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Lake Okeechobee is a public lake in Palm Beach County, Okeechobee County, Martin County, Glades County and Hendry County, Florida, managed by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is public water managed for fishing by the FWC. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
Lake Okeechobee — 448,000 acres, the largest lake wholly within one state and the single most famous bass lake in America. Spring sight-fishing in the Kissimmee grass and pepper grass on the west and north shores, flipping the Monkey Box and the reeds, and a nationally-ranked black-crappie fishery Nov–Mar. Access from Clewiston (Roland Martin's), Okeechobee (Scott Driver, Lakeport), Belle Glade (Torry Island) and the Herbert Hoover Dike rim canal.
Lake Okeechobee covers about 320,278 acres in the South region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish; channel catfish, bowfin, florida gar are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Okeechobee Waterway River and Indian Prairie Canal.
State record: Black Crappie — 3.83 lb. FL waters
Species from FWC fish-management and boat-ramp data.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Florida. Some city and county park lakes, and a few Fish Management Areas, have posted hours — check the property rules. Bowfishing and gigging at night are popular and legal on most fresh water.
Boats: Most Florida lakes and rivers have no horsepower limit; idle-speed / no-wake zones are marked near ramps, bridges, residential canals and in manatee zones (Nov–Mar manatee speed zones are strictly enforced). Some small FMAs are electric-motor-only or car-top only.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Florida state parks (reserve at floridastateparks.reserveamerica.com), water-management-district and WMA campsites (many need a free permit or a WMA/management-area permit), and the river-camp system on the Suwannee, Peace and Kissimmee. Dispersed camping is not allowed on most WMAs outside designated hunt seasons.
Tackle: Statewide black-bass daily limit is 5, only one 16 inches or longer; many trophy lakes (Okeechobee, the Kissimmee and Harris chains, several FMAs) have their own slot or catch-and-release rules, and some have special crappie or panfish limits — check the FWC regulations for this water. Butterfly peacock bass: 2 per day, only one over 17 inches.
Boat ramps: 9 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp and others nearby.
Camping: 3 sites mapped nearby — Campsite, Nubbin Slough FT, Florida trail primitive camping.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16–64 needs a Florida freshwater fishing licence — resident annual is about $17, non-resident annual about $47, and non-resident 3-day (~$17) and 7-day (~$30) licences are sold. There is no trout stamp. Florida residents 65+ and residents fishing in their home county with cane poles are exempt. Buy from the FWC (GoOutdoorsFlorida.com). A Florida freshwater fishing licence covers this water; the trophy bass lakes (Okeechobee, the Kissimmee and Harris chains) have their own slot and bag limits.
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