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Lake Hartwell is a 56,000-acre freshwater lake, with 962 miles of shoreline, on the border between Georgia and South Carolina. The Hartwell Dam was constructed in 1962, creating this reservoir and making it one of the largest recreation lakes in the southeastern region of the US. Lake Hartwell is named after Nancy Hart, a woman who turned the tables on British troops that invaded her property during the American Revolutionary War. Because of frequent flooding in the area before construction of the lake, the abandoned town of Andersonville is now underwater. Many of these ruins, as well as lots of fish attractors were set up in the lake, providing good fishing year-round.
Lake Hartwell fishing offers opportunities to catch over 40 different types of fish. The most commonly caught species are Bream, Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass and Walleye. Other types of fish you could catch while fishing Lake Hartwell include Carp, Gar, Shiners, Trout and Warmouth. One of the largest fish caught at the lake was a 66-pound Flathead Catfish in 2010. Striped Bass is a popular species to target at Lake Hartwell and has delivered some amazing catches, such as the record 59-pound, eight-ounce beast in 2002. If you visit Lake Hartwell in winter, the best fish to target are Brown Trout, Catfish, Crappie, Hybrid Bass and Striped Bass.
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There is a 40.54% catch rate for Redbreast Sunfish, based on 15 Redbreast Sunfish counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL REDBREAST SUNFISH COUNTS CHART
There is a 21.62% catch rate for Bluegill, based on 8 Bluegill counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL BLUEGILL COUNTS CHART
There is a 10.81% catch rate for Green Sunfish, based on 4 Green Sunfish counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL GREEN SUNFISH COUNTS CHART
There is a 8.11% catch rate for Blueback Herring, based on 3 Blueback Herring counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL BLUEBACK HERRING COUNTS CHART
There is a 5.41% catch rate for Channel Catfish, based on 2 Channel Catfish counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL CHANNEL CATFISH COUNTS CHART
There is a 5.41% catch rate for Largemouth Bass, based on 2 Largemouth Bass counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL LARGEMOUTH BASS COUNTS CHART
There is a 2.7% catch rate for Black Crappie, based on 1 Black Crappie counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL BLACK CRAPPIE COUNTS CHART
There is a 2.7% catch rate for Chain Pickerel, based on 1 Chain Pickerel counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL CHAIN PICKEREL COUNTS CHART
There is a 2.7% catch rate for Warmouth, based on 1 Warmouth counted.
ENLARGE LAKE HARTWELL WARMOUTH COUNTS CHART
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Please check local, state/province, and federal laws before fishing for any species found on this site. All data is based on historical data found for this area, and in some cases as far back as the year 1600.
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The Top 10 Fishing Spots for Lake Hartwell are the following:
SHUCK PEN EDDY - LAKE RICHARD RUSSELL
Submerged Bridge Submerged Bridge
Fish Attractor Fish Attractor
Bobbys Hole Good ledges around this bowl that will hold fish.
Boat Ramp #2 Boat Ramp #2
Submerged Trees Submerged Trees
Devils Fork Boat Ramp Devils Fork Boat Ramp
Overlook Point Good rocky point that holds fish.
18 Mile Creek Boat Ramp 18 Mile Creek Boat Ramp
Sentua Hump Good hump with the channel close by.
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Lake Hartwell Crappie Fishing Report March 30th 2024 Fun trip with Rick Dodd from Asheville NC. The bite was good today. The big ones are starting to eat!! Rodney Donald The post Lake Hartwell Crappie Fishing Report March 30th
Lake Hartwell Crappie Fishing Report March 28th 2024 Crappie Fishing is starting to get really good. The water is warming up and the fish are feeling good and going to the brush piles making it easy to target them. You need to
Lake Hartwell Crappie Fishing Report March 27th 2024 Any great morning trip with Hank from Arizona. This Lake Hartwell fishing is really heating up. Let’s get you out on the lake. Rodney Donald The post Lake Hartwell Crappie Fi
Lake Hartwell Crappie Fishing Report March 4th 2024 Had a great trip with Jason and Matt from Dacusville South Carolina. Crappie fishing is on fire right now! Rodney Donald The post Lake Hartwell Crappie Fishing Report March 4
Lake Hartwell Crappie Fishing Report February 4th 2024 It’s that time of year again! The next several months will be Hot for Crappie fishing. Dates are starting to to fill up Let’s get you out there. Rodney Donald The post Lake H
Lake Hartwell Fishing Report May 20th 2023 Great morning all the pieces came together for Mr. Michael and his son this morning they caught some pigs! We put a three man limit in the boat real quick.Great catch fellas.
Lake Hartwell Fishing Report May 19th 2023 Had the pleasure of taking the legend Mr Rick Dodd fishing this afternoon and he put some slabs in the boat. The Crappie fishing is on fire right now. Rodney Donald The post
Lake Hartwell Fishing Report April 23rd 2023 The Porter boys don’t play around when they fish they put a limit in the boat quickly this morning. Great catch guys. Can’t wait to have you back. Rodney Donald The post Lake
Lake Hartwell Fishing Report April 07th 2023 2 trips today were very successful. Billy and his family endured a rainy Good Friday to catch a box full of hybrids with us today. Kyle his daddy Tim and Kyle’s boss/buddy Ro
Lake Hartwell Fishing Report April 01st 2023 My clients that I took out this afternoon did not waste any time putting the fish in the boat they caught their limit and threw back a lot more great catch guys can’t wait to
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