Fishing lakes in South Carolina

South Carolina has 1,091 lakes recorded in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, covering a combined 1837 km². The largest is Lake Marion at 323.93 km². Anglers can find Striped Bass, Crappie, Blue Catfish across these waters.

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Top fish species in South Carolina

Striped Bass36 lakes
Crappie36 lakes
Blue Catfish36 lakes
Flathead Catfish36 lakes
Smallmouth Bass36 lakes
Largemouth Bass36 lakes
Channel Catfish36 lakes
Bluegill / Sunfish36 lakes
Chain Pickerel36 lakes
White Bass36 lakes
Common Carp36 lakes

Top 300 largest lakes

Lake Marion
323.93 km² · 33.497, -80.336
Lake Moultrie
229.97 km² · 33.311, -80.054
Lake Murray
197.33 km² · 34.074, -81.379
J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir
165.18 km² · 33.832, -82.370
J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir
103.84 km² · 33.674, -82.368
Richard B Russell Lake
99.58 km² · 34.130, -82.677
Hartwell Lake
72.99 km² · 34.512, -83.016
Lake Oconee
70.56 km² · 33.471, -83.245
Lake Keowee
68.32 km² · 34.806, -82.920
Hartwell Lake
62.97 km² · 34.392, -82.856
Lake Sinclair
53.31 km² · 33.208, -83.261
Wateree Lake
47.58 km² · 34.413, -80.811
Lake Greenwood
41.94 km² · 34.255, -82.018
Lake Waccamaw
35.77 km² · 34.287, -78.510
Monticello Reservoir
26.95 km² · 34.335, -81.313
Lake Tillery
19.61 km² · 35.274, -80.084
Parr Shoals Reservoir
12.60 km² · 34.307, -81.358
Fishing Creek Reservoir
8.76 km² · 34.639, -80.889
Lake Robinson
8.49 km² · 34.440, -80.155
J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir
5.73 km² · 33.978, -82.609
Secession Lake
5.39 km² · 34.293, -82.590
Lake Surf
4.11 km² · 35.231, -79.192
Cedar Creek Reservoir
2.68 km² · 34.554, -80.878
Little Singletary Lake
2.54 km² · 34.828, -78.696
Goose Creek Reservoir
2.32 km² · 32.950, -80.026
Wastewater Treatment Pond Number Five
1.77 km² · 33.327, -81.923
Salters Lake
1.28 km² · 34.705, -78.630
Broadway Lake
1.25 km² · 34.458, -82.590
Saluda Lake
1.23 km² · 34.871, -82.489
Ledbetter Lake
1.22 km² · 34.990, -79.703
Langley Pond
1.22 km² · 33.530, -81.834
Mosquito Creek
1.19 km² · 33.187, -79.221
Kennedy Pond
1.17 km² · 32.333, -81.822
Lake Tchukolaho
1.14 km² · 32.905, -83.298
Lake Wallace
1.11 km² · 34.638, -79.675
Kellys Pond
1.08 km² · 33.031, -82.356
Dingle Pond
0.98 km² · 33.518, -80.417
Toney Bay
0.97 km² · 33.339, -80.347
Little Ocmulgee Lake
0.96 km² · 32.095, -82.900
Lake George Warren
0.91 km² · 32.832, -81.172
Jones Lake
0.87 km² · 34.688, -78.602
Great Falls Reservoir
0.86 km² · 34.588, -80.891
Pond B
0.82 km² · 33.297, -81.549
Eureka Lake
0.81 km² · 34.634, -79.905
Horseshoe Lake
0.81 km² · 34.819, -78.647
Turkey Pond
