Fishing Mcfaddens Pond in Clarendon County, South Carolina

• Overview

  This water sits in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Height above sea level is 121 feet. The water measures roughly 5 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. For a base, East Sumter sits 11 miles out. Further out sit Manning (12 miles) and South Sumter (13 miles). A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Mcfaddens Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include redfin pickerel, swamp darter and warmouth. Reported species tell you what lives around here, nothing more. On Mcfaddens Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 80°F for July and 44°F for January. No part of the year shuts this water. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. Mcfaddens Pond fishes to that pattern most years. Early and late in the day beat the middle for most of the year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Rainbow Lake is 2.8 miles distant. Ask locally about Mcfaddens Pond if anything is unclear.