Lake Glenville Fishing Report

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Lake Glenville is without question one of the best lakes in Western NC and possibly the Southeastern United States. Tucked away in the mountains just 5 miles from Cashiers NC, Lake Glenville has all of the components of a perfect storm! Glenville has the extremely rare combination of blueback herring and smallmouth bass. While blueback herring alone will turn an okay fishery into a world class fishery, the largemouth and smallmouth also prey on trout, crayfish, yellow perch and bream. 

It's currently late winter, the water temperature is in the low 40's but there is warming water on the horizon! Even with water in the low 40's you can find a good population of largemouth and smallmouth bass pushing herring on points across the lake throughout the day. Don't hesitate to fish shallow on warmer days when the sun gets up. Big largemouth will get on dark pieces of cover that retain heat and wait for an easy snack to swim by! Finding the main channel in pockets or a deep bowl in coves could pay dividends as well. Big largemouth and smallmouth will get down into the warmer stable water and feed on passing schools of herring. A football jig or finesse swimbait could be your ticket to those deeper fish!

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