Florida Fishing

The state of Florida is known as "The Fishing Capital of The World", and for good reason. The state is virtually dotted with lakes, ponds, streams and rivers and it is surrounded almost entirely by ocean.

Big bass are the primary target of Florida anglers. The state also offers good crappie fishing, catfish, stripers and many species of sunfish, like bluegill and redear sunfish.

Florida Fishing Lake Locations

Blue Cypress Lake : 6,555-acre lake located in the eastern-central part of the state, 20 miles east of Vero Beach, FL.

Crescent Lake : 16,000-acre lake located in the north-east part of the state at Crescent City, FL.

Crooked Lake : 5,500-acre lake located in the central part of the state, 15 miles south-east of Winter Haven, FL.

Deerpoint Lake : 5,000-acre lake located in the north-west part of the state, 5 miles north of Panama City, FL.

East Lake Tohopekaliga : 12,000-acre lake located in the central part of the state, 4 miles east of Kissimmee, FL.

Jim Woodruff Reservoir (Lake Seminole) : 37,500-acre lake located in the north-west part of the state on the Florida-Georgia border, at Chattahoochie, FL.

Lake Apopka : 30,700-acre lake located in the central part of the state, at Winter Garden, FL - 10 miles west of Orlando.

Lake Conlin : 6,300-acre lake located in the eastern-central part of the state, 10 miles east of St. Cloud, FL.

Lake Eustis : 7,800-acre lake located in central Florida, 5 miles east of Leesburg.

Lake George : 46,000-acre lake located in the central part of the state, 8 miles west of Crescent City, FL.

Lake Griffin : 16,500-acre lake located in the central part of the state, immediately north of Leesburg, FL.

Lake Harris : 13,800-acre lake located in the central part of the state, immediately south of Leesburg, FL.

Lake Harney : 6,000-acre lake located in the north-central part of the state, 5 miles east of Geneva, FL.

Lake Hatchineha : 6,600-acre lake located in the central part of the state, 15 miles south of Kissimmee, FL.

Lake Istokpoga : 27,700-acre lake located in the central-southern part of the state, 5 miles east of Lake Placid, FL.

Lake Jessup : 10,000-acre lake located in the nortnern-central part of the state, at Winter Springs, FL.

Lake Kissimmee : 34,900-acre lake located in the central part of the state, 25 miles south of Kissimmee, FL.

Lake Marian : 5,700-acre lake located in the central part of the state, 15 miles south-west of Kissimmee, FL.

Lake Miccosukee : 6,200-acre lake located in the northern-central part of the state, 10 miles west of Monticello, FL.

Lake Monroe : 9,400-acre lake located in the eastern-central part of the state, at Deltona, FL.

Lake Newnan : 7,400-acre lake located in the north-eastern part of the state, 5 miles esta of Gainsville, FL.

Lake Okeechobee : 448,000-acre lake located in the southern-central part of the state, at Okeechobee, FL.

Lake Talquin : 8,800-acre lake located in the north-west part of the state, 10 miles west of Tallahassee, FL.

Lake Tohopekaliga : 18,800-acre lake located in the central part of the state, on the southern edge of Kissimmee, FL.

Lake Weir : 5,700-acre lake located in the middle-western part of the state, at Ocklawaha,FL.

Lake Weohyakapka : 7,500-acre lake located in the central part of the state, 20 miles south-east of Winter Haven, FL.

Lochloosa Lake : 5,700-acre lake located in the north-east part of the state, 5 miles south of Hawthorne, FL.

Orange Lake : 12,700-acre lake located in the north-east part of the state, 10 miles south of Hawthorne, FL.

The St. John's River : 60-mile long impoundment that runs north and south in the north-east corner of the state, between Jacksonville and Palatka,FL.

Tsala Apopka Lake : 19,100-acre lake located in the norther part of the peninsula on the western edge, at Hernando, FL.

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