A Lake Life Nation Chapter

FLORIDA LAKE LIFE

The Sunshine State Chapter — where the bass grow giant and the lakes never freeze.

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Welcome to the Chapter

7,700+ LAKES. YEAR-ROUND. NO OFF-SEASON.

From the bass-rich flats of Okeechobee to the ski-glass dawns of the Clermont Chain, Florida is the second chapter of Lake Life Nation — and the first where the water never closes for winter. This is the home base for every Florida lake story, lake, and gathering in the Nation.

Featured Florida Lakes

THE LAKES

Four fisheries that define Florida lake life — and a few thousand more waiting in the chain.

730 sq mi

The Big O

Lake Okeechobee

The largest freshwater lake in Florida and a legendary bass factory. Thirty miles wide, rimmed by levees and reeds, it produces more ten-pound largemouth than almost any lake in the country.

22,700 acres

Toho

Lake Tohopekaliga

Just south of Orlando, "Toho" is a tournament-proven bass fishery famous for giant largemouth and a wild, grassy shoreline that feels a world away from the theme parks.

76,000 acres

Lake Harris

Harris Chain

Eleven connected lakes west of Orlando — Harris, Eustis, Griffin and more — form a boater's paradise of open water, canals, and sunset pontoon cruises through the Dora Canal.

11 connected lakes

Ski Capital

Clermont Chain

The water-ski capital of the South. Eleven clear lakes connected by canals, with glassy dawn water that draws skiers and wakeboarders from around the world.

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