Fishing Scrogging Lake in Horry County, South Carolina

• Overview

  Horry County in South Carolina is where Scrogging Lake sits. Height above sea level is 20 feet. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. Our Horry County list holds plenty of bigger water. Red Hill is the closest town at 6.4 miles. It is 70 miles to Fayetteville, the nearest city. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Scrogging Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include American eel, banded sunfish, blackbanded sunfish and bluespotted sunfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Work Scrogging Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 80°F at the top of summer and 44°F at the bottom of winter. Warm months push fish deep; cool months bring them back. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Scrogging Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bluegill and other panfish take small jigs or worms under a float near any cover. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Vaught Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Scrogging Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.