Turners Pond in Lee County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Turners Pond is one of the Lee County waters in South Carolina. It lies 148 feet above sea level. It covers about 14 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. East Sumter is the closest town at 9.1 miles. Sumter is 11 miles and South Sumter 13 miles. Also on the doorstep: Whites Millpond out at 8 miles, Dubose Pond 9.3 miles away, Copeland Pond out at 9.9 miles, McGrits Millpond 11 miles away and Bay Lake out at 13 miles. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Turners Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Nearby survey and observation records mention chain pickerel, dollar sunfish and longnose gar. Records show what people reported, not what is stocked. Take Turners Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 44°F in January and 80°F in July. The awkward stretch is midsummer, not midwinter. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. The season on Turners Pond follows the weather closely. Long daylight spreads fish out; short daylight concentrates them.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Whites Millpond is 8 miles distant. Rules at Turners Pond are worth checking on the day.