Fishing at Beaver Dam Lake, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

• Overview

  Beaver Dam Lake is an Oglethorpe County water, in Georgia. The setting is open plain. It runs to roughly 25 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Nearest town is Winterville, 4.8 miles off. For a city, Athens is 11 miles off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. The setting is plain rather than dramatic, and it fishes well for it.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Dam Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include bluegill, redear sunfish, chain pickerel and flat bullhead. Records show what people reported, so treat the list as a guide to what lives in the area. Read Beaver Dam Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 42°F to 79°F. Cooler months are the productive ones on most of this water. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. Expect Beaver Dam Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Big Lake, 1.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Beaver Dam Lake if anything is unclear.