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 fromthe 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
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Last weekend's featured CATT tournament on Lake Monticello was won with 19.25 pounds, and our regular Monticello correspondent Andy Wicker was remarkably close in hisprediction of 19 lbs 5 oz. There's no doubt he knows the lake! However, Robbie Boyd was also very close with his guess of 19.35 pounds, and since he used the correct digital format with hundredths of a pounds we are splitting the prize money between them. Don'tfeel too sorry for Andy - he's already got a boatload of tackle and he'll be fine.
Out on the water earlier today fishing the Big Bass Tour, tournament angler Tyler Matthews of Evans, GA managed to score a 5.82 pound big fish worth a healthy check in one of the hourly weigh-ins.This follows a good weekend last week where Tyler placed 11th out of about 150 boats in the Top 6 tournament.
Last weekend's featured Carolinas Bass Challenge tournament on Santee Cooper was won by Wade Grooms fishing alone with a big 28.06 pound sack including an 8.14 pound big fish. He won $10k and didn't have to share it with anyone! Reader J Andrews also didn't have to share his $80 AHQ gift certificate for the closest guess with anyone, and with a 28 pound even guess he was just an ounce away. Incidentally his 8.28 pound guess on big fish was also really close!
Lake Monticello surface water temperatures are in the upper 50s, with some warmer water on the south end, and clarity is good.Water levels fluctuate daily.
The cool, windy weather this week has kept the spring bass spawn from progressing much further forward, and Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Lake Greenwood water levels are up to 438.06 (full pool is 440.0).Water temperatures are in the mid-50s after the recent cold snap.
It’s hard to generate momentum for the spring crappie spawn when the fish keep getting buffeted by cold fronts, and Guide Daniel Skipper (864-430-0488) reports
Lake Wateree is at 97.4% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 50s.Before this week’s rain the water was clearing but wind and rain are dirtying it up again.
One year we may get a spring where the water temperatures smoothly and gradually transition warmer, but this is not that year! Tournament bass angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden reports
Lake Russell water levels are almost full at 474.88 (full pool is 475.00).Morning surface water temperatures have fall to about 59 degrees.Water clarity is a little stained after the rain this week.
Most bass anglers love spring warming, but on Lake Russell Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) often finds
Clarks Hill water levels are slightly back up to 329.60 (full pool is 330.00) and morning surface water temperatures have fallen from about 60 back into the mid-50s as of this morning.
The action for hybrid and striped bass has improved this week, and William Sasser Guide Service (706-589-5468) reports
Lake Murray water levels are up to 358.04 (full pool is 360.00).The water is stained and there is lots of debris floating after recent rains.Morning surface water temperatures range from about 53 at the dam to 60 in creeks on the north side.
Things have changed quickly on Lake Murray, and tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Santee Cooper water levels are down to 75.30 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and up to 74.62 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Clarity is pretty normal and morning surface water temperatures range from 60-62 in the upper lake to about 58 in the lower lake.The wind has made fishing difficult recently.
A slight cool snap coincided with the CBC last weekend on Santee, and as a result Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 659.85 (full pool is 660.00).There remains stained water in some creeks but overall the lake is clear.Morning surface water temperatures are about 55-57 degrees.
Lake Keowee is at 97.8% of full pool.Water temperatures are just below 60 in the lower and upper parts of the lake, while around the power plant and Mile Creek areas they are in the low to mid-60s.Clarity is normal.
Different parts of Lake Keowee continue to be at different stages of the bass spawn due to water temperature differentials, and N&C Marine/Skeeter Team member Guide Charles Townson (864-324-2065) reports
Last weekend's featured Palmetto Boat Center Tournament on Lake Murray was won by Justin Tingen and Jonathan Carter with an impressive 27.52 poundbag including a 7.30 pound big fish, but also impressive was reader Anthony Iocolano's guess - sack weight 27.62 and big fish 7.06 pounds. He was the winner of last week's $40.00 gift certificate to the store.
Lake Greenwood water levels are up to 436.88 (full pool is 440.0) and the lake is finally beginning to clear.Water temperatures are in the low to mid-50s.
At last the crappie fishing is starting to turn around on Lake Greenwood, and Guide Daniel Skipper (864-430-0488) reports
Morning surface water temperatures are in the low 50s in Murrells Inlet and the water is crystal clear.
Baisch Boys Bait and Tackle (843-651-1915) has regular and jumbo mud minnows, crappie minnows, fresh shrimp, and a full range of frozen baits.Most days fiddler crabs are available again.
For the first time in a little while we had a real winter this year, and so even as water temperatures start to warm Captain Jay Baisch (843-902-0356) points
Inshore water temperatures are in the mid-50s and the water is clear.
The most exciting thing going in the Charleston areas right now is out at the reefs, and in 40 feet of water Captain Rob Bennett (843-367-3777) reports
Lake Jocassee is at 97.1% of full pool and surface water temperatures are around 52 degrees on the main water and in the mid-50s in the creeks.Clarity is normal.
Things have still not busted loose with the trout fishing on Lake Jocassee, although Guide Sam Jones (864-280-9056) reports
Lake Monticello surface water temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s, with some warmer water on the south end, and the lake has basically cleared.Water levels fluctuate daily.
The bass on Lake Monticello are following a very normal spring trajectory, and Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Lake Russell water levels are at 473.50 (full pool is 475.00).Morning surface water temperatures are about 54 on the main lake and in the upper 50s in the creeks.Water clarity is normal.
The bass fishing is picking up again on Lake Russell, and tournament angler/ Guide Brad Fowler of Pendleton reports
Lake Wateree is at 97.3% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are in the low to mid-50s.The water is clearing.
Last weekend they expected the bass fishing to bust open on Lake Wateree, and certainly there were some fish caught in the CATT and Wateree Open tournaments, but tournament angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden reports
Clarks Hill water levels are slightly down to 329.32 (full pool is 330.00) and most of the lake is clearing.Morning surface water temperatures range from about 53-57 degrees.
There’s general agreement that the bassfishing is about to really bust wide open on Clarks Hill, and tournament angler Josh Rockefeller of Augusta reports
