Monticello Reservoir 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).
A USGS gauge reports the lake level; South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (official eRegulations edition of the SC fishing regulations) lists 1 species. 2 shops nearby are listed here.
Monticello Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in South Carolina.
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.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Monticello Reservoir: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Monticello Reservoir with 1 USGS gauge.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Monticello Reservoir 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.
Agency-named bass waterLake Greenwood, South Carolina. Photo: JCMLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tailwater trout fisheryThe lower Saluda River at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake MurraySunrise 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.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WatereeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Wateree.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake RobinsonLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Robinson.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake SecessionOrange Lake, Alachua County, Florida. Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Secession.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
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.
On the Waters with a special largemouth bass minimum length (14 inches; 12 inches on Lake Robinson) list (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (official eRegulations edition of the SC fishing regulations), read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
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.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No guide within 40 miles yet.
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
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 “Monticello Reservoir” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Limited data: Not enough data: no water temperature or flow statistics here
No water temperature, flow statistics here.
At MONTICELLO RES NR JENKINSVILLE, SC (USGS 02160900). Lake-level gauge on Monticello Reservoir (USGS MONTICELLO RES NR JENKINSVILLE, SC). Provisional USGS data
USGS 02160900
Lake-level gauge on Monticello Reservoir (USGS MONTICELLO RES NR JENKINSVILLE, SC).
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 6:00 PM EST · provisional USGS data
Checked Nov 5, 6:20 PM EST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Agency-named bass waterLake Greenwood, South Carolina. Photo: JCMLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tailwater trout fisheryThe lower Saluda River at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake MurraySunrise 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.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WatereeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Wateree.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake RobinsonLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Robinson.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake SecessionOrange Lake, Alachua County, Florida. Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Secession.
