Lake Greenwood Reports?

[happycaster58]

Anybody fished Greenwood recently? Wondering how's the water look and if Fall bite is any good yet? Thanks for any reports.

[happycaster58]

60 views and nobody has a report? I guess Greenwood won't be too crowded this weekend then.

[91tiger]

60 views and nobody has a report? I guess Greenwood won't be too crowded this weekend then.

Just seeing this. I’ve fished it several times since the storm and it’s been good. Water is back to looking good from the 221 bridge up. Haven’t fished down as much. Fish have been pretty thick on deep brush. Been mostly fishing minnows and doing well.

[Frankenfish]

I went out about a week ago and caught only a few small crappie, all released and one spotted bass accidentally. I had launched from River Fork boat ramp. I decided to change things up a bit two days ago and launched from Harris landing. I fished around some boat docks and the bridge and caught eight good sized crappie, 4 on minnows, 2 on jigs and 2 on my 4 weight fly rod using a small Clouser Minnow fly in chartreuse and white. I spotted some larger fish down near the bottom and picked up two 18 inch striped or hybrid bass on jigs. I'm originally a river fly fisherman from the Northwest so this lake gear fishing is new to me.

[STUMP HUNTER]

I went out about a week ago and caught only a few small crappie, all released and one spotted bass accidentally. I had launched from River Fork boat ramp. I decided to change things up a bit two days ago and launched from Harris landing. I fished around some boat docks and the bridge and caught eight good sized crappie, 4 on minnows, 2 on jigs and 2 on my 4 weight fly rod using a small Clouser Minnow fly in chartreuse and white. I spotted some larger fish down near the bottom and picked up two 18 inch striped or hybrid bass on jigs. I'm originally a river fly fisherman from the Northwest so this lake gear fishing is new to me.

Welcome to South Carolina and thanks for the report. Fly fishing for crappie can be fun on the river runs but hard to do on each outing so learning to use jigs will help you put fish in the boat on our lakes.

[Frankenfish]

This type of fishing as I mentioned is pretty new to me. I still need to learn how to find brush piles and stumps. I'm learning to use my electronics. I have got sidescare and downscale but not livescan. I'm still working out where the fish go from summer to fall to winter. It's a learning process. I heard there's a lot of submerged trees and brush in Lake Wateree and I might give that a go next time.

[91tiger]

This type of fishing as I mentioned is pretty new to me. I still need to learn how to find brush piles and stumps. I'm learning to use my electronics. I have got sidescare and downscale but not livescan. I'm still working out where the fish go from summer to fall to winter. It's a learning process. I heard there's a lot of submerged trees and brush in Lake Wateree and I might give that a go next time.

Oh man, not that Wateree isn't a good lake but it's very similar to Greenwood which is a whole lot closer to Greer if that's where you live. There are loads of crappie and lots of other species in Greenwood and plenty of cover to hold them once you get comfortable with your electronics. Get really comfortable reading your side scan and you will be able to find plenty of fish holding cover. I am a Forward Facing Sonar addict but I caught just as many before FFS, I just got hung up more. I am 100% convinced that Live Scope/Active Target can really shut the bite down on the brush piles many days. I have a buddy that doesn't have FFS and he can spot lock right over the same brush I fish and put minnows straight down and he catches massive numbers of crappie. When he goes with me, we have to sit way off the piles and use slip corks or cast jigs long distances to produce the same or even lesser results. We also have to move piles a lot more because the fish shut down quick. He will hit 3 piles for a 2 man limit where I have to hit 10 to 15.

Get a navionics map of Greenwood either on your GPS or on your phone and ride the 17 to 20 foot contour line watching your side scan to find brush in the right depths. As you get comfortable with it, you will plainly see the schools of crappie sitting in the tops of the piles on side scan.

Once you locate brush with fish on it, just throw a weighted marker buoy to the side of it like we always did before FFS. Get very comfortable with the sink rate of your jigs if casting. Start shallow and work your way deeper till you get bit. Make note of exactly how many seconds you let the bait fall to get that bite and repeat.

Get a navionics map of Greenwood either on your GPS or on your phone and ride the 17 to 20 foot contour line watching your side scan to find brush in the right depths. As you get comfortable with it, you will plainly see the schools of crappie sitting in the tops of the piles on side scan.

[Frankenfish]

Thanks for the reply and great advice. Yes, Greenwood Lake is much closer to me. I will head out there again this week and see how I do. It's a lot of fun learning this new kind of fishing.

[91tiger]

I'll send you a PM so we don't hijack this thread talking about fishing techniques.