Fishing at Taylor Pond, Lexington County, South Carolina

• Overview

  Taylor Pond is one of the Lexington County waters in South Carolina. The surface lies 495 feet up. It covers about 12 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. 6.7 miles away sits Leesville, the nearest town. It is 22 miles to Columbia, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Taylor Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include bluegill, redbreast sunfish and black crappie. Use it to know what is possible here, not what is certain. At Taylor Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 80°F and January near 43°F. Winter here means light layers, not lost months. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. It sets the rhythm of the year at Taylor Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. You can leave the car about half a mile from the water. Mapping shows a picnic spot within half a mile. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Oswalds Pond is 0.7 miles distant. None of that is settled for Taylor Pond in what we hold.