Fishing Beaver Lake in Cherry County, Nebraska

• Overview

  In Nebraska, Beaver Lake falls inside Cherry County. The water sits 2,969 feet up. It measures some 314 acres, and wind has room to build across it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Cherry County list. For supplies, Valentine is 29 miles out. The nearest city of size is Sioux Falls, 213 miles away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Cherry County names white sucker, common carp and green sunfish. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Beaver Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 22°F in January up to 73°F in July. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about late March, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between late March and early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It holds true on Beaver Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This sits inside Rat and Beaver Lake State Wildlife Management Area, so read the reserve notices first. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Rat Lake at 1.2 miles is the nearest alternative. Treat Beaver Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.