Bear Pond fishing

Bear Pond fishing has Channel Catfish on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.5 times a year since 2009. Species guides list dusk and night as the active times.

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Last stocked
FY 2025
Channel Catfish
Plants on record
9
Since 2009
Species recorded
1
Elevation
38.5 ft

Fish at Bear Pond

1 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Channel Catfish Stocked · 9 plants · last FY 2025 Best: dusk, night

Last stocked FY 2025 · 9 plants

Best: dusk, night

Channel Catfish species guide

How Bear Pond is stocked

Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

No plants recorded in 8 years between 2009 and 2025.

Fish stocked in 2009

997

Fish stocked in 2010

1,304

Fish stocked in 2011

1,302

Fish stocked in 2012

1,200

Fish stocked in 2014

1,356

Fish stocked in 2015

1,340

Fish stocked in 2019

1,300

Fish stocked in 2024

1,300

Fish stocked in 2025

1,300

Stocking history

Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
FY 2025Channel Catfish1,300–report
FY 2024Channel Catfish1,300–report
FY 2019Channel Catfish1,300–report
FY 2015Channel Catfish1,340–report
FY 2014Channel Catfish1,356–report
FY 2012Channel Catfish1,200–report
FY 2011Channel Catfish1,302–report
FY 2010Channel Catfish1,304–report
FY 2009Channel Catfish997–report

Access and facts

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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission before you go.

Nearest lakes

Oaks Pond - Seminole Forest 2.4 mi last stocked FY 2025 Lake Monroe 9.9 mi last stocked FY 2024 Lake Gleason 11.2 mi last stocked FY 2025 Bear Lake 11.6 mi last stocked FY 2025 Lake Minnehaha 13.7 mi last stocked FY 2025

Public land at Bear Pond

Bear Pond is 0.2 miles outside the edge of Rock Springs Run State Reserve.

It is 0.9 miles outside the edge of Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Common questions

What fish are at Bear Pond?

Fishing Bear Pond usually means Channel Catfish. All 9 plants on record are Channel Catfish. Channel Catfish was last stocked FY 2025.

When is Bear Pond stocked?

Last stocked FY 2025. It is stocked about 0.5 times a year since 2009. No plants recorded in 8 years between 2009 and 2025.