Clarks Hill Reservoir
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Real Diehl
Bronze Ambassador
5/11/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
71°
Real Diehl
Bronze Ambassador
5/2/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
74°
The lake has a number of patterns running, but tournament winning bags are being achieved chasing the herring over some other techniques. The fish are beginning their transitions off. There is a good morning bite on points. Up river the fish seem to be a little farther along in their transition then south.
Real Diehl
Bronze Ambassador
4/13/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
65°
The cruisers that were shallow pulled off in the cold nights and have to be found. Fish are still relating to points, mixed largemouth and spots. Blueback are being found selectively, but this should increase in the coming 1-2 weeks
Real Diehl
Bronze Ambassador
4/5/25
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
70°
Lots o lots to report. The lake is fishing well from top to bottom. People are catching fish across the lake, on all the baits listed here. Spots are up and chewing, water temps are right to really get them moving. Largies are mostly post spawn and roaming, finding the right ones are critical to winning events. In some parts fish are still in the back, in other in the middle, and others in the front. There is something for everyone. Although I don’t have it listed there is also a good wacky rig bite.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Early in the morning fish can be caught up the creek arms in the grass on a hollow belly frog. These fish can be caught all day, but the better fish are being caught down the lake on long points throwing a C-Rig. Take your time and work these points good. You can catch multiple fish of of one spot.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Spoons
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
76°
Flutter spoon worked well on brush in 20+ feet of water on main lake points. I could only get one off each pile, but the quality was good. Once you caught one offf a pile, you needed to move to a new pile and just run them in rotation.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
68°
It's been a werid spring. Water temps were 68-69 degrees on the main lake. Herring weren't pushed all the way up on the points, but the bass were in in 2-5 feet of water ambushing the swimbait bite. Wind was brutal, but the bite was worth it. Once the rain started around 1, the wind died down to be just right and the bite got even better.
Species
Striped BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
68°
Water was 68-69, and the striped bass were just off the points suspended in about 5-10 feet of water. If the largemouth bass didn't bite on top of the points, the striped bass would eat it off the points.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
76°
I saw water temps ranging from 74-78 degrees on 5/30/31 on the Georgia side of the lake up creek channels. I was targeting the remaining bluegill beds that I could find in shallow pockets. Even though the shad spawn has completed, I was able to catch a solid limit on a Greenfish Tackle Toad toter buzzbait nickel paired with a Zman Goat Toadz in white in water from 2 inches deep to 4 feet deep. If I got a bite on the buzzbait in a pocket, I would follow that up with the poppin frog to pick apart the area and get a bigger bite.