0.80 km² · 32.927, -82.247
Plant Cooling Lake
0.79 km² · 34.581, -78.969
Boyd Millpond
0.78 km² · 34.463, -82.207
Prestwood Lake
0.78 km² · 34.383, -80.080
Upchurches Pond
0.76 km² · 34.956, -79.018
Lake Whelchel
0.72 km² · 35.109, -81.632
Wildwood Lake
0.69 km² · 32.393, -82.467
Forest Lake
0.69 km² · 34.157, -79.842
Hamburgh Millpond
0.68 km² · 33.210, -82.789
Lake Pinehurst
0.66 km² · 35.171, -79.490
Lake Katherine
0.66 km² · 34.003, -80.964
Lake Louise
0.65 km² · 34.604, -83.279
Edisto Lake
0.63 km² · 33.676, -81.323
Lake Wallace
0.63 km² · 34.646, -79.675
Warrenton City Pond
0.60 km² · 33.399, -82.713
Murray Pond
0.60 km² · 33.991, -80.711
Etheredge Millpond
0.60 km² · 33.632, -81.051
Lake Edwin Johnson
0.60 km² · 34.870, -81.838
Lake Cherokee
0.59 km² · 34.909, -83.063
Mott Lake
0.58 km² · 35.060, -79.208
Richmond Mill Lake
0.58 km² · 34.829, -79.532
Tutens Millpond
0.57 km² · 33.018, -81.226
Greenes Pond
0.57 km² · 34.641, -78.621
Keas Old Millpond
0.54 km² · 32.527, -82.528
Craigs Pond
0.54 km² · 33.288, -81.479
Sand Hill Lake
0.53 km² · 32.434, -82.556
Lowthers Lake
0.53 km² · 34.316, -79.714
Thunder Springs Lake
0.52 km² · 32.648, -82.842
Upper Reserve
0.52 km² · 33.106, -79.852
Forest Lake
0.52 km² · 34.029, -80.956
Richardson Pond
0.51 km² · 34.218, -78.955
W R Bonsal Tailings Reservoir
0.50 km² · 34.943, -79.938
Bowdens Pond Number One
0.50 km² · 33.325, -82.404
Jarrell Pond
0.48 km² · 32.576, -81.659
Chester State Park Lake
0.48 km² · 34.675, -81.239
Rayonair Pond
0.48 km² · 32.710, -82.521
McGars Pond
0.48 km² · 32.756, -82.310
Lake Marion
0.47 km² · 33.704, -80.580
Hester Millpond
0.47 km² · 34.627, -78.799
Canoe Pond
0.47 km² · 32.431, -82.141
Wittee Lake
0.46 km² · 33.382, -79.774
Oglesby Pond
0.45 km² · 32.565, -81.970
Anderson Reservoir
0.45 km² · 34.625, -82.576
Chester Reservoir
0.45 km² · 34.718, -81.251
Everetts Lake
0.45 km² · 34.815, -79.884
Ben Hall Lake
0.44 km² · 32.644, -82.856
Boykin Mill Pond
0.44 km² · 34.134, -80.576
Griffin Lake
0.43 km² · 32.419, -81.465
Teal Millpond
0.43 km² · 34.665, -80.012
Issaqueena Lake
0.43 km² · 34.742, -82.862
Boyle Pond
0.42 km² · 33.879, -80.445
Meldrin Millpond
0.42 km² · 32.612, -81.501
Reynolds Pond
0.42 km² · 33.625, -81.707
Lake Columbia
0.42 km² · 34.175, -80.926
Harrison Lake B
0.41 km² · 33.532, -82.464
Rice Hope Lake
0.41 km² · 33.082, -79.910
Raley Millpond
0.41 km² · 34.531, -80.384
Andersons Millpond
0.40 km² · 34.695, -79.830
Fort Gordon Reservoir
0.40 km² · 33.432, -82.104
Brannen Lake
0.39 km² · 32.310, -82.018
Anderson Pond
0.39 km² · 32.226, -81.801
Beaver Creek Pond
0.38 km² · 35.065, -78.983
Burnt Factory Pond
0.38 km² · 34.674, -79.665
Leggett Mill Pond
0.38 km² · 34.047, -79.345
