AHQ Report - Lake Greenwood
Clark's Hill Fishing Reports
Lake Greenwood is located near the towns of Greenwood and Ninety Six, about an hour to the northwest of Columbia and around forty-five minutes to the southeast of Greenville. The waters of the Saluda and Reedy Rivers come from the northwest and feed into Lake Greenwood, which was created between 1935 and 1940 with the construction of Buzzard’s Roost Dam.
Lake Greenwood has 212 miles of shoreline and 11,400 surface acres of water, and today it is owned by Greenwood County. A relatively shallow lake, Lake Greenwood averages 18 feet deep and is 60 feet deep at its deepest point. The Greenwood County Lake Management Department controls permitting, camping, upkeep and maintenance on the lake, and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources helps to manage the fishery resource.
Fishermen target Lake Greenwood’s healthy populations of largemouth and now spotted bass, black and white crappie, bream and catfish, and channel and flathead catfish. DNR also stocks striped bass in the lake, although not in the quantities which they put into Lake Murray, Clarks Hill and other major striper fisheries. White bass are also present in Greenwood, although they are increasingly being displaced by the white perch population. The most significant forage fish on Lake Greenwood are threadfin and gizzard shad. Read More
— Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the catfish bite is pretty stable on Lake Greenwood. Channel catfish are being caught drifting with cut herring and shad, and flatheads are being caught anchoring with live bream and perch. White perch: Good. Captain Chris reports that jigging spoons are catching strong numbers of white […]
— Striper: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the bite has gotten a bit more sporadic but the best pattern for catching striper is to fish down-lines in the 18-22 foot range in the lower lake. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that channel catfish can be caught around humps […]
— July 26 Lake Greenwood water levels are at 438.9 and water temperatures are in the mid to upper 80s. Clarity is normal. Earlier this summer Lake Greenwood bass fishermen were doing pretty well, but veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter reports that as the summer has gone on fishing has slowed down. Gone are the […]
— Lake Greenwood water levels are at 439.1 and water temperatures are in the mid-70s. The water is muddy up the lake but clarity is good from the middle to lower end. Sometimes the winner of a recent tournament reports a pretty good bite, even while everyone else struggled to catch fish. That was not […]
— Lake Greenwood water levels are at 438.9 and water temperatures are in the low- to mid-60s. Clarity is normal. When water temperatures approached the 70s in mid-March it looked like the majority of the fish would have spawned well before the end of April, but then Mother Nature said “Not so fast.” Several weeks […]
— Veteran tournament bass angler Stan Gunter says that in his opinion there’s only one place worth looking for largemouth bass on Lake Greenwood right now – up shallow around spawning areas! It’s possible that some big fish remain in deeper water around brush, but just driving around the banks (now that the water has […]
— Last year at this time Lake Greenwood was giving up 27+ pound bags, but that feat was not to be repeated this past Saturday. Six months of rain and a cold late winter had Lake Greenwood cold and muddy for the tournament Saturday, but in some tough conditions Jerry Kotal (our customary Lake Russell […]
Lake Greenwood is cold and the water is stained to muddy, particularly in the upper half, but that doesn’t mean that fish can’t be found up shallow and willing to eat a crankbait. Veteran tournament bass angler Stan Gunter reports that – just as on Lake Wateree – fish can be caught in 3-7 feet […]
Lake Greenwood is flooded and muddy, but that doesn’t mean that bass aren’t eating. Veteran tournament bass angler Stan Gunter reports that even with the crazy water conditions some good fish are still being caught, and in fact the overall bite is pretty good. Muddy water can often kill a winter bite, but since water […]
A couple of weeks ago Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reported that Lake Greenwood was starting to calm down after the flood, and the catfish bite was beginning to improve. Drifting with herring and gizzard shad was starting to work pretty well, and the fish were feeding most actively in the 10-25 foot range. Main lake points […]
According to veteran tournament bass angler Stan Gunter fall bass fishing on Lake Greenwood is all about following the bait, and right now schools of bait are making their annual migration into the creeks. Some fish can still be found in main lake cuts and pockets, but Stan says the best numbers of fish have […]
While on a number of South Carolina lakes fish are deep and topwater schooling activity is virtually non-existent, right now Lake Greenwood anglers report that the best fishing for a number of species is on the surface. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that on days when striper are schooling activity can be wide open and catch […]
Veteran tournament bass angler Stan Gunter reports that the bass fishing has been strong on Lake Greenwood – especially for considering water and 100 degree air temperatures! First thing in the morning it’s worth looking up shallow around docks and seawall and throwing frogs and poppers, but anglers might want to be careful not to […]
Lake Greenwood is at 439.4. Largemouth Bass: Fair to good. Guide Brad Fowler (864-934-5813), winner of the ABA 2-day tournament on Lake Greenwood last weekend, reports that he spent a lot of time both days trying to find a shallow bite with poppers, buzzbaits and the like and never had a bite. He caught the […]
Lake Greenwood is at 436.36 and water temperatures are climbing. Crappie: Good to very good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the crappie bite has been strong over the last week and a half. Long-line trolling with jigs seems to be the most consistent fish producer, and most fish are suspending 3-8 feet deep in 10-20 feet […]
The Fish the Fall Elite Team Trail had its two-day Lake Murray event on Friday and Saturday (March 6 and 7), and it was a good one. The father/ son team of Mike and Brian Tidwell won the tournament with a two-day total of 48.33 pounds, including a whopping Day 2 bag weighing 30.79 pounds! […]
Week 9 saw six open/ tournament trail events previewed/ reported on SCFishingReport.com, as well as the first week of the “Pick ‘Em” contest on this site. Results and winning patterns follow: ABA Weekend Series Lake Murray Congratulation to Brock Taylor of Pendleton, winner of the first ABA Weekend Series SC Division event of 2015 on Lake Murray. […]
Congratulations to Brian and Mike Tidwell, winners of the second South Carolina Upstate Team Division Bass Tournament on Lake Greenwood yesterday. The winners had an enormous 29.87 pound sack composed of clone 6-pounders! 2nd place went to Paul Gettys and Russell Clark with 22.54 pounds. 3rd place went to Michael Holland and Mike Cox with 20.47 […]
Week 9 has six open/ tournament trail events calendared on SCFishingReport.com, and with crazy weather and tough fishing around the state it should be interesting to see what anglers are able to bring to the scales. For the first time this week we are offering a $20.00 gift certificate for SCFishingTackle.com to the reader who […]
The Southern Crappie Tournament Trail will have its final tournament of the 2012/2013 season on Lake Greenwood next Saturday, February 16. The State Championship “OPEN” Tournament is open to the public with no membership fee and a $100.00 entry fee, and registration and weigh-in will take place at Charlie B’s. Registration will take place from […]
Several years ago I had the opportunity to fish for monster blue catfish on Lake Monticello with Captain Chris Simpson, and I gained an appreciation of the nuance of fishing for monster catfish on that lake. The payoff is tremendous if you coax a 30-60 plus pound monster to bite, and Lake Monticello has fish […]
Lake Greenwood is on Fire: Catfishing on Lake Greenwood with Captain Chris Simpson When I went fishing with Captain Chris Simpson for trophy blue catfish on Lake Monticello, we anchored down and waited patiently for the big bite. It was an exciting waiting game, because nothing and nobody can tell a giant blue catfish what to […]