AHQ Report - Lake Wateree
— The most recent Lake Wateree fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wateree-sc-spring-fishing-report/ March 8 Lake Wateree is at 97.6% of full pool, and water temperatures range from the upper 50s to lower 60s. Largemouth bass are ahead of schedule this spring on Lake Wateree, and CATT tournament director Brett Collins reports that as warm as […]
— February 11 Lake Wateree is at 98.3% of full pool, and water temperatures range between 55 and 58 degrees. Up the lake and creeks are fairly stained. Spring is around the corner for Lake Wateree crappie, and veteran tournament angler Will Hinson of Cassatt advises that fish are starting to move shallower. They will […]
— Please note that the newest Lake Wateree fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wateree-sc-winter-fishing-report/ January 18 Lake Wateree is at 98.3% of full pool, and water temperatures are all the way up to 55 degrees. Up the lake is pretty muddy, with better clarity down the lake. It’s not unusual for Lake Wateree bass to […]
— December 2 Lake Wateree is at 98.1% of full pool, and water temperatures continue to range widely from the upper 50s to mid-60s. Bass are acting peculiar on Lake Wateree, and CATT owner Brett Collins and tournament angler Dearal Rodgers both concur that the fish just aren’t in the grass. Dearal says that the […]
— November 28 Lake Monticello water levels are in the low 60s. As expected, tournament bass angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria says that the spoon bite on Lake Monticello is really good right now. In a few hours of fishing on a recent trip he and his fishing partner caught more than a dozen bass […]
— Crappie: Good. Will Hinson advises that fish are still in brush along the main river channel and some good fish are being caught. Minnows will catch fish but Fish Stalker Jigs have been working very well. Bass: Fair and improving. Dearal Rodgers reports that as water temperatures have dropped the bass bite on Wateree […]
— August 18 Lake Wylie is at 97.1% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the mid to upper-80s. Clarity is normal to a bit better than normal. In his last report FLW angler Bryan New indicated that bass fishing on Lake Wylie was as bad as he has seen it, and a little […]
— August 17 Lake Wateree is at 97.5% of full pool, and since there hasn’t been too much rain clarity is above average for the lake. Despite the heat crappie fishing remains pretty good, and veteran tournament angler Will Hinson of Cassatt reports that the fish are still in the brush. They are now concentrated […]
— Lake Wateree (SC) Summer Fishing Report – Updated August 17 Crappie: Fair to good. Will Hinson advises that fish are holding in brush piles along the main river channel and they are biting pretty well. The best bite has been on jigs. Some fish are also being caught deep around bridges. Catfish: Fair to […]
— Lake Wylie Catfish: Fair. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that priority one for the fish is spawning, and that can make for a tougher catfish bite. Anglers need to display a lot of flexibility and be willing to move around, anchor, drift and try different baits. While it is still worth trying up the […]
— The red-hot catfish bite that could be found on Lakes Wylie and Wateree during April and much of May is winding down, and on both lakes Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that the spawn is starting to take priority over feeding. On Rodger’s last few trips on Lake Wylie he has found that the up-river […]
— Lake Wateree is down to 97.3% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the mid to lower 70s – although they are rising with sun the last two days. The lake remains a bit more stained than last week because of weekend rains. The Take A Child Fishing tournament was held last weekend […]
— Lake Wateree is at 98.0% of full pool, and water temperatures range between about 74 and 80 degrees depending on section of the lake. The lake was heavily stained but not muddy – at least prior to the rain starting today. In this transition period between spring and summer Lake Wateree bass are doing […]
— Lake Wateree is at 97.3% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the 70-degree range. Water conditions are pretty normal for Lake Wateree with a decent amount of stain everywhere and water muddy up the lake. It’s been a strange spring on Lake Wateree, and many of the anglers who got on a […]
— Lake Wateree is at 97.4% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the 63-65 degree range. Water conditions are pretty normal for Lake Wateree with a decent amount of stain and water pretty dirty way up the lake. The guys who are on the big fish on Lake Wateree continue to be […]
— There are certainly big bass to be caught in Lake Wateree, as proven by the 26.39 pound bag brought to the scales by Joey Bramlett and Barry Holloman in Saturday’s CATT tournament. However, there was only one other bag over 20 pounds, and a little over 16 pounds was good enough to cut a […]
— What a difference a few degrees can make! In his last report tournament crappie angler Will Hinson of Cassatt, SC said that crappie seemed to be racing against a clock to start spawning. Males were rushing to get beds fanned, and it seemed that it would only be a matter of days before females […]
— Fresh off a day on the water on Lake Wateree, Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) rates the bite for catfish as somewhere between very good and excellent. As has been the trend recently, his party today caught a significant number of strong 15-19 pound catfish to go with a “kicker” 33-pound fish (pictured). Rodger says that […]
Tournament crappie angler Will Hinson of Cassatt, SC and his tournament partner Tommy Slice of Chapin, SC are fresh off a victory in the 80-boat national Crappie USA Super Event on Clarks Hill, in which they weighed in a whopping 29.81 pounds (14 fish, 2+ pound average) over two days. They are also coming off […]
After spending a week on Santee Cooper practicing for and then fishing in the Costa FLW Series event, it was understandable that tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden started out fishing the CATT event on Lake Wateree Saturday by looking for fish that had moved up shallow. In the Costa tournament Dearal had spent his […]
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 […]
Winter bass fishing on Lake Wateree can present some of the toughest fishing conditions of the year, and with water temperatures hovering just above 40 degrees and fairly stained water this year is no exception. Carolinas Bass Challenge tournament director Brett Collins – who will be hosting a tournament on Lake Wateree on February 20 […]
After a crazy start to 2016 Lake Wateree water levels have finally normalized, and instead of current ripping through the lake like it was a few weeks ago Wateree is actually pretty still right now. At last reading levels are down to 95.1% of full pool. Perhaps as a result of this, on his most […]
Lake Wateree is at 100.3% of full pool, and there’s no doubt that this is high – about five feet over normal for this time of year. The amazing thing, however, is that this is the lowest water levels have been since before Christmas, and 100.3 actually represents dropping water! In fact, December 22 is […]