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Lake Greenwood Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

The Saluda's small striper lake: big-fish surprises above Murray.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Lake level
438.77 ft -0.23 vs pool
Air / High
71 / 72 F
Wind
NE 8 mph

Sources: USGS gauge 02166500, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Lake Greenwood lines up a genuinely fishable day across the board. The gauge reads 438.77 ft, 0.23 ft below pool, easing 0.15 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind NE around 8 mph, steady pressure near 1023 hPa and a high of 72. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 10:03 AM-12:03 PM and 10:31 PM-12:31 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Striped bassExcellent

Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Largemouth bassGood

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

CrappieFair

Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Tomorrow: Similar at 69 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

South Carolina requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $10.00 for residents. What a South Carolina licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with SCDNR before you keep anything. The season dates for South Carolina, read off the agency, are on the South Carolina seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings from LAKE GREENWOOD NEAR CHAPPELLS, SC.

Water level, last 30 days

USGS gauge 02166500. Conservation pool is 439 ft.

438.75438.92439.10pool 439438.77 ft09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp71 F
High / Low72 / 43 F
WindNE 8-11 mph
Pressure1022.8 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:40 / 18:44
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Lake Greenwood this week

The best day on Lake Greenwood this week looks like Monday Oct 26, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Monday, Oct 26 β€” good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
10:03 AM-12:03 PM and 10:31 PM-12:31 AM
Minor period
4:25 AM-5:25 AM
Sun
07:40 to 18:44
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 8 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Greenwood: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Striped bass illustration

Striped bass

Best: spring and fall inland; on the coast, during the seasonal migrations

The largest of the temperate basses, a sea-run fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that now also lives in reservoirs across much of the country after hatchery stocking. Inland, it follows schools of shad and herring through open water. Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

When to come: the Lake Greenwood calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Striped bass
Catfish (blue, channel)
Crappie
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Lake Greenwood today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 75 F, wind to 6 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 74 F, wind to 5 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 75 F, wind to 6 mph.

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Before you go

License

South Carolina requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Striper 21-inch/5 (seasonal rules); crappie 8-inch/20. Confirm with SCDNR.

Access

Greenwood State Park and county ramps; bank piers at the park.

About this water

11,400 acres on the Saluda/Reedy, Greenwood/Laurens counties, SC: Murray's upstream cousin.

Fishing Lake Greenwood: the full guide

Upstream sleeper

Greenwood pools the Saluda and Reedy above Lake Murray: a compact 11,400 acres with stripers that run bigger than visitors expect, crappie culture on every planted brush pile, and largemouth around the grass that state biologists keep improving. It is Murray's quiet cousin: same genes, fewer boats.

Stripers above the fall line

Greenwood's stripers hold in the river channels and dam basin: freelined herring in the creeks each winter-spring, downlines over the channel come summer. Fish to 30 pounds surprise visitors annually: the Saluda feeds bigger genetics than the lake's size implies.

Crappie brush culture

Locals plant brush like gardens: bridge corridors and creek bends hold marked piles, and the spring spider-riggers work them in rotation. SCDNR's habitat maps (public) shortcut a decade of graph time.

The Saluda's quiet producer

Greenwood works two rivers into one fishery: the stained Saluda arm fishes shallow and forgiving (spinnerbaits on wood, spring crappie in the bushes) while the clearer Reedy side rewards finesse on points and brush piles. The lake's white perch explosion turned into a bonus: schools on the channel humps eat small spoons all summer, filling coolers between bass bites. Fall turns the dam end into a shad rodeo with largemouth and hybrids mixed under the birds.

Common questions

Do Greenwood stripers reproduce?

No: stocked annually like most inland fisheries. The Saluda's cool inflow keeps summer survival high: the reason quality outpaces expectation.

Are white perch good to keep at Greenwood?

Yes, and encouraged: no limit, sweet fillets, and harvesting helps the balance. Drop small spoons or minnows on the 15-25-ft humps and you can fill a cooler in an afternoon.

Is fishing good at Lake Greenwood right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Lake Russell38 miLake Murray39 miBroad River40 miThurmond Lake42 miClarks Hill Lake47 miSaluda River56 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

River and reservoir readings
USGS 02166500 β€” LAKE GREENWOOD NEAR CHAPPELLS, SC
Read from the USGS Water Data API (api.waterdata.usgs.gov). Latest value timestamped 2026-10-23 at 18:45 UTC.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 34.2553, -82.0176 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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