Murphys Pond Fishing near East Rockingham, North Carolina

• Overview

  Murphys Pond lies in Richmond County, North Carolina. Everything around it is pine and hardwood. A pocket of water where every cast reaches cover. On size it sits at the modest end of our Richmond County list. Nearest place of any size is East Rockingham, 2.6 miles away. Fayetteville is the closest city, 48 miles away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Murphys Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name pinewoods darter, dollar sunfish, margined madtom and sawcheek darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Murphys Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 80°F in July and bottom out at 41°F in January. Cooler months are the productive ones on most of this water. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. The season on Murphys Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lees Pond is 0.1 miles distant. For Murphys Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.