Bee Haven Bay

Type
Lake or reservoir, Florida (South)
Designation
Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on Bee Haven Bay

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Bee Haven Bay is a lake or reservoir in Florida, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

More about Bee Haven Bay

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists 3 species, including black bass, black crappie and hybrid striped bass.

Updated · Sources: Black Bass Top Spots (FWC: the sites most likely to be best for Florida black bass fishing in 2026), Black Bass Top Spots (FWC: the sites most likely to be best for Florida black bass fishing in 2026)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Bee Haven Bay is a lake or reservoir in Florida.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Bee Haven Bay or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Bee Haven Bay

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Bee Haven Bay

Restrooms near Bee Haven Bay

Restrooms within 2 miles of Bee Haven Bay in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Bee Haven Bay

  • The clear, shallow head of the Wacissa River with eelgrass, a ramp and woods beyondFeatured sport-fishing water
    Photo credit

    The head of the Wacissa River at Wacissa River Park, Jefferson County, Florida. Photo: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Wacissa River

    Florida · about 69 mi

  • Open water of Orange Lake under a bright sky with white cloudsFeatured sport-fishing water
    Photo credit

    Orange Lake, Alachua County, Florida. Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Orange Lake

    Florida · about 82 mi

  • The wide Apalachicola River between wooded banks, seen from a sandy landingAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Saint Marys River
    Photo credit

    The Apalachicola River looking upstream from Neal Landing, Blountstown, Florida. Photo: The Bushranger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saint Marys River.

    Saint Marys River

    Florida · about 47 mi

  • Calm, glassy water of Biscayne Bay reflecting a cloudy skyAgency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Nassau River
    Photo credit

    Biscayne Bay in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Nassau River.

    Nassau River

    Florida · about 75 mi

  • Lake Rousseau seen between moss-hung trees, with standing dead timber in the waterAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Lochloosa
    Photo credit

    Lake Rousseau, Florida, March 2007. Photo: Jpbowen at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Lochloosa.

    Lake Lochloosa

    Florida · about 81 mi

  • A shell beach edged with mangroves in the Ten Thousand Islands, with calm, shallow waterAgency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Apalachee Bay
    Photo credit

    A beach in the Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park. Photo: olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Apalachee Bay.

    Apalachee Bay

    Florida · about 85 mi

    Redfish & spotted seatrout

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

2 official designations

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under bass.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
3,000 acres

Guides and shops near Bee Haven Bay

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

  • An underwater photograph of a sunfish hovering over a rocky bottom, deep-bodied with a dark ear flap

    Panfish

    Species guide

    Photo credit

    A bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), photographed by Ryan Hagerty for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Black Bass
  • Hybrid Striped Bass

When the bugs come off

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Bee Haven Bay.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Bee Haven Bay” (swamp) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.