the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers join to form the Savannah. One of the Southeast’s largest and most popular lakes, Lake Hartwell covers approximately 56,000 acres at full pool, has around 962 miles of shoreline, and extends 49 miles up the Tugaloo River and 45 miles up the Seneca River.
A very popular fishing lake 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 blueback herring and threadfin and gizzard shad.
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