Richard B Russell Lake is a reservoir in Georgia, near Elbert County.
Richard B. Russell Lake is a 26,650-acre Corps reservoir between Lake Hartwell and Clarks Hill on the Savannah River. The lake reaches about 165 feet, stores nearly 1.49 million acre-feet, and has a much less developed shoreline than Hartwell or Clarks Hill. That gives anglers long stretches of natural banks, timber and creek arms.
The lake was built later than the other two big Savannah River reservoirs and has extensive public shoreline and wildlife-management land. Standing timber, creek channels, long points, humps and river structure provide most of the major fish-holding features.
Largemouth and spotted bass can be caught around rocky banks, points and timber with crankbaits, jerkbaits, jigs and soft plastics. Striped and hybrid bass follow herring and shad through deep water, making live bait, swimbaits and spoons useful.
Crappie can be caught around brush, standing timber and creek-channel structure with minnows and jigs. Catfish respond to fresh cut bait along river-channel flats and deeper holes.
Treat Russell as a deep, timbered river reservoir. Pick one creek or river section, fish shallow cover early, then move to points and channel structure as the day develops. Electronics are valuable because productive timber can sit well away from the visible shoreline.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.