Weekly Spartanburg fishing report — Lake Bowen, Lake Blalock, Lake Cooley, Lake Cunningham, the Pacolet River, the Tyger River, the Enoree River, and Lawson’s Fork. Bass, crappie, bream, catfish, and trout reports, plus SCDNR regulations, license requirements, and tournament results from Spartanburg County and the Upstate.
HEREspartanburg’s fishing desk reports weekly on the lakes, rivers, and creeks of Spartanburg, South Carolina and Spartanburg County. Lake coverage includes Spartanburg Water’s Lake Bowen (largemouth bass, striper, crappie, catfish), Lake Blalock (bass and crappie tournaments), Lake Cooley (largemouth bass, bream), and Lake Cunningham. River fishing covers the Pacolet River from Pacolet Mills downstream to the Broad, the North and South Tyger Rivers, the Enoree River, and Lawson’s Fork through downtown Spartanburg — smallmouth bass, redbreast sunfish, channel catfish, and the seasonal striped-bass and white-perch runs.
Coverage includes the SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) regulations specific to the Upstate region, fresh-water license requirements, the Lake Bowen and Lake Blalock Spartanburg Water permit rules, public-access ramp conditions, and the safety advisories after heavy-rain events from the National Weather Service Greenville–Spartanburg office. Tournament coverage includes the local bass clubs running events at Bowen, Blalock, and Greenwood, the SCDNR youth fishing days, and the recurring crappie tournaments in spring. Trout fishing coverage extends to the SCDNR-stocked Lake Bowen tailrace and the closer delayed-harvest streams across the Upstate accessible from Spartanburg.