Stripers, hybrids up early in June
Fishing for striped bass and hybrids in June on Clarks Hill Lake is usually an early morning thing, a quick bite and over, according to guide Billy Murphy. […]
Fishing for striped bass and hybrids in June on Clarks Hill Lake is usually an early morning thing, a quick bite and over, according to guide Billy Murphy. […]
Guide Brad Sasser said late March and April are excellent for catching both stripers and hybrids at Clarks Hill Lake, and that’s not necessarily a year-round pattern. […]
February is one of the best times of the year to catch big stripers in Clarks Hill Lake and the two Little rivers that feed it. […]
Although he lives just a hop, skip and jump from Lake Greenwood, when winter begins to wane, Rod Wall of Ninety Six much prefers to make the hour-long drive southwest to fish on his favorite crappie lake: Clarks Hill. […]
At almost 71,000 acres, Clarks Hill Reservoir, the largest manmade body of water east of the Mississippi River, is still surprisingly undeveloped compared to many of the other impoundments across South Carolina.
Clarks Hill, or Lake Thurmond if you prefer, was built between 1946 and 1954, just a few years before Lake Hartwell and some 30 years before Lake Russell, the other two impoundments upstream on the Savannah River system.
As a fishery, Clarks Hill has a reputation as a better-than-average destination for a number of species. Professional bass tours frequently make stops there, and a growing number of crappie and catfish tournament circuits are also becoming regular visitors. One of the more sought-after species, at least as far as recreational anglers are concerned, are striped bass. Stripers and their test-tube cousins, hybrid striped bass, were first introduced into Clarks Hill during the late 1960s. The fishery was to their liking, and the lake produced a state-record striper in 1993 that wasn’t topped for eight years. […]
Taking first and second place this past Saturday June 4th, at the Crappie USA 2-day $10,000.00 Super Event at the Wildwood Park Mega Ramps on Clarks Hill Lake were a pair of South Carolina teams. […]
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