AHQ Report
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
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Inshore: Haddrell’s Point (843-881-3644) reports that there is a fantastic tarpon bite right now, even ahead of the annual mullet migration. Around most of the area inlets (actually, from Georgetown to Hilton Head) there are excellent reports wherever inlets are feeding into the ocean, particularly in the slews between sand bars and around channel drop-offs. The […]
Inshore: Perry’s Bait and Tackle (843-651-2895) reports that catches of red and black drum have both been pretty good in the Murrells Inlet area, but although the flounder bite has improved a bit keepers are still somewhat rare. In the surf anglers are catching a lot of croaker, whiting, spots and a few spottails, and […]
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 […]
Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that drifting continues to produce good numbers of catfish on Lake Wylie, and he is still catching a pretty good mix of blue and channel cats. Instead of concentrating on the flats or river ledges – which will still probably produce fish – recently Rodger has been catching fish over humps […]
Last month Captain Ron Davis, Jr. (803-513-0143) reported that inshore fishing for redfish and trout was off, but this month he is pleased to report that there has been improvement. He now rates the redfish bite as “good” and says that on the flats redfish can be caught fishing live shrimp about 18 inches under […]
Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information… This week was a carbon copy of last week. The winning weight last week was 14.73 pounds and this week was 14.74 pounds. The thunder rumbled and the rain fell but the fishing went on. About half the field of 29 boats caught enough fish […]
Experienced Lake Wateree catfish anglers know that there are times when the bite is wide open, and catching 50, 60 or more fish in a day is not only possible but likely if you are in the right places with the right bait. There are also times when catching large numbers of fish in the […]
Lake Monticello is known for being full of catfish, ranging from small to medium eating-sized fish on up to monster blue catfish that would be considered trophies anywhere. And true to expectations Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that right now Lake Monticello continues to live up to its reputation, with an excellent numbers bite as […]
In the most recent Beaufort/ Hilton Head fishing report which was posted on Friday Captain Tuck Scott reported a very strong high tide bite for tailing redfish, but he warned that fish were finicky at times on low tide. However, that’s not to say that spottails can’t be caught on the ebb – check out these redfish […]
Cherry Grove Pier (843-249-1625) reports that croaker, whiting and perch are all being caught off the pier in pretty good numbers. Speckled trout, flounder and sheepshead have also been around, particularly in the morning. No king mackerel have been caught recently, but there have been some good-sized Spanish caught by the live bait fishermen.
With water temperatures usually as high as they will get all year, August can be a tough time to fish in South Carolina. Luckily for Beaufort-area fishermen, however, even though it’s hot redfish are still feeding very well. In fact, Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) in Beaufort reports that tailing activity on the flood tide has been […]
Thanks to tournament director Erwin Gaston for results and information: Tournament number 20 is in the books with 2 more to go. Our boat numbers have dropped because most are resting up for the champion rounds. Congratulations to the team of Robin Cairco and Mike Buscheu with the win. They brought 5 bass to the […]
While on a number of South Carolina lakes fish are deep and topwater schooling activity is virtually non-existent, right now Lake Greenwood anglers report that the best fishing for a number of species is on the surface. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that on days when striper are schooling activity can be wide open and catch […]
Predictably for late summer, Lake Murray striped bass are mainly grouped up on the lower end of the lake. However, Lake World (803-957-6548) reports that some strange things are happening and early in the morning anglers have been catching striped bass on free-lined live herring. Still, as is typical for this time of year down-lined […]
Typical of late summer Guide Brad Fowler (864-934-5813) reports that the bass bite has slowed down somewhat on Lake Hartwell, but there are still fish to be caught. In fact, anglers looking to catch numbers of fish should have no trouble catching a ton of bass drop shotting around deep structure, particularly when there is the […]
A quick look at look at his Facebook page shows that striper and hybrid fishing is still wide open on Clarks Hill for Captain William Sasser (864-333-2000), even though William only rates the bite as an “8” out of 10 compared a 9 or 10 earlier in the summer. However, parties are still loading the […]
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 Russell fishing is pretty strong for early August, but Guide Wendell Wilson (706-283-3336) and Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) both report that if you want to be catching fish you had better be fishing deep. Wendell reports that he has been seeing water temperatures as high as 91-92 degrees in the backs of creeks, and probably […]
While Captain Jim Glenn (843-825-4239) continues to report that the overall fishery for blue catfish in the Santee Cooper lakes is a bit down from past years, recently his boat has been having successful days for big catfish on both lakes. He has caught a number of fish in the 30-40 pound range as well as […]
Despite the hot air and water temperatures, Captain Dan “Fishin’ Coach” Utley (843-368-2126) reports that inshore action has been strong in the Hilton Head area. Redfish have been hard to locate on high water, but once the tide is leaving the marsh small schools of spottails have been holding around shell banks extending from the shoreline […]
Thanks to tournament co-director Jeremy Cabe for passing on these results… TNTT 7/8/15 BIG FISH TOTAL Place Team WEIGHT WEIGHT 1 Eddie and Eddie Williams 3.90 13.90 2 Brian and Greg Williams 4.23 13.84 3 Shawn Wallace/Matt Queen 4.81 13.10 4 Todd and Isaac Sosesbee 2.94 12.36 5 Steve Addington/Bucky Helms 2.89 11.71 6 Mike […]
This afternoon on the telephone Captain William Sasser (864-333-2000) reported to me that the striped bass fishing on Clarks Hill was wide open, but it wasn’t until I looked at the William Sasser Guide Service Facebook page that I saw for myself just how good it has been. In addition to catching excellent numbers of […]
Georgetown Landing Marina (843-546-1776) reports that they have had some special catches offshore. This week the Landing Lady fished close to the beach and Ford McClary caught his first king mackerel! The fish weighed 25 pounds even. The Christy II crew also had a great day trolling earlier in the week, and they caught two […]
Even though tournament angler Andy Wicker only lives 10-15 minutes from his home body of water Lake Monticello, particularly in the spring he does so much tournament fishing on other lakes that he doesn’t get to fish it as much as he would like to. That changes in the summer, though, and he gets to […]