Merriman Millpond in Chesterfield County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Chesterfield County, South Carolina, is where Merriman Millpond sits. Height above sea level is 167 feet. Surface area runs to about 8 acres — small enough to read in one session. The nearest place of any size is Chesterfield, 6.2 miles away. Cheraw is 12 miles and North Hartsville 18 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Merriman Millpond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Chesterfield County records list bluegill, sawcheek darter, dollar sunfish, margined madtom and chain pickerel among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Merriman Millpond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 80°F on average, January about 42°F. Fishing runs all year, with summer the awkward season. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Plan around that when you fish Merriman Millpond. A rising level usually fishes better than a falling one.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Pate Pond, 2.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Merriman Millpond for certain.