Fishing Report for October Stripers Lake Hartwell as of 9-23-09 Surface Temp 78 degrees and 5 feet below Full With lots of rain in the last week, the water is rising fast. Fishing has been good for larger fish down deep. Small Fish have been schooling all over the lake. I have not seen large fish come up yet, but they should come up soon. The large fish have been on the lower lake from 60 to 90 feet deep and eating herring fished on Carolina rig at the depth you mark them on your graph. The fish will soon spread out with colder water temps. Have a top water plug or fluke ready to throw when they school, keep throwing in the area after they stop because they will still come up to eat a loud plug working in the surface. {%image_id=12038%} {%image_id=12037%} Tight Lines, Preston Harden Bucktail Guide Service Lake Hartwell, GA www.bucktailguideservice.com [email protected] 706-255-5622