Great Year for Fishing Expected on Lake Hartwell

If you’re an angler, you can expect a great year for fishing on Lake Hartwell.

Anglers can fish for a variety of bass, black crappie, and walleye.

According to the DNR,  high water levels over the past few springs provided excellent spawning conditions for largemouth bass.

As a result, there was a large influx of juvenile largemouths, which are now reaching a size that recreational and tournament anglers will enjoy.

In the springtime, bass are spawning in shallow coves and creeks near visible structure.

On the Georgia side of the lake, the highest numbers of largemouth bass in DNR sampling traditionally come from the Lightwood Log Creek, Shoal Creek, Gumlog Creek, and Eastanollee Creek arms of the lake.

During the summer months, bass retreat to cooler water in the 20 to 40-ft depth range.

The reef marker points between Tugaloo State Park and I-85 Bridge are a good starting point to fish.

When the topwater bite is on, largemouths will race to the surface to attack schools of small herring and shad.

To get more information on fishing conditions on Lake Hartwell this spring and summer you can go online to https://georgiawildlife.com/fishing-forecasts, then click on Hartwell.

There you will find a list of the fish in Hartwell Lake and the best times and places to fish for them.