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 98.9% of full pool.Water temperatures have reached the lower 60s on the lower and upper ends of the lake, and temperatures are in the mid-60s mid-lake around the power plant.The water is stained in the back of all the major creeks due to heavy rain this past week.
Water temperatures have just reached 60 degrees in Murrells Inlet.Even though the water is still fairly clear with a blue tint, wind and releasing stringy grass are dirtying it up some.
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 early flounder bite continues to improve, with Captain J Baisch (843-902-0356) reporting
Lake Hartwell water levels remain above full pool at 661.78 (full pool is 660.00) and surface water temperatures are around 59-63 at first light.The lakes have cleared substantially over the last two weeks.
March can be an unpredictable month for catching hybrid and striped bass, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports
Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.20 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.90 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Water temperatures have risen into the 60s and the lakes have cleared considerably.
There might be other ways to catch bass on Santee Cooper, but Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Clarks Hill water levels are still above full pool at 330.43 (full pool is 330.00), and morning surface water temperatures are in the lower 60s.The lake has cleared but is still stained to muddy in areas.
The bass fishing on Clarks Hill is as good now as it was tough a couple of weeks ago, and tournament angler Tyler Matthews of Evans, GA reports
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.04 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is clearing but still stained in areas.Morning surface temperatures range from the upper 50s to lower 60s, with the big water and the south side of the lake warming more slowly.
Even while significant bass tournament activity is on hold, veteran tournament angler Captain Doug Lown reports
Lake Keowee is at 97.5% of full pool.Water temperatures on the south and north end of the lake are now in the upper 50s, with the mid-lake area in the mid-60s. There is a slight stain in the backs of major creeks, but otherwise the lake is clear.
Lake Jocassee is down at 92.3% of full pool to allow a kayak/ scuba access ramp to be constructed, and the water is very clear although there is some debris floating.Water temperatures are about 55 degrees.
The trout fishing has gotten surprisingly tough on Lake Jocassee, and Guide Sam Jones (864-280-9056) reports
Lake Greenwood water levels are at 438.03 (full pool is 440.0) and surface water temperatures are in the upper 50s. The lake is still muddy although it is beginning to clear.
Even though the water is muddy it’s warming, and veteran tournament bass angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Inshore surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are 57-59 degrees, and the South Edisto River and the creeks coming off it are very brown.
In the next 30 days there are likely to be significant changes to saltwater fishing around Edisto Island, but already Captain Ron Davis, Jr. (843-513-0143) reports
Lake Monticello water temperatures have risen into the upper 50s to lower 60s, and there is still a moderate stain to the water.Lake levels normally fluctuate daily.
In the next week or two the first bass on Lake Monticello will be on beds, but B.A.S.S. angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports
Lake Russell water levels are right around full pool at 474.81 (full pool is 475.00) and water temperatures have risen into the upper 50s.Lake Russell is still dingy in areas that are usually clear, and dirtier in the backs than the main river, but the whole lake is fishable again.
Inshore surface water temperatures around Hilton Head have gotten into the low 60s, and even though recent big tides reduced the clarity each day this week visibility has been rising.
Spring saltwater fishing is always a mixed bag, but this year Captain Kai Williams (843-816-7475) reports
Water temperatures have moved into the upper 50s in Murrells Inlet.
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.
Fishing is starting to really turn on at the south end of the South Carolina Grand Strand, and Captain J Baisch (843-902-0356) reports
Clarks Hill water levels are well about full pool at 332.88 (full pool is 330.00), and water temperatures have risen into the upper 50s.Even though the lake remains very high it has cleared some, although there is still a ton of debris including stumps and logs floating around.
Lake Hartwell water levels are still above full pool at 661.41 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures have risen into the mid-50s. All of the major creeks are still dirty but clarity is improving with no recent heavy rains.
Finally there is improvement for hybrid and striped bass, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports
Santee Cooper water levels are at 76.57 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.15 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Water temperatures range from the upper 50s to low 60s, and the whole lake is still muddy.
Lake Wateree is at 97.2% of full pool, and the water is still essentially orange muddy even though it has cleared a little.Water temperatures in the shallows have risen into the high 50s.There is so much debris in some yards from flooding that it looks like a hurricane came through.
Even though it is still muddy fishing has definitely improved on Lake Wateree, and tournament bass angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden reports
Lake Wylie is down to 97.1% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the low to mid-50s.With little new rain the upper end of the lake is clearing, while the lower end is still stained.
It’s not unusual for the fishing on Wylie to stall a little in early March before it starts to get good, but tournament bass angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports
Inshore surface water temperatures in Charleston are in the upper 50s, and between freshwater inflow and strong tides inshore clarity is highly variable.In some areas at times the water is very clean, and in other areas visibility is very low.
The redfish bite has picked up a little, and the guides at Redfin Charters (843-277-5255) report
