Monticello Reservoir

The Monticello Reservoir is a large lake in South Carolina. This manmade lake was created as a way to cool the turbines of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Plant.  Hydroelectricity is also generated from the waterbody as pumps from the nuclear facility pump water into The Reservoir and then release it through the hydroelectric dam between Monticello and Parr Reservoir to the south. This causes large fluctuations in the surface level of Monticello.  The Reservoir is popular among anglers in the region and is managed by the South Carolina DNR.  Popular sport fish on the Monticello Reservoir include catfish, largemouth bass, crappie, white bass, and panfish species such as bluegill.