Fishing Palmers Pond in Burke County, Georgia

• Overview

  Palmers Pond lies in Burke County, in Georgia. The surroundings are dry hill. It covers about 13 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Georgia listings. Waynesboro sits 7.1 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Further out sit Hephzibah (11 miles) and Wrens (17 miles). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Palmers Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include spotted sunfish. Records show what people reported, so treat the list as a guide to what lives in the area. Read Palmers Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 80°F, while January sits near 45°F. No part of the year shuts this water. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. The season on Palmers Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the panfish, a small hook, a float and a piece of worm outfish everything fancy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Goldberg Pond is 1.6 miles distant. Treat access at Palmers Pond as something to verify.