Edgar A Brown Lake
0.38 km² · 33.254, -81.367
Big Creek Watershed One Reservoir
0.37 km² · 34.634, -82.489
Country Club Lake
0.36 km² · 34.702, -79.261
Graniteville Pond Two
0.35 km² · 33.581, -81.807
Twelve Mile River Watershed Six Reservoir
0.35 km² · 34.913, -82.730
Oakdale Lake
0.34 km² · 34.177, -79.881
Colonial Lake
0.34 km² · 34.315, -80.599
Bennock Millpond
0.34 km² · 33.260, -81.893
White Oak Slash Lake
0.34 km² · 34.087, -80.603
Harrison Lake A
0.34 km² · 33.518, -82.462
Archers Lakes
0.34 km² · 33.120, -82.693
Second Millpond
0.34 km² · 33.923, -80.387
Reservoir 29
0.33 km² · 34.066, -83.226
Hendley Pond
0.33 km² · 32.618, -82.053
Herds Pond
0.33 km² · 32.777, -82.889
Telfair Pond
0.33 km² · 33.115, -81.767
Hope Mills Lake
0.32 km² · 34.979, -78.947
Wade Lake Number One
0.32 km² · 32.928, -81.529
Smith Lake
0.31 km² · 35.135, -78.927
Lake Rim
0.31 km² · 35.036, -79.040
Wadesboro Municipal Lake
0.31 km² · 34.922, -80.086
Rachels Pond
0.30 km² · 32.839, -82.439
Rankin Pond
0.30 km² · 35.103, -79.776
Berry Shoals Pond
0.30 km² · 34.890, -82.105
Lake MacArthur
0.30 km² · 35.180, -79.257
Bakers Lake
0.30 km² · 34.809, -78.765
Watson Pond
0.30 km² · 32.550, -82.123
Cypress Lake
0.29 km² · 32.396, -81.869
SCE and G Ash Pond
0.28 km² · 33.075, -80.622
Lake Leroy
0.28 km² · 34.875, -83.150
Lake Becky
0.28 km² · 34.850, -83.115
Pond Five
0.28 km² · 33.259, -81.568
Tobe Lake
0.28 km² · 32.741, -82.958
F Coopers Pond
0.28 km² · 34.116, -80.811
Lake Tabor
0.28 km² · 34.163, -78.860
Lake Olmstead
0.27 km² · 33.495, -82.004
Wastewater Treatment Pond Number Two
0.27 km² · 33.330, -81.945
Neeses Lake
0.27 km² · 33.587, -81.512
McKinney Lake
0.27 km² · 35.008, -79.620
Big Muddy Lake
0.27 km² · 35.022, -79.492
Lower Reserve
0.27 km² · 33.103, -79.840
Buckfield Pond
0.27 km² · 32.681, -80.895
Silver Lake
0.27 km² · 34.884, -82.113
White Pond
0.27 km² · 34.168, -80.776
Rocky Ford Lake
0.27 km² · 34.055, -80.955
Maxton Pond
0.27 km² · 34.721, -79.368
Hodgins Pond
0.26 km² · 34.894, -79.210
Sands Pond
0.26 km² · 32.130, -81.795
Tucker Lake
0.26 km² · 34.131, -80.823
Rose Lake
0.26 km² · 35.108, -78.913
Moragne Pond
0.26 km² · 33.874, -81.250
Overstreet Lake
0.25 km² · 32.647, -82.218
Pine Ridge Pond
0.25 km² · 33.164, -79.225
Coneross Creek Reservoir
0.25 km² · 34.727, -83.110
Mikell Pond
0.25 km² · 33.961, -80.566
Bates Pond
0.25 km² · 33.030, -79.758
Watson Lake
0.24 km² · 35.170, -79.436
McKiethan Pond
0.24 km² · 35.101, -79.251
Wastewater Treatment Pond Number Four
0.24 km² · 33.324, -81.943
Windsor Lake
0.24 km² · 34.071, -80.936
Mountain Lakes - Upper Lake
0.24 km² · 34.661, -81.263
Vaucluse Pond
0.24 km² · 33.618, -81.808
Drakes Millpond
0.24 km² · 34.477, -79.666
