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The newest Lake Wylie fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wylie-ncsc-fall-2019-fishing-report/

August 21

Lake Wylie is at 97.1% of full pool. Water temperatures are 88-90 degrees, and the lake remains clear.

It’s still pretty tough bass fishing on Lake Wylie, and tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports that the Thursday night tournaments are only taking about 11 pounds even with 60-70 boats.

The best action has been an early morning topwater bite, which has been surprisingly good at times. Most of the better fish in daytime tournaments are being caught early and shallow.
Overall there is still a mix of fish scattered out between shallow and deep, as well as in creeks and the main lake.  Deeper fish are still out there in 18-23 feet on the usual community holes where spoons, worms and crankbaits can catch them.

There is also some schooling activity starting, but for right now it is mainly small 12-15 inch bass.  They are on very small bait and so they can be hard to get to bite.

July 31

Lake Wylie is down to 97.3% of full pool. Water temperatures are in the mid-80s, and the lake remains pretty clear.

It’s a pretty stable – and tough – period on Lake Wylie, but tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports that a late mayfly hatch this week actually set off a pretty decent shallow bass bite.  In addition to the fish already in the shallows eating bedding bream, the mayflies brought in even more bream and bass.  These fish will eat buzzbaits and other topwater lures, and there have been some pretty big bass up there feeding.

There is also a decent jig bite around docks.

On the deeper side, in the 18-23 foot range there has been a decent spoon bite reported, and big worms and crankbaits will also catch fish.  Offshore fish are getting a little more finicky after being picked on all summer.

July 19

Lake Wylie is down to 97.1% of full pool, and water temperatures are about 90 degrees.  The lake is pretty clear.

It’s the heat of summer on Lake Wylie, and tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports that basscontinue to be mixed between shallow and deep.  It has taken about 13 pounds to win recent tournaments, but with a full moon this week there have been a lot of bream bedding and so the shallow bite has picked up a little.  Frogs and prop baits fished in pockets and coves are both working, and there is also a pretty good jig bite around docks.

On the deeper side, in the 18-20 foot range anglers are fishing big worms, jigs and crankbaits.

On the catfish front, Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that the bite has gotten extremely tough.

June 27

Lake Wylie is back to 98.6% of full pool, and the water remains relatively clear.  Morning surface temperatures are still in the low 80s.

On the catfish front, Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports a fair bite fishing mid-lake near Crowders Creek.  Drifting with cut bluegill in about 22-35 feet has been the best pattern, with fish generally coming in waves near structure.  A mix of blues and channels will be caught this way.

At night the best pattern is to head to the riverine portions of the lake where there is moving water, and anchor cut shad, live and cut bluegills and white perch for flatheads and blues.  Anchor in an area where you can fan-cast to cover a range of depths, from the edge of the deep channel to as shallow as 3 feet.

June 24

Lake Wylie is down to 97.9% of full pool, and in addition to levels dropping the water has cleared up in the last week.  Morning surface temperatures are about 82 degrees.

It hasn’t been a full week since the last report, and water conditions have changed completely on Lake Wylie.  As a result tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports that the deep bassbite has come on again, and with a fair amount of current anglers are doing well fishing big worms, jigs and crankbaits out in the 18-20 foot range.

There is still a good topwater bite, and fishing baits like Whopper Ploppers or Spooks around main lake points and riprap is a good pattern first thing.  Fish will still take prop baits and frogs in pockets.

During the day some of these shallow fish seem to sit around docks, and so there is a good jig bite around shallow docks.

June 20

Lake Wylie is at 98.9% of full pool but has had some pretty severe flooding in recent weeks.  The lake is starting to clear on the upper end, but the bottom ¾ of the lake is still really muddy.  Water temperatures are still in the low 80s.

Water conditions have changed the bass bite again on Lake Wylie, and tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports that as a result of the dirty water the best bite has been shallow. Fishing in 5 feet or less with Chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits is working, and fish can be found around rocks on the main lake.  There are also shallow fish in the creeks where the resident creek fish have moved up.

There is still a good topwater bite first thing, and the bream bed bite is still going on.  The deep pattern should rebound once water conditions improve.

June 6

Lake Wylie is down to 97.2% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the low 80s.  Overall the lake is clear.

There is not a lot of change with the basson Lake Wylie, but tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports that there do appear to be some better fish out deep.  The best action is in 18-23 feet of water, and fish are still aggressive and will take a crankbait, swimbait, big worm, or jig.

Early in the morning there has been a pretty good topwater bite for about two hours, with buzzbaits working especially well.  And the bream bed bite should last until fall in pockets with prop baits and frogs.