Water Conditions: Lake Lanier is rising rapidly from recent rains. It is 1,074.28 feet and rising, or 3.28 feet above full pool of 1,071 at the time of this writing. Lake surface temperatures are in the upper 40s. The lake below Browns Bridge remains clear in the in the creek mouths and stained to very stained in the backs of the creeks. The upper lake creeks are stained in the mouths and very stained in the backs. The rivers are very stained to almost muddy. Check generation schedules before heading out to the river below Buford Dam at 770-945-1466.