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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Lake Keowee is at 99.1% of full pool.Water temperatures are on the rise with low to mid-50s in the lower end of the lake up to 60s mid-lake.Clarity on the main lake, particularly the northern end, is very high with 10 plus feet of visibility.
Lake Murray water levels are up to 357.37 (full pool is 360.00) and, while the water is muddy up the lake and there is some color in the mid-lake, as water temperatures rise it is settling fast.Water temperatures range from about 50-52 degrees.
There have been some big bass sacks headlining recent tournaments on Lake Murray, and
Surface water temperatures are in the 40s in Murrells Inlet.
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.Soon fiddler crabs should be available again.
Inshore fishing is almost non-existent on the south end of the Grand Strand, as Captain Jay Baisch (843-902-0356) reports
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Inshore surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 50-52 degrees.The South Edisto is brown but clear, while the North Edisto is green and clear.The water color has not affected the fishing.
The trout fishing is still pretty decent in the creeks, and Captain Ron Davis, Jr. (843-513-0143) reports
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Water temperatures range from about 48-50 degrees, and after recent weather the water is fairly dirty inshore.Out at the jetties there is some pretty blue water.
Winter fishing continues to be strong on the north end of the South Carolina Grand Strand, and Captain Patrick “Smiley” Kelly (843-361-7445) reports
The weather forecast is less miserable for this weekend, and on tap there are several CATTs, three ABA events, a TBF event, multiple club tournaments, and of course the Sunday Showdown Series event onSantee to cap the weekend off Sundayafternoon. But this week we are featuring the first
Lake Jocassee is at 96.9% of full pool and surface water temperatures in the big water are around 52 degrees, but cooler up the rivers.Clarity is still high on the main water and into the rivers, and there is also not too much floating debris at least in the bigger sections of the rivers despite the recent rains.
There are still a ton of small trout being caught on Lake Jocassee, but Guide Sam Jones (864-280-9056) points
Lake Greenwood water levels are way up to 436.93 (full pool is 440.0).The upper end is already a mud hole, and while right now the lower end is just dingy it will be coming down.At the moment the mud line is around the state park. Water temperatures are in the upper 40s.
All this muddy water is not exactly ideal, and veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Lake Monticello surface water temperatures are still around 50 degrees or just below, and the water is relatively clear considering all the rain.Lake levels normally fluctuate daily.
The weather is still cold and dreary and so there’s not much change in the patterns on Lake Monticello, and tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Lake Russell water levels are at 474.03 (full pool is 475.00).Water temperatures are in the upper 40s and before today’s rain clarity was still fairly good.
He’s not expecting it to last much past this weekend, but Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports
Lake Wateree has shot up to 101.7% of full pool and water temperatures remain in the upper 40s.Once again the lake is very muddy even before today’s rain.
While he would love to give an on-the-water fishing report, tournament bass angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden reports
Lake Wylie is at 97.6% of full pool and surface water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 40s.The upper third of the lake is muddy and as fast as they are pulling water through the lake it will be to the lower end soon.The creeks vary, with the Big Allison muddy but some other creeks only stained.
Nobody could accuse the tournament directors for the Saturday and Sunday morning open tournaments of not doing their jobs, but tournament bass angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports
Santee Cooper water levels are up to 74.40 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.54 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).The lakes are muddy and the power company is pulling the water hard, with water temperatures are about 50 degrees.
It’s been some another week of nasty weather on Santee, but Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Clarks Hill water levels have shot up to 329.77 (full pool is 330.00) and the lake has plenty of chocolate milk muddy areas. Even the dam is stained for that area, and with two inches of rain already this morning it will only get worse.Water temperatures range from about 49-51 degrees.
Lake Murray water levels are up to 356.94 (full pool is 360.00) and the upper end of the lake and the backs of many creeks have gotten very muddy, with the mud line expected to reach down towards Dreher Island by the weekend. Water temperatures have dipped into the 40s.
Saturday veteran tournament bass angler Chris Epting of Chapin fished
The South Carolina Crappie Association had a tournament on Santee Cooper today, and conditions were brutal. Nonetheless, some impressive limits were weighed.
