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 Murray water levels are at 356.17 (full pool is 360.00) and morning surface water temperatures range from the low to mid-60s, hitting 67 or 68 on sunny afternoons. The river is no very dirty and the lake is generally getting fairly clear again.
Fresh off a first place finish in the TBF winter trail tournament Saturday out of Shull Island with his father Steve, B.A.S.S. angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Lake Monticello water temperatures are in the mid to upper 60s, and the water is typically clear but a bit stained around the banks.Lake levels normally fluctuate daily.
Warmer temperatures still have the bassa little behind schedule on Lake Monticello, and B.A.S.S. angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Clarks Hill water levels are down to 327.64 (full pool is 330.00) and water temperatures are around 65 or 66 degrees.The water is pretty stained.
The hybrid and striped bass have started moving further and further up the lake and back into the river and creeks arms on Clarks Hill.William Sasser Guide Service (706-589-5468) reports
Lake Russell water levels are close to full at 474.78 (full pool is 475.00) and water temperatures are about 65-67 degrees.The water is pretty clear.
Even though they have not gotten stacked up in deep water the bass fishing is still strong on Lake Russell, and Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports
Lake Greenwood is at 437.52 (full pool is 440.0) and surface water temperatures are in the mid-60s.Up the lake is dirtier while the water down the lake is cleaner.
It’s one of those tougher times on Lake Greenwood when some anglers are catching fish but many are not, and tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.91 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.89 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Surface water temperatures are around 64 and the lakes are dirty.
Inshore surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are down to the mid to upper 60s.The North Edisto is clear while the South Edisto is a bit browner because of the rain – but still not bad. Bait is finally leaving the creeks.
It’s that time of year when each drop in the water temperature reminds inshore species that they need to feed up because soon there will be an absence of forage, and as a result Captain Ron Davis, Jr. (843-513-0143) reports
Lake Wylie is at 97.2% of full pool and surface water temperatures are in the mid-60s.They are pulling a ton of water through the lake such that the upper end is clearing while the lower end has gotten very muddy.
At this point it sounds like a broken record, but tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports
Water temperatures did fall into the 60s but then heated back up to 70, but it finally looks surface water temperatures on the north end of the Grand Strand have dropped backed into the 60s for good.With the recent king tides, wind and rain clarity is low. Bait is just starting to leave the creeks.
The last couple of days have finally seen more seasonal weather on the north end of the South Carolina Grand Strand, but Captain Patrick “Smiley” Kelly (843-361-7445) reports
Lake Keowee is at 99.0% of full pool and surface water temperatures have now fallen into the upper 60s over most of the lake, except for the mid-lake area around the power plant where they are holding in the low 70s.Water clarity is normal.
Clarks Hill water levels are back above full pool at 330.27 (full pool is 330.00) and water temperatures still range from the upper 60s to low 70s.As expected the lake is getting dirtier and there is more trash floating around.
Lake Jocassee is at 95.5% of full pool and water temperatures are still around 70 degrees.Between fall and the storms there is a lot of debris in the water, but conditions remain very clear.
The bass fishing has gotten a little tougher on Lake Jocassee, but tournament angler Joe Anders of Easley reports
Lake Monticello water temperatures are in the upper 60s, and the water is typically clear although muddy around the banks with recent rains and win.Lake levels normally fluctuate daily.
Warmer temperatures have the bassa little behind schedule on Lake Monticello, and B.A.S.S. angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Clarks Hill water levels are around full pool at 329.89 (full pool is 330.00) and water temperatures are fluctuating between about 68 and 72 degrees.The water was fairly clear but after this wind and rain it is getting more stained and there is floating trash.
Water temperatures are warmer than normal on Clarks Hill for mid-November, and tournament angler Josh Rockefeller of Augusta reports
Lake Greenwood is at 438.62 (full pool is 440.0) and surface water temperatures are around 68-70 degrees.The lake was fairly clear before this rain but is getting dirty as water levels rapidly rise.
Lake Greenwood is fishing okay but not great, and tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Lake Russell water levels are at 474.39 (full pool is 475.00) and water temperatures are in the upper 60s.As of yesterday the lake was clean but the rain should mess it up.
The bass are the main event again on Lake Russell, and Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports
Lake Wateree is way down to 94.8% of full pool and water temperatures are around 66 degrees.Before the rain clarity was normal.
Dropping water levels have made it harder to get a boat in on Lake Wateree, but tournament angler Will Hinson of Cassatt reports that the crappie fishing
Lake Hartwell water levels are just below full pool at 659.73 (full pool is 660.00) and water temperatures are around 68-70 degrees.The lake remains pretty clear.
The Lake Hartwell bass continue to be pounded by tournament pressure this fall, and fresh off a week on the lake practicing and then a 16th place finish in the 141-boat ABA Ray Scott Championship Guide Brad Fowler can report
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.26 (full pool is 360.00) and water temperatures are around 70 degrees.Before the rains clarity was normal but a two-day monsoon is changing that.
The bass bite has been pretty good on Lake Murray, and veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Surface water temperatures around Charleston are still in the upper 60s.Shrimp remain prolific although the next cold snap should send them on their way.
The inshore fishing has been nothing short of phenomenal in Charleston, and Captain Rob Bennett (843-367-3777) reports
Surface water temperatures are still warm in Murrells Inlet and there continues to be a ton of bait around.Shrimp are prolific and even though mullet are no longer running the beaches there are plenty in the creeks.
Baisch Boys Bait and Tackle (843-651-1915) has regular and jumbo mud minnows, live finger mullet, live shrimp, live fiddler crabs, blood worms, fresh shrimp, salt clam, and a full range of frozen baits.
Even though water temperatures are well above normal for this time of year, Captain J Baisch (843-902-0356) reports
