Girl Scout Pond Fishing Guide, Marlboro County, South Carolina

• Overview

  This water sits in Marlboro County, South Carolina. The surface lies 203 feet up. The water measures roughly 10 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. The town to know is Cheraw, 7.1 miles out. Further out sit Bennettsville (9.3 miles) and Hamlet (11 miles). Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here. The bank is open in stretches and thick in others.

• Where to Fish on Girl Scout Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Open biodiversity records for Marlboro County list sawcheek darter, redfin pickerel, bluegill, redbreast sunfish and dollar sunfish. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Girl Scout Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 80°F, with January the cold end at about 42°F. Winter here means light layers, not lost months. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Girl Scout Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Camp Sandy Ridge Pond is 0.4 miles off. Rules at Girl Scout Pond are worth checking on the day.