Beech Fork Lake fishing: Channel Catfish, Golden Redhorse, Spotted Bass
Target species: Channel Catfish, Golden Redhorse, Spotted Bass, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Northern Hog Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Beech Fork Lake Dam, 3 lanes.
The reservoir
Beech Fork Lake covers 740 acres in West Virginia, across Wayne County. It is a reservoir: 91.2% of it is 20 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 35 feet (10.7 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Channel Catfish
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Golden Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Spotted Bass — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Northern Hog Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: White Crappie, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Longear Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp, Emerald Shiner.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 35 ft (10.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.2% of the water is 20 feet or shallower. We hold 85 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 13.6% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 18.2% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 14.5% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 6% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 4% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 0.6% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Beech Fork Lake Dam — 3 lanes, lit for night fishing.
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 81°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2021. The latest reading is from 2021, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- West Virginia DNR — West Virginia DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
