The 2nd Annual Take a Service Member Fishing Event will be held on Clarkes Hill/Strom Thurmon. Below you will find information on the lake and also on Wildwood Park, the location where the event will be held. We have also included a list of places in the area if you are in need of lodging.

Clarks Hill Lake (J. Strom Thurmond Lake) is the largest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project east of the Mississippi River and one of the largest inland bodies of water in the South.

Clarks Hill Lake, is nestled on the Georgia and South Carolina border, stretches 39 miles up the Savannah River, 26 miles up the Little River in Georgia, and 10 miles up Little River in South Carolina.

Mixed stands of hardwoods and pine trees cover the reservoir’s irregular 1200-mile shoreline. More than 250 islands, created when the lake was filled, jut above its surface and provide homes for a diversity of plants and wildlife, including some endangered species. It is a paradise for nature lovers and a fisherman’s dream.

Fishing: Anglers can fish for striped, hybrid and largemouth bass, black and white crappies, bluegills, shellcrackers, white perch and monster flathead, blue and channel catfish. During the months of early fall, schools of hybrid bass and striped bass chase schools of bait fish to the surface and anglers, in turn, chase the game fish.

Here are links to lake levels for Clarks Hill:

http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/lakes/thurmond/Thurrampstat.htm - Corps of Engineers Ramp status…Cherokee, Lake Springs, and Keg Creek are the 3 ramps closest to Wildwood by water (less than 5 minutes away)
http://www.lakelevelalert.com/clarks-hill-current-lake-level-georgia.php Water levels

Directions to Lake