Johnsons Lake
0.24 km² · 33.364, -82.635
Brinson Lake
0.24 km² · 32.856, -82.105
Youngblood Pond
0.24 km² · 32.421, -81.644
Granger Pond
0.24 km² · 34.221, -79.038
Stuckey Boone Lake
0.24 km² · 32.696, -83.166
Goodwins Millpond
0.24 km² · 34.737, -79.663
Hodges Lake
0.24 km² · 32.963, -83.250
Lancaster Reservoir
0.24 km² · 34.703, -80.751
Lake York
0.24 km² · 35.126, -81.340
Southern Pines Waterworks
0.24 km² · 35.214, -79.406
Fortner Pond
0.24 km² · 32.726, -82.575
Lake Oglethorpe
0.23 km² · 33.869, -83.230
Lavonia Water Works Lake
0.23 km² · 34.467, -83.140
Russ Lake
0.23 km² · 33.720, -79.200
Usry Pond
0.23 km² · 33.422, -82.453
Ashwood Lake
0.23 km² · 34.104, -80.318
Lexington Acres Pond
0.23 km² · 33.845, -81.052
McLaurins Millpond
0.23 km² · 34.679, -79.759
Pages Millpond
0.23 km² · 34.349, -79.171
Kaolin Mines Lake
0.23 km² · 33.331, -82.448
Anderson Pond
0.22 km² · 32.496, -82.621
Lees Mill Pond
0.22 km² · 34.823, -79.377
McGrits Millpond
0.22 km² · 34.137, -80.342
Dinkins Millpond
0.22 km² · 34.037, -80.531
Paul Wallace Pond
0.22 km² · 34.758, -79.880
Cooks Pond
0.22 km² · 32.434, -82.018
J J Padgett Pond
0.21 km² · 33.020, -80.838
Reservoir 30
0.21 km² · 34.207, -82.954
Whitewater Lake
0.21 km² · 34.908, -83.009
Jackson Pond
0.21 km² · 32.696, -82.832
Shivers Lake Number One
0.21 km² · 33.465, -82.799
Jordan Millpond
0.21 km² · 33.041, -82.679
Johns Pond
0.21 km² · 34.691, -79.432
Crystal Lake
0.21 km² · 34.828, -83.139
Durden Pond
0.21 km² · 32.500, -82.194
Beegles Farm Pond
0.21 km² · 32.804, -82.377
Fort Pond
0.21 km² · 33.763, -81.239
Crystal Lake
0.21 km² · 33.928, -81.226
Barr Lake
0.21 km² · 33.955, -81.263
Paxton Millpond
0.20 km² · 33.859, -81.345
Des Champs Pond
0.20 km² · 33.841, -80.367
Archers Pond
0.20 km² · 32.608, -82.619
Greenwood Reservoir
0.20 km² · 34.263, -82.132
Country Club Lake
0.20 km² · 34.840, -82.686
Marco Millpond
0.20 km² · 34.277, -80.133
Martin Lake
0.20 km² · 34.558, -80.220
Messers Pond
0.20 km² · 34.073, -80.791
Carolina Eastman Waste Pond
0.20 km² · 33.860, -81.004
Reservoir 27
0.20 km² · 34.152, -83.274
Lewis Lake
0.20 km² · 32.898, -82.536
Hunt Pond
0.20 km² · 33.908, -81.170
Huttos Lake
0.20 km² · 33.234, -80.430
McCullough Millpond
0.20 km² · 32.963, -82.126
Thiele Kaolin Mining Company Lake
0.20 km² · 32.969, -82.832
Clarks Mill Pond
0.20 km² · 33.081, -82.469
Gilbert Lake
0.20 km² · 34.397, -79.950
Pee Dee State Park Lake
0.20 km² · 34.331, -79.263
Roberdel Pond
0.20 km² · 34.973, -79.737
Railroad Pond
0.20 km² · 33.161, -80.427
Palmetto Shores Lake
0.20 km² · 34.246, -79.837
Hamlet City Lake Upper
0.20 km² · 34.902, -79.667
Whites Millpond
0.19 km² · 33.988, -80.328
Mount Lake
0.19 km² · 32.960, -81.498
