March 16
Lake Jocassee is at 97.3% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 58 degrees on the main lake.
March 9
Lake Jocassee is at 98.7% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 58 degrees on the main lake.
February 23
Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 55 degrees on the main lake.
February 15
Lake Jocassee is at 98.7% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 54 degrees on the main lake.
February 2
Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the lake has cleared a little. Morning surface water temperatures are around 53 or 54 degrees.
January 26
Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the water is stained in the creeks but clear on the big water. Morning surface water temperatures are around 53 or 54 degrees.
January 19
Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the water is stained in the creeks but clear on the big water. Morning surface water temperatures are in the low to mid-50s.
January 12
Lake Jocassee is at 98.7% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are around 55 degrees. Unlike the rest of the state’s lakes, Jocassee is still clear!
January 5
Lake Jocassee is up to 98.9% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are around 56 degrees.
December 21
Lake Jocassee is at 98.6% of full pool and the lake is typically clear. Morning surface water temperatures have cooled into the lower to mid-50s.
December 15
Lake Jocassee is at 96.6% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures have cooled into the mid-50s.
December 1
Lake Jocassee is up to 96.8% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 61 degrees.
November 17
Lake Jocassee is up to 95.6% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 66 degrees.
November 10
Lake Jocassee is at 93.8% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are back up to 68 or so degrees.
November 3
Lake Jocassee is at 93.9% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 65-66 degrees.
October 20
Lake Jocassee is at 92.8% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 69 degree
October 13
Lake Jocassee is at 93.7% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 72 degrees.
October 6
Lake Jocassee is at 95.3% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 74 degrees.
Even as water temperatures have dropped on other lakes things haven’t changed that much on deep, clear Lake Jocassee, and Jocassee Charters (864-280-9056) reports
September 29
Lake Jocassee is at 96.3% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to 75 degrees.
The Lake Jocassee trout are highly structure related right now, and Jocassee Charters (864-280-9056) reports
September 16
Lake Jocassee is at 98.1% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are still around 80 degrees on the big water.
The trout fishing on Lake Jocassee continues to be in a seasonal slowdown, but Guide Sam Jones with Jocassee Charters (864-280-9056) reports
September 8
Lake Jocassee is at 97.3% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are still around 80 degrees on the big water but closer to the mid-80s in the backs.
The weather has limited fishing time on Lake Jocassee this week, and Guide Sam Jones with Jocassee Charters (864-280-9056) reports
August 31
Lake Jocassee is at 99.1% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are still around 80 degrees on the big water but closer to the mid-80s in the backs.
It’s hard to say the bass fishing is tough when you are winning tournaments with 23-pound bags that include a couple of 7-pounders, but tournament angler Joe Anders of Easley reports