Bass In A Beaver Pond

[BassinBoy]

This may be out on a limb, but back in the woods on a trail the beavers have built dams and it has created a pond. It's been there for decades, and it's large, a few acres. Would it be possible that bass have made their way into it, naturally or from someone putting them in? Would it be worth it to throw a lure around in? Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated

[wademaster1]

Only one way to find the answer to this inquiry.......

[BigBassBarry]

Often fish eggs get transfered by duck and geese for body of waters to another.  They get on their feet and transfer from one pond to another.

[HeavyDluxe]

Never know what you'll find 'til you wet a line!  I would go for it.  Beaver ponds up here can be great for fish, though they're usually not great for size.

[lmbfisherman]

Go try it, as long as you aren't trespassing of course. 

[Shoalamfishin]

Beaver ponds can definitely support bass. The best fishing in my life was in a beaver pond. The biggest issue is that, more often than not. you need some considerably heavy tackle to fish to fish in beaver ponds due to all the standing and submerged timber. I don't use anything less than 40# braid and (out of preference) tend to shy away from open treble hooks unless they are on a square bill. 
 
As stated in the post above bass get in some odd areas often through egg transfer from birds; occasionally though bass will find new habitats from feeder streams/creeks, or flooding/overflow.

 

Here are some picture of some bass I caught out of a beaver pond a while back.

 

 

[Sam]

Had a blast a few years ago at a girl scout camp in Virginia showing the girls how to fish a beaver pond.

 

My buddy and I walked over to the beaver hut at the girls' lunch break and fished it and caught one bass after the other on every cast off the hut. The bass hit everything we threw from big Senkos to finesse worms. Any color.

 

Only problem was that there was a big black snake living in the wood and my friend is deathly afraid of snakes so we spent only a half hour at the site before we moved down the bank. Never saw the snake after we arrived at the site and I was not concerned but he became a nervous wreck as time went on. I must admit I sort of helped him along.

 

Did the girl scouts stock the pond? I have no idea but I do believe someone stocked the pond with bass, bluegills and minnows.

 

We always look for beaver huts when fishing on Virginia rivers and always fish them. All that underwater wood is a bass attractant.

[Bankbeater]

Every once in a while i will run across a beaver dam.  There always seems to be fish around them.  I would l contact the DNR to see if they have any info on it.

[aharris]

Go try it, as long as you aren't trespassing of course. 

Trespassing? Doesnt that mean, "sure, go ahead"?

[AuburnRig]

Absolutley.....Some of the most fun Bass fishing of my life, was a swamp, made by beavers....

[ClackerBuzz]

wow sounds like an amazing honey hole.  so are you and me the only two people that are going to fish it?  

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Beaver ponds provide excellent habitat for bass too. They attract all kinds of wildlife (food.) Here in the DC area we have beaver ponds that fish migrate into during flood events, this includes bass, pickerel and snakehead. I'd say go for it.

[Darren.]

Rock on, man. Should make for some good fishing....