AHQ Report - Lake Jocassee
Clark's Hill Fishing Reports
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 from the 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
— Lake Jocassee is at 98.1% of full pool, and water temperatures this morning were about 68 degrees. They are rising into the low 70s on sunny days, but this is still far below normal for this time of year on Lake Jocassee. Trout: Good. Guide Sam Jones (864-280-9056) reports that overall the Lake […]
In his last fishing report Guide Rob McComas (828-674-5041) discussed how the contours of Lake Jocassee (a deep, somewhat-bowl shaped lake) and the laws of physics mean that it is slow to cool in the winter – and slow to warm in the spring. Compared to the amount of water the lake holds, there is […]
IMPORTANT site changes coming. Effective March 1 only customers of the Angler’s Headquarters tackle store will have access to our fishing reports. Read more here. On many South Carolina lakes two or three warm days is all it takes to move good numbers of bass into the shallows, and sometimes a single mild, sunny afternoon […]
Largemouth bass can be caught on Lake Jocassee in January and February, but Guide Rob McComas (828-674-5041) says that he typically spends relatively little time targeting them at this time of year. When Rob is able to target smallmouth he likes to go after them, and the winter months are the most consistent smallmouth bass […]
Bass fishing continues to be good on Lake Jocassee, as proven by the 9-pounder pictured below that was just hauled out of the lake by Guide Rob McComas (828-674-5041). Rob reports that all three major species of Jocassee bass are feeding up for winter, and fish can be caught in the rivers as well around […]
Lake Jocassee bass are making a seasonal move into the rivers following baitfish, and they are feeding up and biting well. Guide Rob McComas (828-674-5041) reports that right now fish are about half the way up the rivers, but as the season progresses they will get further and further back until temperatures drop enough that […]
Captain Sam Jones (864-280-9056) reports that Lake Jocassee trout are surprisingly deep for this late in the year, and on recent trips he has been catching fish in 100+ (110, 115) feet of water. Surface water temperatures are still in the 72 degree range and Jocassee trout fishermen are looking for 65, so they are […]
Lake Jocassee water levels are at 97.6% of full pool. Trout: Fair. Jocassee Outdoor Center (864-944-9016) reports that trout remain in a deep pattern, with trolling in about 50 feet of water the most productive depth range. Spoons are catching a decent number of trout up to about 3 or 4 pounds. Fish are in […]
While the bass fishing on Lake Keowee has gotten a little bit tougher – like most fishing in South Carolina in August – Guide Brad Fowler (864-934-5813) reports that parties are still having success catching pretty good numbers of spotted bass. First thing in the morning he reports that over much of the lake there […]
Lake Jocassee water levels are at 98.9% of full pool. Trout: Fair. Jocassee Outdoor Center reports that trout fishing has been off a little bit, and anglers are not quite sure why the fish are not biting more reliably. Fish are still being caught, but right now a very good day for a few people […]
Thanks to tournament director Dennis Landrum for results and information. Congratulations to winners Bradley Rhodes and Chris Dorlan with 19.93 pounds. They also had the big fish at 6.44 pounds. FISH THE FALL ELITE TEAM TRAIL LAKE JOCASSEE 4/4/15 PG 1 PLACE TEAM WEIGHT POINTS 1 ROY STUART JERRY HART 13.74 1161 2 BRADLEY RHODES […]
Lake Jocassee water levels remain high at 97.1% of full pool; surface temperatures are around 50 degrees but are starting to rise fast. Trout: Good to very good. Jocassee Outdoor Center (864-944-9016) reports that Jocassee trout fishing is about as good as it gets right now, and anglers who know what they are doing are […]
The Fish the Fall Elite Team Trail had its two-day Lake Murray event on Friday and Saturday (March 6 and 7), and it was a good one. The father/ son team of Mike and Brian Tidwell won the tournament with a two-day total of 48.33 pounds, including a whopping Day 2 bag weighing 30.79 pounds! […]
As we pulled up to our first spot and prepared to drop our lines in the water on a cool, early winter morning, Guide Brad Fowler asked me what was the deepest I had ever caught a bass. I thought for a few moments and then guessed that my deepest fish had come in about […]
It’s a matter of opinion (although a widely held one) to say that Lake Jocassee is the most scenic lake in South Carolina. It is also stating a personal preference to say that cold water trout are among the most beautiful, best-tasting fish this state has to offer. It is a fact, though, that there […]
Captain Steve Pietrykowski developed his passion for fishing growing up in Northern Ohio and fishing for trout and salmon in Michigan with his father. For the better part of the last decade he has made a living doing what he loves. Captain Steve has guided from Alaska to the Florida Keys, and now that he […]
This spring I had one of the best bass fishing trips of my life on Lake Jocassee with Captain Pat Bennett. It seemed that every ledge and piece of wood in main lake coves held good largemouth, smallmouth, spots, redeye bass and crosses of these species, and we caught them all day. When I returned […]
With its crystal clear blue waters Lake Jocassee may be the easiest lake in South Carolina in which to see bass, but the catching is more difficult. The first time Captain Pat Bennett fished Lake Jocassee a ten pound bass stared back at him and he saw several more fish approaching the same size, but […]