Mount Pleasant Fishing Lake in Cleveland County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Cleveland County, North Carolina, is where Mount Pleasant Fishing Lake sits. The setting is oak and grass on every side. Small at around 5 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Cleveland County. 4.1 miles away sits Boiling Springs, the nearest town. Forest City is 10 miles and East Gaffney 12 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Mount Pleasant Fishing Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Cleveland County list striped jumprock, seagreen darter, Carolina fantail darter and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat Mount Pleasant Fishing Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 78°F; the cold one sits at 39°F. The awkward stretch is midsummer, not midwinter. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. The season on Mount Pleasant Fishing Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Catfish want bait on the bottom: cut bait or worms, a simple running rig, and patience after dark. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lake Houser at 0.5 miles is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Mount Pleasant Fishing Lake in what we hold.