Anyone fished it lately: Savannah River below Hartwell Dam?

[speechless]

Was hoping to get there sometime when the generators are down, but I went out in summer and found it just covered in algae and no trout...Usually they're seen rising everywhere, but not the last time i went...How's the fishin been?

[just lloyd]

I haven't fished it in years. When I was at school back in the late 70's,
we used to go down there and catch stocked Brookies until we were tired of catching them. I also caught a very nice 16" raindow and several huge Carp back in the day.

The last time I was there back in 2000 I caught very small Browns. Before they built Lake Russell, the Hartwell tailwater was a lovely piece of water.
Dangerous...but lovely. We used to water ski on Saturdays and fish on Sundays.

I hope you find the info you are looking for.

[Rosy410]

Are there trout near Russell? My parents don't live far from there in SC. Might give me more reason to head home more.

[Path_Less_Traveled]

That tailwater was recently stocked...
http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaypressrelease.asp?ArticleID=860