AHQ Report - Lake Monticello
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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
— The newest Lake Murray fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-murray-sc-summer-2018-fishing-report/ June 21 Lake Murray water levels are at 357.77 (full pool is 360.00) and surface temperatures are in the mid- to upper-80s. Clarity is normal. The Murray striped bass bite is absolutely on fire, and Captain William Attaway(803-924-0857) reports that he is exclusively fishing with […]
— The newest Lake Monticello fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-monticello-sc-summer-2018-fishing-report/ June 20 Lake Monticello water temperatures are in the mid- to upper-80s, and lake levels generally fluctuate daily. The summer pattern has arrived on Lake Monticello, and FLW angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports that a couple of weeks ago the bassgot really stacked […]
— The newest Lake Murray fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-murray-sc-spring-2018-fishing-report/ April 13 Lake Murray water levels are down to 358.02 (full pool is 360.00). Surface temperatures are around 61-63 on the main lake in the morning, and reached the mid-60s yesterday afternoon. Things are happening fast on Lake Murray, and Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports […]
— The newest Lake Monticello fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-monticello-sc-spring-2018-fishing-report/ March 30 Lake Monticello water temperatures vary from the upper-50s to mid-60s with the influence of the warm-water discharge. Lake levels generally fluctuate daily. It’s most people’s favorite time to bassfish on Lake Monticello, and FLW angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports that right […]
— The newest Lake Murray fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-murray-sc-spring-2018-fishing-report/ February 16 Lake Murray water levels have steadily risen to 356.96 (full pool is 360.00). Morning water temperatures are in the lower 50s over much of the lake, but it’s not unusual to see temperatures push into the mid-50s on warm days. The mud […]
— The newest Lake Murray fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-murray-sc-winter-2017-18-fishing-report/ December 21 Lake Murray water levels are at 354.70 (full pool is 360.00), and water temperatures are in the low to mid-50s. Clarity is normal. Last week Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reported that the striped bass fishing on Lake Murray had gotten really good up […]
— The newest Lake Monticello fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-monticello-sc-winter-2017-18-fishing-report/ December 14 In catfish news, Captain William Attaway (803-924-0857) reports that the best place to look is still around humps and long points in 50-70 feet of water. Drifting has gotten a little bit better, but he still recommends anchoring. There are some […]
— The newest Lake Monticello fishing report, updated October 20, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-monticello-sc-fall-2017-fishing-report/ August 31 Lake Monticello water temperatures have dropped several degrees from their highs in the 90s. Lake levels generally fluctuate daily. Tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports that towards the end of the summer lake Monticello bass fishing got tough, […]
— June 30 Lake Monticello water temperatures are hot, ranging from the mid-80s to 90. Lake levels generally fluctuate daily. The offshore bass bite is still pretty good on Lake Monticello, and the best pattern remains unchanged from that described June 6. However, tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports that it is starting to […]
— The newest Lake Monticello fishing report, updated July 14, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-monticello-sc-summer-2017-fishing-report/ June 30 Lake Monticello water temperatures are hot, ranging from the mid-80s to 90. Lake levels generally fluctuate daily. The offshore bass bite is still pretty good on Lake Monticello, and the best pattern remains unchanged from that described June 6. […]
— The newest Lake Monticello fishing report, updated June 30, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-monticello-sc-summer-2017-fishing-report/ June 6 Lake Monticello water temperatures are in the lower to mid-80s, and conditions are relatively clear. Lake levels generally fluctuate daily. Tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reports that bass have finally gotten out deep on Lake Monticello. On Sunday […]
— March 9 Lake Monticello water temperatures still range from the upper-50s to mid-60s depending on area of the lake, with the lower end warmer because of proximity to the cooling station. Lake levels always fluctuate daily. Considering the temperatures it’s not surprising that Lake Monticello bass are moving shallow, and Andy Wicker of […]
— February 9 Lake Monticello water temperatures still range from the mid-50s to mid-60s depending on area of the lake, with the lower end warmer because of proximity to the cooling station. Lake levels always fluctuate daily. Tournament activity has a lot of bass fishermen on other lakes in the spring, but Andy Wicker of […]
— Please note that the newest Lake Monticello fishing report can be found at http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-monticello-sc-winter-fishing-report/ January 20 Lake Monticello water temperatures range from the mid-50s to mid-60s depending on area of the lake, with the lower ender warmer because of proximity to the cooling station. Lake levels always fluctuate daily. Tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria […]
— Bass: Good. Andy Wicker reports that bass are starting to group up (with the white perch) in their winter holes, and vertically fishing a jig has been very effective. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the big fish bite is improving on Lake Monticello as temperatures drop. Fishing on the […]
— November 28 Lake Monticello water levels are in the low 60s. As expected, tournament bass angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria says that the spoon bite on Lake Monticello is really good right now. In a few hours of fishing on a recent trip he and his fishing partner caught more than a dozen bass […]
— Catfish: Very good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that even though this isn’t the best time to target big fish, the free line drifting bite remains very good. Drifting over very deep water with unweighted/ barely weighted small pieces of cut fish or shrimp is a good way to put a bunch of fish […]
— July 26 Earlier this summer tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria reported a strong bass bite on Lake Monticello, but as he says happens every year at this time that action has slowed down – significantly. In the last Thursday night tournament Andy says that his team took second place with two fish for […]
— Lake Monticello water temperatures are in the high 70s to low 80s. As predicted by tournament angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria in last week’s report, fish are finally starting to move towards some of their summer haunts on Lake Monticello. The last few times Andy has been out he has found some pretty good […]
— Lake Monticello water temperatures are in the high 70s to low 80s. While Sunday and Monday have been cooler, last week and into Saturday it felt like summer had already arrived. But that didn’t mean that bass had moved into a summer pattern yet on Lake Monticello, however, and in a small event last […]
— Water temperatures shot up in March and it looked like the majority of the spawn would take place sooner rather than later, but after three or four weeks of holding and even back-sliding temperatures it now looks like the April full moon will bring up a massive wave of spawning fish on Lake Monticello. […]
— It is not uncommon to hear anglers say that catfish are moving shallow in the spring in preparation for the spawn, but that’s really not what’s going on. Rather, Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) says that catfish are moving towards the banks because that’s what all the other species are doing. Gizzard shad, threadfin shad, […]
— In his last update tournament bass fisherman Andy Wicker of Pomaria predicted that by the March full moon a significant percentage of fish would be spawning, and sure enough that has come to pass. Andy says that right now most Lake Monticello bass are shallow, be that right on the main lake or in […]
— With the warm weather predicted for the next couple of weeks in South Carolina, bass around the state should be moving shallower and into the spawning period. But tournament bass fisherman Andy Wicker of Pomaria says that because of the warm water discharge on the lake, this period often comes earlier on Lake Monticello […]