Beaver Lake Fishing near Gold Key Lake, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Beaver Lake is one of the Pike County listings for Pennsylvania. The surface lies 850 feet up. Surface area runs to about 11 acres — small enough to read in one session. Our Pike County list holds plenty of bigger water. Gold Key Lake lies 4.1 miles from the water. Further out sit Birchwood Lakes (4.4 miles) and Sunrise Lake (5.5 miles). Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. 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. Reported across Pike County: yellow perch, brown trout, bluegill, smallmouth bass and chain pickerel. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Beaver Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 24°F to 69°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late March. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late March until roughly late December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Beaver Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Fairview Lake is 0.2 miles distant. What applies at Beaver Lake may have changed since it was mapped.