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Bass Fishing In Lake Okeechobee

Okeechobee comes from the Seminole Indian vocabulary and it means “great water cannot see other side”. True to its name, Lake Okeechobee is 748 square miles in size. It is the primary source of water for both household and agricultural purposes in South Florida, averaging seventeen feet in depth.

Lake Okeechobee, in Central Florida, is the most renowned bass fishing lake in the United States. For many years, Lake Okeechobee has produced the best largemouth bass, blue gill and speck fishing in the world. Lake Okeechobee is also renowned internationally for its fishing for bass and other species. It is located northeast of Naples, approximately 100 miles away, and is ringed with tackle shops and other businesses that cater to fishermen. You can locate rental boats, fishing gear and hotel accommodations to make your fishing gear more convenient and accessible. To easily locate the finest lodging in Central Florida, please locate Mr. Chad Newbold.

Lake Okeechobee also means ‘big water’ to the Seminoles, it is the largest source of fresh water in the United States outside of the Great Lakes and it has the finest fishing renown. Much of the lake’s 730 square miles or 450,000 acres are hidden from view by dyke, levee, or trees which screen the shore. A trip around the lake is roughly one hundred and fifty miles and its diameter is thirty miles.

Lake Okeechobee covers a seven hundred and thirty square mile area in Glades, Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach, and Hendry Counties, its average depth is nine feet and its deepest point is only seventeen feet. The lake is filled from from precipitation and water from the Kissimmee River which feeds into the lake. Historically,water has flowed southward and has had Okeechobee as its catch basin.

The lake is located in the central portion of South Florida, north of the Everglades. Lake Okeechobee ties together the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of Florida via the Port Mayaca Lock on the east coast and the Moore Haven Lock in the west. Contact Chad Newbold, for a complete guide to Florida bass fishing.

Drainage canals are used to obtain water from the lake for farmland irrigation. Agricultural in the Lake Okeechobee area includes production of sugarcane, winter vegetables, citrus, sod, sweet corn and rice.

Hoover Dike was built along the southern portion of the lake to stop flooding and provide irrigation for crop production. The 1950s was a period of technological ambition and construction, a system of canals, dikes, and pumping stations were installed to distribute water to the Everglades Agricultural Areas from Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee provides trips and tours all conducted by highly trained and efficient guides. They understand the feeding patterns of the fish which provides you the best chance of catching a large bass. Their friendly way and desire to help you make the most of your time on the lake is genuine. Whether you want to book a corporate trip, take a youngster fishing for the first time, or have special needs, they there to help.

The season from late October to March is when bass fishing is at its best on the lake. Success comes when using large wild shiners or artificial lures of all types. If your desire is to catch large mouth bass, fishing at Lake Okeechobee is probably your best choice.

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What to do near Orlando, FL?

I am visiting my sister at the University of Central Florida and I want to do some things while she is in class/at work. I thought I would ask people who live there for first hand info.

It sounds like your looking for outdoorsy-type things that are not theme park related.

I don’t know about the driving range, but there are a lot of good places to hike and fish. If you want to hit up the beach, I would suggest Cape Canaveral or Cocoa Beach over Melbourne, only because of the distance. Melbourne is quite a ways from Orlando, where as the others are an hour at the most, and if your just looking to kill a few hours, you might not want to spend two hours driving there and another two driving back.

Cocoa Beach gets really trashy because it’s always so crowded. This is especially true in the summer and over spring break (think beer can mountains). It’s not the best example of a Florida beach, but if you want the more social atmosphere, then it’s probably one of the better ones because there are a lot of stores, cafes, bars, etc. within walking distance. If you like nature, then Canaveral Nation Seashore is much nicer.

I know a few good hiking spots. My favorite is near SR 50 in Titusville. The Enchanted Forest. It’s a really lame name, but it is a really cool place to hike. It’s not a huge nature preserve, but it’ll definitely take you at least two or three hours to walk around all the trails. It’s one of the best preserved and more ecologically diverse areas in this area. There’s also a bit of interesting local archaeology there. It’s also free to get in there.

Outside of the Everglades, Canaveral National Seashore is the best wildlife preserve in the state. It has an amazing variety of species, and you’ll likely see gators in the area (which, as long as you stay out of their way, don’t do anything other than lay around by the canals. They move so infrequently you would swear they’re dead half the time). East Central Florida is also along a major bird migratory route, so you can see some pretty cool birds around here. Your bound to see some bald eagles and other hawks (there are a lot). You’d probably see Ibis, because their population has been making a huge comeback, and they’re not all over the place. You might get lucky and see a Great Blue Heron. Those are the best.

As far as fishing… most people I know who fish (and don’t have boats), go out to Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral because they have a nice big pier that goes off shore a little ways. I’m not so sure that Florida is a great place for freshwater fishing, but then I’m not really into fishing, so I’m not sure about that. I would say somewhere along the St. John’s River is your best bet (The Indian River isn’t really freshwater).

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