AHQ Report - Lake Wylie
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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 Wylie fishing report, updated October 20, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wylie-ncsc-fall-2017-fishing-report/ October 5 Lake Wylie is at 95.8% of full pool, and water temperatures have finally fallen off into the high 70s. The lake is fairly clear with some stain in the creeks. It looked like bass fishing was getting better on […]
— The newest Lake Wylie fishing report, updated September 15, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wylie-ncsc-fall-2017-fishing-report/ September 8 Lake Wylie is at 96.4% of full pool and water temperatures are falling into the upper 70s/ lower 80s. Water clarity is a little down and even on the lower end the water is brownish green. As temperatures drop […]
— The newest Lake Wylie fishing report, updated July 2, can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wylie-ncsc-summer-2017-fishing-report/ June 9 Lake Wylie remains at 98.5% of full pool, and Guide and FLW fisherman Bryan New (704-421-5868) says that he has never seen the lake stay this high for this long. Water temperatures have cooled off a bit to about […]
— The newest Lake Wylie fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wylie-ncsc-spring-fishing-report/ March 31 Lake Wylie is at 98.0% of full pool, and in the last 10-14 days water temperatures have risen to 64-66 degrees. Clarity is above average, with 3 feet or more of visibility in most areas. In recent years Lake Wylie has become […]
— For the most recent report published March 31 visit: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wylie-ncsc-spring-fishing-report/ March 15 Lake Wylie is at 98.0% of full pool, and water temperatures have dropped at least 4 or 5 degrees into the low 50s. Overall the lake is pretty clear, but there is some stained water on the main lake with more in the […]
— February 20 Lake Wylie is at 98.0% of full pool and water temperatures range from the low to mid-50s. Most of the lake is pretty clear, but some stained water can be found in the South Fork. Tournament weights are finally starting to come up on Lake Wylie, and Guide and FLW Angler Bryan […]
— Please note that the most recent Lake Wylie fishing report can be found at: http://www.anglersheadquarters.com/ahq-insider-lake-wylie-ncsc-winter-fishing-report/ January 20 Lake Wylie is at 96.4% of full pool and water temperatures range from the mid- to high-40s. The lake is fairly clear, but rain predicted in the next day or two should change that. On most of the […]
— December 2 Lake Wylie is at 95.0% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the upper 50 to lower 60s. It was a rough fall for bass fishing on Lake Wylie, but Guide and FLW Angler Bryan New (704-421-5868) reports that things are finally improving. In a recent tournament Bryan and tournament partner […]
— Perch: Excellent. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that there continues to be some very good perch fishing, particularly in the evenings with small shad. Both numbers and good-sized fish are being caught. Catfish: Good. Captain Rodger Taylor reports that both channel and blue catfish are biting well on cut bait slow-drifted. Bass: Slow but improving. […]
— Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that despite the heat some nice catches of catfish have been taking place. The best pattern has been drifting fairly deep water along the main river channel with cut bait. The anchored bite has been pretty slow, particularly when there is no current. Bass: Slow. FLW […]
— August 18 Lake Wylie is at 97.1% of full pool, and water temperatures are in the mid to upper-80s. Clarity is normal to a bit better than normal. In his last report FLW angler Bryan New indicated that bass fishing on Lake Wylie was as bad as he has seen it, and a little […]
— Lake Wylie Catfish: Fair. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that priority one for the fish is spawning, and that can make for a tougher catfish bite. Anglers need to display a lot of flexibility and be willing to move around, anchor, drift and try different baits. While it is still worth trying up the […]
— The red-hot catfish bite that could be found on Lakes Wylie and Wateree during April and much of May is winding down, and on both lakes Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that the spawn is starting to take priority over feeding. On Rodger’s last few trips on Lake Wylie he has found that the up-river […]
— After rising from 97.2% to 98.3% of full pool over the weekend, Lake Wylie has dropped slightly to 98.0% of full pool. Water temperatures dropped from the mid- to upper-70s into the low-70s over the weekend, but they have risen back into the 74-74 degree range. There is more stained water than a […]
— Lake Wylie is at 97.2% of full pool and water temperatures are in the 77-79 degree range. There is a lot of stained water, and the rain predicted for the next few days may bring even more. While many anglers prefer to fish for shallow bass, according to FLW angler Bryan New there is […]
— Lake Wylie is at 96.9% of full pool and water temperatures are in the 67-72 degree range. In the last two weeks the lake has cleared and now visibility is pretty good for Lake Wylie at 3-4 feet. Bass fishing conditions continue to change on Lake Wylie, and in the last couple of weeks […]
— Lake Wylie is at 97.4% of full pool and water temperatures are in the low 60s. Clarity is pretty normal. Despite a very hot March water temperatures have essentially been in a holding pattern over the last few weeks on Lake Wylie, and as a result FLW angler Bryan New says that it’s a […]
— Fresh off a day on the water on Lake Wateree, Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) rates the bite for catfish as somewhere between very good and excellent. As has been the trend recently, his party today caught a significant number of strong 15-19 pound catfish to go with a “kicker” 33-pound fish (pictured). Rodger says that […]
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Typically the bass spawn on Lake Wylie is at its peak during April, but this is no ordinary year. Whereas it is normal to get several warm days in March, or even 4 or 5 warm days, it is highly unusual to get a couple of straight weeks where temperatures are in the 70s and […]
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. For many years now the winter has been the time to catch big blue catfish on Lake Wylie, but that doesn’t mean the catfish are always where anglers think they […]
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. In his last report FLW angler Bryan New said that heavily stained conditions had pushed a lot of Lake Wylie bass up shallow, and that shallow cranking deal was probably […]
Bradley Hallman of Norman, Oklahoma has a commanding lead after two days of fishing in the first FLW Tour Event of the season on Lake Okeechobee. After weighing in a five fish limit of 25 pounds even on Day 1, Hallman turned around and did again on Day 2 – bringing in five fish weighing […]
After a crazy start to 2016 Lake Wateree water levels have finally normalized, and instead of current ripping through the lake like it was a few weeks ago Wateree is actually pretty still right now. At last reading levels are down to 95.1% of full pool. Perhaps as a result of this, on his most […]