Fishing Report For Lake Wylie, SC
By Rick Seaman
May 23, 2025
Fishing Reports
Popular Fish Species Lake Wylie, SC
Largemouth Bass
Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good
The bass are biting at Lake Wylie, which is reported to be one of the best bass lakes in this section of the country. There are spotted bass as well, but the lake is renowned for great largemouth fishing. The water temperatures are in the 70's and the spawn is winding down, so most bass are fry guarding, or feeding aggressively after a strenuous spawn. Most reaction baits are catching bass, as are worms, jigs and drop-shots.
Blue Catfish
Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good
Fishing for big blue cats has been decent through this winter as they do feed year round, but get more active as the water warms. Fishing for blue catfish is often productive around any kind of structure, especially when water is flowing. Road beds, creek channels and rocky points are all good places to begin. Gizzard shad, sunfish, cut bait and prepared baits will all catch blue catfish. The lake also has populations of channel and flathead catfish. Use a slip sinker or Carolina rig setup.
Black Crappie - White Crappie
Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good
Crappie fishing has been great throughout Spring, as they are in shallow coves and pockets, spawning. Crappie will move outside these areas to depths of 10 to 15 feet or deeper, as the spawn ends, and the water warms. Rocks, brush, wood and deep vegetation are a great places to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. In Summer, anglers are reporting success using fish finders and forward facing sonar to locate schools of crappie.
Fishing Video
Fish species to fish for...
Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, warmouth, white perch, yellow perch and chain pickerel at Lake Wylie in South Carolina.
Lake Wylie is a 12,000-acre lake with about 1,200 miles of shoreline. It is considered to be among the top bass fishing lakes in the southeast. Anglers will also find healthy populations of crappie, white bass, perch, sunfish, chain pickerel and catfish here. There is plenty of accessible shoreline for fishing from the bank.
Primary fish species to catch
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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".
Contact Information
Lake Wylie
Ebenezer Park
4490 Boatshore Rd
Rock Hill, SC 29732
803 366-6620
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Lake Wylie, South Carolina Report
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Go fishing at Lake Wylie to catch bass, crappie, white bass, perch, sunfish, chain pickerel and catfish along the northern border of South Carolina.
