Lake Greenwood

Type
Lake or reservoir, South Carolina (South)
Designation
Agency-named bass water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
None listed
Shops
1 nearby

Today on Lake Greenwood

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Lake Greenwood is a lake or reservoir in South Carolina, listed as Agency-named bass water by South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (official eRegulations edition of the SC fishing regulations).

More about Lake Greenwood

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (official eRegulations edition of the SC fishing regulations) lists 1 species. 1 shop nearby are listed here.

Updated · Sources: Waters with a special largemouth bass minimum length (14 inches; 12 inches on Lake Robinson), Waters with a special largemouth bass minimum length (14 inches; 12 inches on Lake Robinson)

A boat on hazy Lake Greenwood with wooded points on either side
Photo credit

Lake Greenwood, South Carolina. Photo: JCMLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where it is

Lake Greenwood is a lake or reservoir in South Carolina. South Carolina has 2 waters named Lake Greenwood in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the reservoir whose point is in Laurens County, the one the agency list names.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Lake Greenwood or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Lake Greenwood

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Lake Greenwood

Restrooms near Lake Greenwood

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Greenwood in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Lake Greenwood

  • The brown lower Saluda River between green wooded banks, seen from a bridge railingTailwater trout fishery
    Photo credit

    The lower Saluda River at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Saluda River

    South Carolina · about 36 mi

    Rainbow & brown trout

  • Lake Jocassee's calm water with wooded mountains on the far shoreAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Secession
    Photo credit

    Lake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Secession.

    Lake Secession

    South Carolina · about 33 mi

    Largemouth bass

  • The sun rising over Lake Marion seen through shoreline treesAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Murray
    Photo credit

    Sunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Murray.

    Lake Murray

    South Carolina · about 39 mi

    Largemouth bass

  • The sun setting over the open water of Lake MoultrieAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Monticello Reservoir
    Photo credit

    Sunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Monticello Reservoir.

    Monticello Reservoir

    South Carolina · about 41 mi

    Largemouth bass

  • The Chattooga River pouring through granite boulders below Bull Pen BridgeTailwater trout fisheryRepresentative photo · not Savannah River
    Photo credit

    The Chattooga River at Bull Pen Bridge, North Carolina headwaters. Photo: Dallas Epperson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Savannah River.

    Savannah River

    South Carolina · about 46 mi

    Rainbow trout

  • Open water of Orange Lake under a bright sky with white cloudsAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Robinson
    Photo credit

    Orange Lake, Alachua County, Florida. Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Robinson.

    Lake Robinson

    South Carolina · about 55 mi

    Largemouth bass

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Agency-named bass water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under bass.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
10,360 acres
Watershed
Saluda

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

2.2 of 179.9 mi of shoreline on public land

  • Lake Greenwood State ParkState Park and Recreation · 2.2 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Lake Greenwood

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

1 shop nearby

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

When the bugs come off

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Lake Greenwood.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 8 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Lake Greenwood” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.