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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Inshore surface temperatures on the north end of the Grand Strand are in the upper 60s to 70 degrees and the water is overall very clear.
The flounder bite continues to be very good on the north end of the South Carolina Grand Strand, and Captain Patrick “Smiley” Kelly (843-361-7445) reports
Lake Keowee is at 97.6% of full pool.Water temperatures have actually dropped a couple of degrees with cool nights last week, and temperatures are generally in the upper 60s over most of the lake and lower 70s around the power plant.
Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.79 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.75 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Water temperatures are in the upper 60s.The upper lake is muddy while the lower lake is just colored.
The bass remain in a similar pattern on Santee Cooper, and Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 661.61 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures remain in the upper 60s.Overall water clarity is very good.
It’s a strange bite for hybrid and striped bass on Lake Hartwell, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports
Clarks Hill water levels are still above full at 330.40 (full pool is 330.00), and morning surface temperatures range from 68-70 degrees.Up the lake the water is dirty but cleaner that it was, while down the lake it is fairly clear.The water is stained because of high winds, not rain.
There are still a bunch of bass shallow on Clarks Hill, and tournament angler Tyler Matthews of Evans, GA reports
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.03 (full pool is 360.00) and visibility is stained mid-lake and clearing down the lake.Morning surface temperatures remains in the upper 60s.
Water temperatures have continued to hold steady or even drop, and as a result Lake Murray bass fishing patterns have not changed very much.The fish have, however, been a little finicky. Veteran tournament angler Captain Doug Lown reports
Lake Keowee is at 98.4% of full pool.Water temperatures have now reached into the 70s throughout the lake with the warmest water around the power plant at 74 degrees.
Lake Greenwood is at 439.14 (full pool is 440.0), and muddy water is starting to move down the lake again – although the upper end is still relatively clear.Water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 60s.
Even though the bass spawn has been really heavy on Lake Keowee for the last couple of weeks, tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Lake Keowee is at 98.4% of full pool.Water temperatures are in the mid-60s on the lower and upper ends of the lake and in the low 70s mid-lake around the power plant.
Surface temperatures on the north end of the Grand Strand are in the upper 60s.The Cherry Grove area is very clear because of the lack of river inflow, while Little River is darker because of the freshwater.
The flounder continue to headline inshore fishing on the north end of the South Carolina Grand Strand, and Captain Patrick “Smiley” Kelly (843-361-7445) reports
Lake Russell water levels are at 473.85 (full pool is 475.00) and water temperatures are around 67 degrees. The lake is fairly clear although there is some dingy water in the backs.
Perhaps because of the cool weather, Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports
Water temperatures are about 72 degrees around Hilton Head.There is a lot of darker fresh water around the Broad River Bridge but closer to the ocean the water is nice and green.
In a sure sign that summer is getting closer, Captain Kai Williams (843-816-7475) reports
Water temperatures are up-and-down in Murrells Inlet, but generally just under 70 degrees.
Baisch Boys Bait and Tackle (843-651-1915) has regular and jumbo mud minnows, live finger mullet, live fiddler crabs, fresh shrimp, salt clam, and a full range of frozen baits. Within 2-3 weeks they should have live shrimp again.
Inshore fishing in Murrells Inlet has been pretty good, and Captain J Baisch (843-902-0356) reports
