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Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [4] African tigerfish: Hydrocynus vittatus: Alabama bass: Micropterus henshalli: Alabama shad: Alosa alabamae: Albacore: Thunnus alalunga: Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus: Alligator gar: Atractosteus spatula: Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet ...
Views of Lake Apopka from its southern shore; 2004 and 2011 respectively. Lake Apopka, as viewed from a commercial flight on January 21, 2012. Aerial of downtown Orlando, Florida. Lake Apopka is seen in the upper-right of the photo. Lake Apopka is the fourth largest lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [1]
Lake Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / oh-kee-CHOH-bee) [1] is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [2] It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan.
Alligator Lake is a freshwater lake in Osceola County, Florida. In addition to alligators , it is home to largemouth bass , bluegill , bowfin , gar and redear sunfish . [ 3 ] The lake is also known as the "Headwaters of the Everglades", [ 4 ] despite its original name John Cordall Lake .
The lake has been designated a Fish Management Area by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners. [1] Prairie Creek, the principal outlet of Newnans Lake, originally drained into Paynes Prairie. The Camp family, which owned Paynes Prairie and operated a cattle ranch on it, wanted ...
One of the coolest, most prehistoric-looking fish lives in Florida’s offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It happens to be one of the best to eat but also one of the most elusive.
Lochloosa Lake is a lake about 5,700 acres (2,300 ha) [1] in area in Alachua County, Florida, near Hawthorne, and is up to 10 feet (3.0 m) deep. [2] It is drained by Cross Creek into Orange Lake . It is largely surrounded by the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area and is a Fish Management Area.
Cypress and willow trees line the lake, and egrets, wood storks, and limpkin are often found foraging along the shoreline, often on invasive apple snails. [2] Bass fishing in the lake can be excellent, and a boat ramp is provided at the Gil A. Waters Lake Munson Preserve Park, [3] with another located at the dam. [4]