clark hill- lake thurmond/ savannah river

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diveprof

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We dive the lake Saturday. It is in the process of turning over. Vis is down. On the plane and depths above 20' maybe 4-6', 2-3' ;20'-110'; and 15' belown 110'. We did one dive 116' for dive time of 1:05. Althought the vis was poor until you broke through at the bottom, we did see several cats. Also, perch and blue gill at depth (60'+) which probably means more O2 in the water column from the turnover. Altough vis was low, still we had enough stuff to keep it interesting.

Sunday afternoon we dove the river. Vis was great 15'+ and lots of fish life: large bass, bluegill, carp etc. Nice time for a river dive as the snakes are gone for the winter. We did the drift from the 5th street bridge to the old marina. Max depth was 22' and dive time was 1:41. We began our dive on the shipwreck at the 5th street bridge- lots of big bass, then swam across towards the S.C. side and dove on the old Hamburg Cotton docks. We swam underneath the US 1 bridge then continued along the cotton docks. We then swam back over to the GA side of the river and enjoyed the UW trees ad large boulders, again with lots of fish. Passing the remains of the old Hamburg bridge, we swam back across to the old Hamburg docks (these are the remains of the old cotton docks about 1/3 of the way off the SC side of the river. The top portion of the docks were removed, but the support posts and rock base remains- lots of fish here). After exploring a few sandbars we stuck to the GA side until our exit. The current was mild (like a slow stroll). We will probably dive the river next Sat. morning given the current lake condiitions. River temp was 61 degrees.
 
Hey Andy sorry didn't call you back. We were in Fl. doing the spring thing then had to work yesterday, but I'll have to see how the the schedule is going to work out for the future. with Christmas coming up in all.
 
We will be diving the river next Sat at 10a if your schedule allows. Hey, no hill to climb with the doubles:D
 
no chance you'd want to go a little after 10 is there? I have really wanted to go dive the river. You doing any other diving before it gets too cold diveprof?
 
no chance you'd want to go a little after 10 is there? I have really wanted to go dive the river. You doing any other diving before it gets too cold diveprof?

Sorry for the slow response. My home computer died last week. We had to go with 10am Sat for the Georgia fans. We had great vis 15'+ and water temp of 60. The lake is still low vis as it is turning. Yes we will be diving before it gets to cold (and then some) as we dive all yearround. Probably will dive next Sat or Sunday. Send a PM if you are interested in joining us.
 

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