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 Wateree is up to 101.8% of full pool and many access points are closed or unusable.While the whole lake is stained the whole lake is not (yet) muddy, and the lower lake is still a couple of shades cleaner than the muddy upper end.Watch for hazards such as floating logs if you go out.Water temperatures range from about 70-74 degrees.
Lake Wylie is at 99.9% of full pool and water temperatures are in the lower 70s.With all the rain last week the water is very stained to muddy and there is ton of current.
A very mild late spring is prolonging the shad spawn on Lake Wylie, and tournament bass angler Reid McGinn of Fort Mill reports
Lake Russell water levels are down from a high of more than 1 ½ feet above full pool Sunday to less than 6 inches above full at 475.37 (full pool is 475.00), and water temperatures are around 74 degrees.After 6 inches of rain last week there was debris and logs floating everywhere, but the Corps is pulling so much water that conditions have normalized and water color is fairly normal.Morning surface temperatures are about 74 degrees.
The herring spawn has picked up again on Lake Russell, probably because of cool temperatures, and Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports
Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.90 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 75.07 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Water temperatures are around 74 degrees in the morning and the lakes – which have been dingy to clear – are about to get very muddy.
The bass are still shallow on Santee Cooper, and Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
Lake Hartwell water levels are way up to 663.00 (full pool is 660.00) and promise to rise further, and morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-70s.The creeks are starting to get muddy.
The hybrid and striped bass fishing has improved a little on Lake Hartwell, although Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) reports
Inshore surface water temperatures in Charleston are in the mid-70s, and all the wind and strong tides has made for dirty water. Rain is also muddying the water.
Windy conditions continue to make for interesting fishing conditions, but Redfin Charters (843-277-5255) reports
Clarks Hill water levels are above full and rising at 330.98 (full pool is 330.00), and morning surface temperatures range from 73-76 degrees.The lake was relatively clear before this newest round of rain which is already muddying the lake.
The winning bass patterns have not changed a whole lot on Clarks Hill, but tournament angler Tyler Matthews of Evans, GA reports
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.04 (full pool is 360.00).Before the heavy rains began water temperatures had reached the upper 70s in many places, but they have fallen at least five degrees.Clarity was very good at the beginning of the weak, but creeks are becoming stained with a mud line coming.
Weird spring weather continues, and veteran tournament bass angler Captain Doug Lown reports
Lake Keowee is at 99.0% of full pool.Water temperatures are now in the low to mid-70s throughout the lake, with the warmest water around the power plant discharge.A lot of rain has fallen over the region in the last few days – and continues to fall – and all the main creeks (Cane, Crooked, Crowe, etc.) are stained to muddy in the backs. The back of coves that have a lot of runoff are also stained.
Inshore surface water temperatures are approximately 72 degrees around Beaufort, and with all the wind areas like the Broad River have been muddy.
It’s hard to get a read on the spring cobia fishing when wind and visibility issues have limited angling, but Bay Street Outfitters (843-524-5250) reports
Lake Russell water levels are at 474.59 (full pool is 475.00) and water temperatures are around 68-70 degrees.The lake is fairly clear although there is some stained water up the creeks.
Even though water temperatures are cool – surprisingly given the time of year, but unsurprisingly given recent weather – Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports
Inshore water temperatures around Georgetown are about 74 degrees inside, while ocean temperatures are around 74.Winyah Bay is muddy as always while North Inlet is a milky green.
Water temperatures are several degrees behind where they were last year, and Captain Fred Rourk (843-241-4767) continues to report
Water temperatures are in the low 70s around Murrells Inlet but should rise rapidly over the next few days.
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.Live shrimp are day-to-day but soon they should be available all the time.
Inshore surface temperatures on the north end of the Grand Strand are in the upper 60s to 70 degrees and the water is overall very clear.
The flounder bite continues to be very good on the north end of the South Carolina Grand Strand, and Captain Patrick “Smiley” Kelly (843-361-7445) reports
Lake Keowee is at 97.6% of full pool.Water temperatures have actually dropped a couple of degrees with cool nights last week, and temperatures are generally in the upper 60s over most of the lake and lower 70s around the power plant.
Santee Cooper water levels are at 75.79 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 74.75 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5).Water temperatures are in the upper 60s.The upper lake is muddy while the lower lake is just colored.
The bass remain in a similar pattern on Santee Cooper, and Captain Brett Mitchell (803-379-7029) reports
