Beavers - Do they put trout down? Your opinon

[RoscoeT]

So I normally fish moving water and generally try and stay away from beaver ponds as well despite these being mentioned by many as being productive trout water.

Every time I see a beaver swim through I figure just them passing over must affect the fish.

Awhile back I was wadding up a spot and found nice pool on a river and started fishing it only to have the crap scared out of me by some unseen beaver slapping the water right next to me.

There was more than one and they took turns coming up, slapping, diving and coming up again. About slap every minute on rotation.
I figured that would put every trout in the area code off the feed so I moved on past some of the best looking water on that stretch.

Most answers to questions about trout fishing always have an "It depends" attached. I was just wondering what the sexperts (sexy experts) here have to say about it.

Keep the beaver talk clean for the kids.

[Bigwoodsman]

I've caught some very nice trout by fishing beaver ponds. Beavers create quality fish habitat. I would guess trout and other fish benefit from beavers.

BW

[bhobson]

RoscoeT. Must have been the same beaver I ran into several years ago on the Raven. If I wasn't wearing waders a brown slim would of moved down stream.

[robson3954]

Was bombing a whole and thought a world record bullie moved to look at my streamer.... beaver lol.

[Don_Parsons]

Beaver dams don't seem to slow trout down.

Been up stream of many beaver dams to catch some beautiful fish.
When the water is high or in spring run off they get the chance to make their way up stream.

Trout and other fish species are very resilient at living the water systems.

Not much of obstruction can slow them down unless water leaves are low, very low that is.

This is some of what I've noticed over the years, another thing is I notice less trout in areas where I venture in Alberta, have had better fishing success in most of BC.

Don

[FishingForLife]

I fish beaver ponds quite regularly. I've noticed that the trout don't really pay any attention when muskrats are cruising about. Testing the theory, I tossed some casts out into a slough on evening with 5 Rats cruising back and forth. Trout seem to come up and grab my fly without hesitation it seemed. However, in the same stretch of water, when "Beaverzilla", as my buddies call it, comes swimming by, the trout don't have a problem taking a fly either, until it tail slaps. Then the trout seem to take some time to turn on again.

[Darren N]

The added advantage of the Beaver Ponds of which I like to fish as well - (example Muir) - is that the damn is in a deep spot of which trout like to be in as well.

[RoscoeT]

The comments about the beavers creating habitat are bang on.

My questions are more about the presence of the animals themselves. Both swimming over fish and tail slapping.

Sometimes I'll be fishing a bank in moving water and have a beaver swim right over where I've been casting. Usually I figure that I should just move on.

[32-40win]

Never really considered them an issue, when I have had them around in the ponds. I don't really think it makes a whole lot of difference to a fish, they see them there all the time and don't get bothered by them, they likely stir up food for them when dragging sticks, etc., around. Watched dogs swim over fish in the Bow and fish rise right up behind them to feed.

[goggin]

I like a nice beaver personally

[Pikebreath]

I hate beavers,,, the smaller the creek the more I hate them,,, though I do admit the odd well placed beaver pond does create some good wintering habitat.

Problem is beavers hate the sound of running water and are very good at stopping it. Left unchecked, beavers can eventually choke out the life of a small trout stream.