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 Hartwell water levels are more than three feet above full pool at 663.01 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures are around 50-52 degrees. Much of the lake is very dirty, and all of the creeks and rivers are muddy – including in places that almost never get muddy.
With very high water levels several boat ramps are closed to access, and there are reports that they will open the flood gates next week to try to drop water levels.
It’s pretty awful conditions for hybrid and striped bass, and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports
Lake Greenwood water levels are at 437.15 (full pool is 440.0) and surface water temperatures are in the lower 50s.From one end to the other the lake is as orange and muddy as it ever gets.
It looks like horrendous bass fishing conditions on Lake Greenwood, and veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter of Saluda reports
Inshore surface water temperatures on the north end of the Grand Strand are around 54 degrees, while back in the rivers it can get warmer.After all the rain conditions are murky.
Water temperatures are still around 52 degrees in Murrells Inlet, and when the weather is calm the water is extremely clear.
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.
Inshore fishing remains dependent on conditions along the south end of the Grand Strand, but Captain J Baisch (843-902-0356) reports
Lake Keowee is at 99.0% of full pool.Water temperatures have been relatively stable over the past week, with the low to mid 50s on the southern and northern end of the lake and around 60 mid-lake.
Even though water temperatures have not begun to raise, N&C Marine/Skeeter Team member Guide Charles Townson (864-324-2065) reports
Inshore surface water temperatures on the north end of the Grand Strand are around 52 degrees.The water is stained in areas and at times because of the rain and wind, but it generally clears quickly.
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks on the north end of the Grand Strand, and Captain Patrick “Smiley” Kelly (843-361-7445) reports
Water temperatures average around 51-52 degrees in Murrells Inlet, although on cold days they will drop a few degrees and on warm days they will rise to about 54.The water is crystal clear. 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.
Inshore fishing is dependent on conditions along the south end of the Grand Strand, and Captain J Baisch (843-902-0356) reports
Clarks Hill water levels are down to 327.64 (full pool is 330.00) and surface temperatures are about 51 or 52 degrees.Most of the lake is muddy to dirty, even including the deep water on the lower end of the lake.
Despite the absence of relatively clear water on Clarks Hill striper and hybrids are biting well, and William Sasser Guide Service (706-589-5468) reports
Lake Murray water levels are up to 356.45 (full pool is 360.00), and surface water temperatures range from the lower 50s on the lower lake to the mid to upper-40s up the lake.Up the lake is muddy but the water clears as you come down.
It’s not where you expect striped bass to be in the winter on Lake Murray, but Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports
Inshore surface water temperatures around Hilton Head have fallen into the mid-50s, and with rains last week and then a lot of wind clarity is below average for this time of year.
Lake Keowee is at 98.8% of full pool.Water temperatures on the lower end are now in the mid-50s, the mid-lake region is in the upper 50s to low 60s, and the northern end is in the mid to upper 50s.
Water temperatures have fallen quite a bit over the last week, and N&C Marine/Skeeter Team member Guide Charles Townson (864-324-2065) reports
Lake Jocassee is at 99.0 of full pool and the lake is very clear.Despite the lake being very full there is a relative absence of floating debris except for some pine needles.Surface temperatures are down to about 54 degrees.
While fronts can affect the fishing from day to day, Guide Sam Jones (864-280-9056) reports
Santee Cooper water levels are at 76.29 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.88 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Surface temperatures have dropped all the way into the low to mid-50s in some places, and there is still a ton of dirty water moving through the system.
It was always an anomaly to have almost a week in the 70s that pushed water temperatures into the 60s in January, and the cold front of the last week has been a reminder of just that fact.Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Lake Hartwell water levels are above full pool at 660.12 (full pool is 660.00), and water temperatures are in the low 50s.Up rivers like the Seneca the water is dirty, while down the lake it clears.
Conditions for bass fishing have been pretty tough, but Guide Brad Fowler reports
Lake Wateree is back up to 96.4 % of full pool, although there are reports that they will be dropping water levels again.Water temperatures had gotten as high as 55-56 but are dropping back into the 49-53 degree range, and the lake is muddy.
Changing water temperatures are moving the crappie around right now on Lake Wateree, and veteran tournament angler Will Hinson of Cassatt reports
Lake Wylie is at 97.6% of full pool, and water temperatures are falling back into the lower 50s.Much of the lake is muddy with more dirty water coming, and overall water clarity is very hit-or-miss.
Between up-and-down temperatures, quickly changing water levels, and heavy inflow which is constantly moving dirty water around the lake, tournament angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports
Lake Russell water levels are holding around 474.25 (full pool is 475.00), and surface temperatures – which had reached the 60s – have dropped into the low 50s.Some creeks like Coldwater and Beaverdam are still muddy, but most of the lake looks pretty clear and overall things continue to settle out.
Fishing has been a little up-and-down recently, but Guide Wendell Wilson (706-283-3336) reports
