Thread: The Hill is Flooded!

Thought I would try to fish off some of that Christmas turkey and dressing. Figured GA Little River would be up and stained from all the rain, but when I got to Amity the ramp and dock was mostly underwater, the water was pure red mud, and I have never seen so much floating debris, including some huge logs and branches. Bottom line, the water was unfishable and the ramp unusable.

Made my way over to Dordon Creek and the water was in much better shape. Some stain and some floating stuff, but not bad at all. As you can see from the picture of the Dordon ramp and dock, the water is higher than I have seen it in years. Good news is that I ended the day with 16 keepers, mostly from an old brush pile in 33 feet (it would have been in 25 feet last Saturday!), with most caught on minnows and a few on kalin jigs.

Clarks Hill level is at 334 feet today, up a full 8 feet from this time last week, which is an incredible amount of water in just a few days. The entire lake will be muddy and trashy by mid week, and if we continue to get just modest rain thru the winter, it could easily be spring before it clears. Oh well, it was a great fall for fishing.