Fishing Doodle Hill Pond in Calhoun County, South Carolina

• Overview

  Doodle Hill Pond lies within the bounds of Calhoun County, South Carolina. The land about it is open plain. The water measures roughly 3 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Calhoun County. For a base, Saint Matthews sits 4.7 miles out. Further out sit Oak Grove (8.7 miles) and Gadsden (11 miles). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Doodle Hill Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Open occurrence data for the surrounding area lists margined madtom, bluegill, redbreast sunfish, redfin pickerel and spotted sunfish. Records come from public data, not from a stocking programme. At Doodle Hill Pond light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 80°F and January about 45°F. Winter is the comfortable season here rather than the difficult one. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. That shapes the year on Doodle Hill Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Raysors Lake is 0.9 miles distant. Nothing on Doodle Hill Pond should be assumed from this page alone.