Full sun on the water today, with a mirror surface most of the day and a rising glass. Whatever swims in Shulls Pond should be near the closest cover to deeper water. A long productive spell runs night into morning. Make the first hour count and build on it. Falling temperatures are switching fish back on.
The bites are excellent now
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Shulls Pond is set in Lexington County, South Carolina. It sits in oak and grass. Start from Red Bank, 14 miles down the road. After that come Gaston at 15 miles and Leesville at 15 miles. If this one is busy: McIver Pond out at 1.3 miles, Gunters Pond sits 2.1 miles out, Barrs Ponds out at 2.2 miles, Spring Branch sits 3.3 miles out and Rawls Pond out at 4.2 miles. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.
Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Open occurrence data for the surrounding area lists largemouth bass, bluegill and eastern blackbanded darter. Reported species tell you what lives around here, nothing more. Treat Shulls Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.
Averages here run 80°F at the top of summer and 44°F at the bottom of winter. Long warm spells define the calendar more than any cold. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Anyone fishing Shulls Pond regularly works to that calendar.
Public data does not answer the access question here. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. McIver Pond sits 1.3 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Shulls Pond for certain.
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The bites are excellent now
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 2.1 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 51° | 50° | 49° | 47° | 47° | 46° | 45° | 44° | 47° | 52° | 58° | 62° | 66° | 68° | 69° | 70° | 70° | 66° | 61° | 58° | 56° | 55° | 54° | 53° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.07 | 30.08 | 30.08 | 30.09 | 30.1 | 30.12 | 30.13 | 30.13 | 30.17 | 30.13 | 30.11 | 30.08 | 30.06 | 30.04 | 30.04 | 30.04 | 30.05 | 30.06 | 30.07 | 30.08 | 30.08 | 30.08 |
| 90 | 92 | 94 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 91 | 91 | 84 | 71 | 62 | 53 | 47 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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