Lake Hartwell Striper Fishing Report – June – July The striper bite is ON! Fish are beginning to show up in their usual summertime haunts on Lake Hartwell. The surface water temps are in the upper 70’s in the early morning, and warming up to the low 80’s by noon. Fortunately we’ve have a few…
If you live near a southern impoundment, you’ll notice the loons have arrived! And they are here for one reason…to fill their bellies. Every winter loons and seagulls show up on our area lakes to feed on schools of threadfins, shiners and herring. For us anglers, the loons are beacons that tell us where to…
Fall fishing is in full swing! Hartwell, and other lakes like Lanier, Murray, Clarks Hill, are all delivering nice stringers of hybrids and stripers. The water temperature is in the mid-70’s, and slowly dropping toward that magical 68 to 70 degree range. October can be one of the most productive, and fun, times to be…
The summer heat is here! With daytime temps in the upper 90’s, the water surface temperature on our southeastern lakes and reservoirs has also risen dramatically. The stripers and hybrids have settled into their typical summer pattern, meaning they have gone deep. Although you might find them feeding throughout the water column during the heat…
