Beam Lake Fishing Guide, Gaston County, North Carolina

• Overview

  Out in Gaston County, North Carolina, sits Beam Lake. The bank is 869 feet above sea level. At roughly 3 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Gaston County. You are 2.3 miles from Cherryville. Then Tryon, 3 miles, and Bessemer City, 7.3 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Beam Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Records held for Gaston County cover bluegill, redbreast sunfish, striped jumprock, white sucker and green sunfish. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Beam Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 78°F and January near 39°F. No part of the year shuts this water. October and November give a second good stretch as it cools. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. The season on Beam Lake rarely departs from it. A settled spell fishes better than a bright one.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Cherryville City Reservoir, 1 mile away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Beam Lake for certain.