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Lake Greenwood Fishing Report

Learn more about Lake Greenwood below

March 16

Lake Greenwood water levels are up to 437.25 (full pool is 440.0) and the lake is clearing and now just a little dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 50s.

March 9

Lake Greenwood water levels are up to 436.79 (full pool is 440.0) and most of the lake is still a little dirty. Morning surface water temperatures range from 60 into the low 60s. 

February 23

Lake Greenwood water levels are at 435.96 (full pool is 440.0) and the main lake is pretty stained while the backs of some creeks are starting to clear. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 54-56 degrees. 

February 15

Lake Greenwood water levels are at 435.44 (full pool is 440.0) and the lake is still muddy – and getting muddier again after 2 ½ inches of rain three days ago. Surface water temperatures range from about 52-54 degrees.

The Fish Stalker Crappie Trail had its monthly tournament on Lake Greenwood Saturday, and results are as follows: 

February 2

Lake Greenwood water levels are down to 434.37 (full pool is 440.0) and while the whole lake is still muddy there had been the slightest clearing – before this round of rain. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 48-49 degrees. 

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About Lake Greenwood

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.

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