Bear Lake

Channel catfish and redear sunfish water, stocked through the 2024-25 season program; 4,854 fish in the published allocation.

Santa Rosa County · Florida · see it on the national map

2024-25 season program

2 species

4,854 fish allocated

106 acres (NHD)

What swims here

Channel catfish 1 allocation

Redear sunfish 1 allocation

Season program record

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2024-25 season	Channel catfish		1,004
2024-25 season	Redear sunfish		3,850

Gear for this water

For the catfish (channel catfish on the season program here, stillwater)

Medium-heavy rod	7 ft medium-heavy, 15 to 20 lb line, sturdy reel
Circle hooks on a slip-sinker rig	2/0 to 5/0 circles on a Carolina rig; let them load up
Cut bait and prepared baits	fresh cut shad or chicken liver; scent is everything

For the panfish (redear sunfish on the season program here, stillwater)

Ultralight rod and small jigs	1/32 to 1/64 oz jigs under a float; 2 to 4 lb line
Live bait	waxworms, crickets, and redworms out-fish everything for bluegill
Small tubes and grubs	1 to 2 inch plastics for crappie around brush

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Hurricane Lake	6.8 mi	2024-25 season
Karick Lake	11 mi	2024-25 season
Twin Hills Park Lake	17 mi	2024-25 season
Duck Pond	18 mi	2024-25 season
Blackwater River	22 mi	2024-25 season

Records from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Florida fishing regulations.