Bear Pond fishing

Fishing at Bear Pond has Channel Catfish on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.5 times a year since 2009, most often in June. Species guides list dusk and night as the active times.

Last stocked

June 30, 2025

Plants on record

9

Since 2009

Species recorded

1

Elevation

38.5 ft

Common questions

What fish are at Bear Pond?
Fishing Bear Pond is most likely to be for Channel Catfish. All 9 plants on record are Channel Catfish. Channel Catfish was last stocked June 30, 2025.
When is Bear Pond stocked?
Last stocked June 30, 2025. It is stocked about 0.5 times a year since 2009, most often in June. The first plant of the year usually falls in the last week of June. In 2025 it was June 30, 2025, about when it usually is. No plants recorded in 8 years between 2009 and 2025.

How Bear Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the last week of June. In 2025 it was June 30, 2025, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 8 years between 2009 and 2025.

Fish at Bear Pond

Fishing Bear Pond is most likely to be for Channel Catfish. All 9 plants on record are Channel Catfish.

Channel Catfish 9 plants
Plants
9 of 9
Last stocked
June 30, 2025

Seasons and rigs are on the Channel Catfish guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 9972009
  • 1,3042010
  • 1,3022011
  • 1,2002012
  • 1,3562014
  • 1,3402015
  • 1,3002019
  • 1,3002024
  • 1,3002025

Stocking history

Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
June 30, 2025 Channel Catfish 1,300 – report
June 30, 2024 Channel Catfish 1,300 – report
June 30, 2019 Channel Catfish 1,300 – report
June 30, 2015 Channel Catfish 1,340 – report
June 30, 2014 Channel Catfish 1,356 – report
June 30, 2012 Channel Catfish 1,200 – report
June 30, 2011 Channel Catfish 1,302 – report
June 30, 2010 Channel Catfish 1,304 – report
June 30, 2009 Channel Catfish 997 – report

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

Nearest lakes