Beaverdam Creek Lake
0.19 km² · 33.731, -82.827
Red Bluff Lake
0.19 km² · 34.616, -79.508
Lake Collins
0.19 km² · 32.515, -81.971
Lake Linda
0.19 km² · 32.370, -83.351
Kornbow Lake
0.19 km² · 35.103, -78.934
Hershman Lake
0.19 km² · 32.919, -81.497
Rainbow Lake
0.19 km² · 33.813, -80.092
McKinney Pond
0.19 km² · 32.789, -82.225
Napier Pond
0.19 km² · 32.938, -83.160
Clearwater Lake
0.19 km² · 33.507, -81.895
Conestee Lake
0.19 km² · 34.773, -82.350
McLaurins Millpond
0.19 km² · 34.654, -79.539
Clarks Lake
0.19 km² · 34.120, -80.901
Wallace Pond
0.18 km² · 34.778, -79.857
Cain Millpond
0.18 km² · 33.856, -80.398
Gum Swamp Lake
0.18 km² · 34.912, -79.564
Boyds Pond
0.18 km² · 33.922, -80.757
Davids Millpond
0.18 km² · 34.646, -79.748
Ellerbees Millpond
0.18 km² · 34.071, -80.530
Mc Nairs Millpond
0.18 km² · 34.698, -79.592
Rockford Lake
0.18 km² · 34.039, -80.949
Dunes Lake
0.18 km² · 33.770, -78.795
Grants Millpond
0.18 km² · 34.720, -79.802
Millers Pond
0.18 km² · 33.216, -81.880
Davis Pond
0.18 km² · 33.876, -81.545
Holloways Pond
0.18 km² · 32.590, -82.363
Reservoir 64
0.18 km² · 34.099, -83.127
Jeffords Millpond
0.18 km² · 34.405, -79.875
Upper Summerhouse Pond
0.18 km² · 32.899, -79.618
Hinson Lake
0.18 km² · 34.938, -79.745
Lake Destiny
0.18 km² · 32.218, -83.099
Kendall Lake
0.17 km² · 34.262, -80.591
Richmond Factory Pond
0.17 km² · 33.348, -82.059
Calmont Pond
0.17 km² · 33.767, -81.038
Hill Creek Watershed One Reservoir
0.17 km² · 34.781, -80.439
Sun View Lake
0.17 km² · 33.970, -80.912
Simmons Pond
0.17 km² · 32.251, -81.690
Harpers Folly Lake
0.17 km² · 34.767, -82.185
Smith Mill Pond
0.17 km² · 34.070, -79.344
Odell Memorial Lake
0.17 km² · 33.779, -81.896
Elliott Lake
0.17 km² · 33.851, -80.500
Mays Millpond
0.17 km² · 33.084, -82.768
Quattlebaum Pond
0.17 km² · 32.373, -81.747
Harolds Millpond
0.17 km² · 34.264, -80.087
Campbell Lake
0.17 km² · 34.594, -79.981
Huber Lake
0.17 km² · 33.274, -82.419
Smiths Millpond
0.17 km² · 34.685, -78.860
Snows Lake
0.17 km² · 34.668, -82.361
Ski Pond
0.17 km² · 32.946, -81.688
Zimmerman Pond
0.16 km² · 34.851, -81.896
Mays Lake
0.16 km² · 34.578, -80.180
Lake Lucious
0.16 km² · 32.883, -80.614
Wallace Pond
0.16 km² · 35.016, -78.950
Lower Leitner Pond
0.16 km² · 33.348, -82.244
City Lake
0.16 km² · 34.886, -79.689
Bearcamp Lake
0.16 km² · 32.787, -83.157
Saylors Lake
0.16 km² · 33.821, -80.942
Smith Lake
0.16 km² · 32.899, -82.448
Elliott Millpond
0.16 km² · 33.653, -80.492
L E Pence Pond
0.16 km² · 34.674, -79.622
Nesmith Pond
0.16 km² · 32.422, -83.282
Walker Pond
0.16 km² · 33.055, -82.776
New Saluda Reservoir
0.16 km² · 33.995, -81.791
Kimberly-Clark Lake
0.16 km² · 32.682, -81.549
Dickens Lake
0.16 km² · 33.315, -83.086