Fishing Daniel Lumber Company Lake in Guilford County, North Carolina

• Overview

  Daniel Lumber Company Lake falls in Guilford County, part of North Carolina. It sits at 856 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 4 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Guilford County standards. Jamestown at 4.7 miles is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit Greensboro (5.5 miles) and Pleasant Garden (9.3 miles). No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Daniel Lumber Company Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Open biodiversity records for Guilford County list bluegill, green sunfish and redbreast sunfish. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Daniel Lumber Company Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 78°F and January near 38°F. No part of the year shuts this water. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. That shapes the year on Daniel Lumber Company Lake. Autumn cools the shallows first, so work deeper as it goes on.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Parking is mapped about 120 yards from the bank. For the panfish, a small hook, a float and a piece of worm outfish everything fancy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Fairfield Lake is 1.4 miles distant. For Daniel Lumber Company Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.