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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Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.71 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.26 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Water temperatures are in the upper 60s and both lakes are dingy with so much wind and some recent rain.The canal is muddy.
The bass fishing remains strong on Santee Cooper, and Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Lake Hartwell water levels remain above full pool at 660.77 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures remain in the upper 60s.Overall visibility is very good pretty much across the lake.
It’s a time when you can catch bass on Lake Hartwell a lot of different ways, although Guide Brad Fowler reports
Lake Murray water levels are at 357.62 (full pool is 360.00) and visibility continues to improve.Up the lake there is about 2 feet of visibility, increasing as you get closer to the dam.Overall the lake is starting to look more green and less brown.Morning surface temperatures are generally in the upper 60s.
Relatively cool weather basically has Lake Murray bass in a holding pattern, and veteran tournament angler Captain Doug Lown reports
Lake Keowee is at 98.5% of full pool.Water temperatures are now in the mid-60s on the lower and upper ends of the lake and in the low 70s mid-lake around the power plant.Storms the past few days hit the area very hard and the back of major creeks are once again stained.
Lake Greenwood is almost full at 439.71 (full pool is 440.0) and, once again, more mud is moving down the lake.For now the lower lake is clearer than the upper end.
With all the up-and-down weather conditions this spring, tournament bass angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Lake Russell is just over full at 475.11 (full pool is 475.00) and water temperatures are around 66-68 in the morning.Visibility has dropped a little, with the backs now pretty stained, but the main lake is fairly clear.There is still decent access to Lake Russell.
It’s fortunate that anglers can still get on the lake, because on the bass front Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports
Lake Wylie is at 97.6% of full pool and water temperatures have dropped several degrees overnight to just under 67 degrees.The water is stained and getting muddier in the backs of creeks and up the rivers.
For those who can get on the lake, spring bass fishing continues to be strong on Lake Wylie. A recent “tournament” was one with 21 pounds, and angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports
Water temperatures are up-and-down in Murrells Inlet, but range from the upper 60s to lower 70s.
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.
The flounder bite continues to get better, and Captain J Baisch (843-902-0356) reports
Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.46 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.15 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Before the mud from Sunday’s rain arrives the lakes are clearing, while morning surface water temperatures have dropped back into the upper 60s and lower 70s with the cold snap.
The bass fishing remains excellent on Santee Cooper, and Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Lake Hartwell water levels are above full pool at 660.92 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures have dropped from 68 to the low to mid-60s.The fresh round of rain has stained some areas but generally the pollen has been a bigger hindrance to visibility.
It’s still an excellent time for bassfishing on Lake Hartwell, but now Guide Brad Fowler reports
Clarks Hill water levels above full at 330.55 (full pool is 330.00), and morning surface water temperatures are around 65-57 degrees.Up the lake is fairly muddy while down the lake is cleaner.
We are in the period when bass on Clarks Hill can be caught on pretty much any shallow pattern you want to fish, and for tournament angler Josh Rockefeller of Augusta
Lake Murray water levels are at 357.43 (full pool is 360.00) and most of the lake is stained but not muddy.Up the lake there is about 1 ½ feet of visibility, increasing as you get closer to the dam.Even though the Sunday/ Monday rains muddied the water it was clearing before that, and so visibility is barely worse than a week ago.Morning surface temperatures have dipped overnight and are in the mid- to upper 60s.
The herring spawn continues to progress on Lake Murray, and veteran tournament bass angler Captain Doug Lown reports
Lake Keowee is at 98.4% of full pool.Water temperatures are now in the mid-60s over most of the lake and in the upper 60s mid-lake around the power plant.Water clarity is high on the main lake with some cloudy water in the back of major creeks.
Lake Murray water levels are at 357.31 (full pool is 360.00) and most of the lake is stained but not muddy.Up the lake there is about 1.5 – 2 feet of visibility, increasing as you get closer to the dam.Morning surface temperatures are generally in the upper 60s.
It’s finally happening on Lake Murray, and veteran tournament bass angler Captain Doug Lown reports
It’s a tough time to fish in the Edisto Island area, and Captain Ron Davis, Jr. (843-513-0143) reports that all local ramps are closed to recreational fishing and the private marina on the island has also followed suit.
Lake Keowee is at 98.0% of full pool.Water temperatures have continued to rise with the northern and southern ends of the lake now in the mid-60s and the mid-lake region approaching 70 degrees.Water clarity is good with the exception of the back of major creeks which are still stained.
