Bass fishing in SC?

[EGbassing]

We're thinking about moving to Greenville, SC soon. What's bass fishing like there? Are there a lot of those small bass/big numbers ponds, or more big bass/small numbers ponds? How does the bass fishing there compare to Alabama bass fishing? I fish from the bank 99% of the time, so I'll probably be fishing small ponds the majority of the time. Thanks in advance for any help. 

[Koz]

I haven't fished in the Greenville area but that area is only 90 minutes from Lake Murray and only an hour to Lake Hartwell.

 

Down here in the SC Lowcountry we have outstanding bass fishing in our thousands of stormwater lagoons.

[EGbassing]

8 hours ago, Koz said:

I haven't fished in the Greenville area but that area is only 90 minutes from Lake Murray and only an hour to Lake Hartwell.

 

Down here in the SC Lowcountry we have outstanding bass fishing in our thousands of stormwater lagoons.

Nice. On average, how many bass do you catch per hour?

[Koz]

25 minutes ago, EGbassing said:

Nice. On average, how many bass do you catch per hour?

 

Geez, I have no idea. It depends upon the season. Spring is ridiculously good while summers are slow. Although I fish frequently, it's only for an hour or two at a time. The humidity in the summer is brutal here and that cuts down on my fishing time. Frequent pop up thunderstorms (every single day of the summer) can also put a damper on things.

 

I would say the most common sized bass I pull out is 2 - 2.5 pounds. We also get more than our fair share of 3 - 5.5 pounders around here. And while I haven't caught one yet, I've seen plenty of pictures of many 7-12 pounders pulled out of the lagoons that I fish.

 

There are some lagoons around here where you can pull out dinks cast after cast, but I concentrate on targeting bigger bass. So far the biggest one for me this summer is 6.5 pounds, butlots of 4 and 5 pounders this year.

 

One of the challenges is that groups of lagoons are connected by the stormwater system and the bass do move around from lagoon to lagoon. Because these lagoons are in residential communities they are maintained for both aesthetics and meeting stormwater code requirements - and that means vegetation is at a minimum. And even on the larger lagoons there are no docks and boating or kayaking is not allowed.

 

Almost all of the lagoons are only 7-10 feet deep, but in the summer the bass head to the deeper pockets and that usually means out of casting range from the bank. An abundance of alligators makes bank fishing at night frightening.

 

All this talk of fishing makes me want to head out this evening, even though the fishing has been slow.

[EGbassing]

1 minute ago, Koz said:

 

Geez, I have no idea. It depends upon the season. Spring is ridiculously good while summers are slow. Although I fish frequently, it's only for an hour or two at a time. The humidity in the summer is brutal here and that cuts down on my fishing time. Frequent pop up thunderstorms (every single day of the summer) can also put a damper on things.

 

I would say the most common sized bass I pull out is 2 - 2.5 pounds. We also get more than our fair share of 3 - 5.5 pounders around here. And while I haven't caught one yet, I've seen plenty of pictures of many 7-12 pounders pulled out of the lagoons that I fish.

 

There are some lagoons around here where you can pull out dinks cast after cast, but I concentrate on targeting bigger bass. So far the biggest one for me this summer is 6.5 pounds, butlots of 4 and 5 pounders this year.

 

One of the challenges is that groups of lagoons are connected by the stormwater system and the bass do move around from lagoon to lagoon. Because these lagoons are in residential communities they are maintained for both aesthetics and meeting stormwater code requirements - and that means vegetation is at a minimum. And even on the larger lagoons there are no docks and boating or kayaking is not allowed.

 

Almost all of the lagoons are only 7-10 feet deep, but in the summer the bass head to the deeper pockets and that usually means out of casting range from the bank. An abundance of alligators makes bank fishing at night frightening.

 

All this talk of fishing makes me want to head out this evening, even though the fishing has been slow.

Interesting. Thanks. I'm catching about .25 bass every hour where I fish so I'm hoping SC has better bass populations. ?

[blackmax135]

Never been to Alabama but I would think it would be similar to SC

 

Every body of water here is gonna be different.  We have some of the best fishing on the east cost in South carolina (Opinion).  Lake Greenwood is my favorite place I have ever fished which isn't far from Greenville, has alot of largemouth and spots.  Lake Murray has alot of big fish as well.  Not to mention Lake marion and Santee-Cooper system witch is a good ride from Greenville but is a big fish factory, can be a tough place but you will catch big fish. 

 

I've fished a few ponds and you can't really say what a pond is going to be like due to you don't know how its been taken care of, how its been stocked, and how well of a habitat the fish have to spawn.  You can fish one pond, not catch a thing and walk right down the road to end up catching one every 5 minutes.

 

Good Luck