Florida Freshwater Fishing
Florida has 3 million acres of freshwater lakes for fishing as well as 12,000 miles of streams and rivers.
From those waters over 250 different species of freshwater fish have been collected. This includes several
rather rare native fishes and 73 species of nonnative fish (fish that come from outside of the United States
and would not have been found in Florida if it were not for man's intervention).
Florida boasts some of the best largemouth bass fishing in the country.
It also has an
exotic species in the peacock bass that is sought my many anglers. Anglers catch these fish in a variety of ways
including pier fishing, wading and casting, fly fishing, bait casting, spinner fishing and from boats. The variety
of fishing places, types and methods are nearly endless in the Sun Shine State.
The following files will aid you in your fishing in Florida:
This is a poster that you can use on you computer or print out. It is in a PDF Format.
Florida also has many exotic species of freshwater fish. Here's some good information on what these
species look like.
This file will aid you in the identification of these exotic species. This two page PDF will give
you some good photos of what the fish look like as well as the state records and habitat information. Here's small
poster that you can print out or use that shows just basically what the fish look like.
This photo in a JPEG format is a very large and is suitable for printing and framing. Just click on
the small version and it will expand.
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