Beebe Lake near East Ithaca: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  You will find Beebe Lake in Tompkins County, New York. The water sits 827 feet up. The water measures roughly 17 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Some 0.8 miles away sits East Ithaca, the nearest settlement. Cayuga Heights is 0.9 miles away, with Ithaca at 1.2 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Beebe Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Tompkins County include white sucker, tessellated darter, pumpkinseed, fantail darter and brown trout. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Beebe Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 69°F, with January the cold end at about 23°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Ice clears near early April and comes back about late December in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Beebe Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. Cascadilla Gorge covers ground next to the water; its rules will apply on that side. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Ithaca Reservoir, 2.7 miles out. None of that is settled for Beebe Lake in what we hold.