Black Pond Fishing near Cordova, North Carolina

• Overview

  Black Pond sits in Richmond County, out in North Carolina. The water sits 144 feet up. Head to Cordova, 4 miles away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Fayetteville is 57 miles off. Near neighbours: B V Hedrick Sand and Gravel Lake the better part of 2.2 miles, Smith Creek after 3 miles, Bonsal Company Lake the better part of 4 miles, W R Bonsal Tailings Reservoir after 4.1 miles and Treeces Lake the better part of 5.3 miles. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Black Pond

  National data lists it as swamp or marsh: shallow, weedy and awkward to fish from the bank. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Richmond County cover pinewoods darter, dollar sunfish, margined madtom, sawcheek darter and bluegill. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Black Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 80°F for July and 41°F for January. There is no frozen season to plan round. Shade and hour of day matter more than month. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. The season on Black Pond follows the weather closely. Water temperature lags the air by a week or so.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. If the gate is shut, B V Hedrick Sand and Gravel Lake at 2.2 miles is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Black Pond as something to verify.