Fishing Lake Wylie

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Lake Wylie, SC

Popular Fish Species Lake Wylie, SC

Largemouth Bass Fishing

Considered one of the best bass lakes in the Southeast USA, Lake Wylie offers very good fishing for largemouth bass, year round. It is often home to major bass fishing tournaments by national organizations. Recently, the fishing for bass has been quite impressive. March and April offer the best time to catch a giant. This great bass fishing is thanks to excellent fisheries management by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, as well as the availability of extensive cover for both baitfish and bass. When the bite is good, bass typically move shallow and are quite aggressive. If you find them shallow and they are not tempted to bite, slow down and use smaller, lighter baits. Fishing for largemouth bass is good virtually any time they are shallow - in spring, mornings in summer, and during warm Fall afternoons. Use shallow crankbaits around rip rap. Around grass use worms, jigs, topwater and spinnerbaits. In deeper water, big worms, jigs and spoons are three good weapons. In winter, spend your time fishing Lake Wylie on deeper structure where the bass spend much of their time.

Blue Catfish Fishing

This year blue catfish are available in good numbers at Lake Wylie. Most of the local guides offer catfish trips, and big blues are the favorite target. The state record is over 110 pounds. Fishing for blue catfish is most often productive summer around any kind of structure. The river end of the lake is often the area where the bigger catfish are caught. Road beds, creek channels and rocky points are all good places to begin. Use a slip sinker or Carolina rig with cut bait or other popular catfish baits. Other catfish in the lake include channel catfish.

Crappie Fishing

Black and white crappie both reside in Lake Wylie, with these "slabs" being caught around brush piles in, and around, major creeks. Crappie fishing is on the rise and they can be found in sizeable schools. Crappie always like cover and structure, so locate brush and vegetation. Using a fish finder can help locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover. Live bait and small jigs are the most common method for crappie here. In spring and fall focus on the 8 to 12 foot range. The best time to catch crappie tends to be at dawn and dusk. As the crappie move deep in summer and winter, follow points out deep, as well as find ledges near channels in deeper water.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth 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.

Considered by many to be among the top bass fishing lakes in the southeast, Lake Wylie also has much to offer to those seeking other fish species. Anglers will find healthy populations of crappie, white bass, perch, sunfish, chain pickerel and catfish roaming these waters. Lake Wylie is a 12,000-acre lake on the northern border of South Carolina, at Tega Cay. About 60% of the 1,200 miles of shoreline are in SC, the other 40% in NC. There is plenty of accessible shoreline for bank fishing near the four boat launch ramps, plus two public access areas.

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