Culclosure Pond in Calhoun County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Culclosure Pond is a Calhoun County water, South Carolina side. It stands 253 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 3 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Calhoun County list. Nearest place of any size is Oak Grove, 3.7 miles away. Columbia sits 19 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Culclosure Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include margined madtom, tadpole madtom and bluegill. Local agencies keep the authoritative list for each water. Read Culclosure Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 80°F and January at 45°F. Cooler months are the productive ones on most of this water. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Time your trip to Culclosure Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Rast Pond, 1.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Culclosure Pond should be assumed from this page alone.