Florida Fishing --FWC-- Fish Management Areas

A fish management area (FMA) is a pond, lake or other body of water established for the management of freshwater fish as a cooperative effort with the local county. The FWC's Division of Freshwater Fisheries manages about 80 water bodies throughout the state that are designated as Fish Management Areas. Examples include most community-based fishing lakes and Commission-managed impoundments. In many cases, these lakes are stocked with channel catfish, largemouth bass and sunshine bass. Automatic fish feeders and fish attractors concentrate sportfish for bank anglers.

A freshwater fishing license is required for Fish Management Area lakes. Also, special bag limits and methods apply on these lakes. For the restrictions on each particular water body, consult the Florida Freshwater Sportfishing Guide and Regulations Summary or call the nearest FWC Regional office. A list of FWC Fish Management Areas is included below.

An interactive Google Earth FMA Map is available by clicking this link, if you have Google Earth software installed. (If you do not have "Google Earth" installed, you will need to download this freeware program from Google). This software allows you to see the locations of all the FMAs, zoom in on them, view satellite images, link directly to any brochures or topo maps that we have for the area and to share the information with others via the Internet.

Northwest Region

FISH MANAGEMENT AREAS

Northwest Region
Liming and Fertilization Program Brochure (PDF, HTML)
Escambia County --
- Lake Stone (130 acres) (PDF Brochure) Lake Stone FMA Map, 95 kilobytes
Gadsden County --
- Joe Budd Pond (15 acres)
Holmes County --
- Lake Victor (130 acres) (PDF Brochure) Lake Victor FMA Map, 24 kilobytes
Leon County --
- Lake Piney Z (193 acres) (PDF Article, from Tallahassee Democrat) 58 kilobytes
Jackson County --
- Merritt's Mill Pond (202 acres)
Okaloosa County --
- Hurricane Lake (318 acres) (PDF Brochure) Hurricane Lake FMA Map, 95 kilobytes
- Karick Lake (58 acres) (PDF Brochure) Karick Lake FMA Map, 18 kilobytes
Santa Rosa County --
- Bear Lake (107 acres) (PDF Brochure) Bear Lake FMA Map, 22 kilobytes
Walton County --
- Juniper Bay Lake (665 acres) (PDF Brochure) Juniper Lake FMA Map, 52 kilobytes
North Central Region
Alachua County --
- Lakes Lochloosa (8,350 acres, includes Tadpole and Lochloosa creeks, Orange Lake proper, waters south and east of CR-346 and west of US Hwy 301 and Cross Creek) (PDF brochure; 570 kb)
- Orange (12,700 acres) (PDF brochure; 541 kb)
- Newnans Lake (PDF brochure; 570 kb)
Clay County --
- Camp Blanding: Magnolia (205 acres) and Lowery (1,263 acres) lakes (PDF brochure; 513 kb)
- Ronnie Vanzant Park (3 acres) (PDF brochure; 371 kb)
Columbia County --
- Lake Montgomery (36 acres) (PDF brochure; 469 kb)
- Watertown Lake (46 acres) (PDF brochure; 468 kb)
- Alligator Lake (PDF brochure; 423 kb)
Duval County -- Jacksonville Urban Pond Brochure
- Bethesda Pond (15.7 acres)
Hamilton County --
- Lang Lake (86 acres)
- Eagle Lake
Lafayette County --
- Koon Lake (125 acres)
Madison County--
- Lake Rachel
Suwannee County --
- Suwannee Lake (63 acres) (PDF brochure; 444 kb)
Northeast Region
Brevard County --
- Fox Lake (165 acres)
- South Lake (1,101 acres)
Flagler County --
- Pellicer Pond
Indian River County --
- Blue Cypress (5,500 acres)
Lake County --
- Chain of Lakes (Cook-20 acres, Winona-25 acres, Palatlakaha-101 acres, Crescent-74 acres, Louisa-3,634 acres, Minnehaha-2,261 acres, Hiawatha-69 acres, Minneola-1,888 acres, Wilson-33 acres, Susan-81 acres, and Cherry-396 acres lakes)
- Lake Griffin (16,505 acres, including marsh. 9,400 acres of open-water lake)
Orange County --
- Clear Lake (339 acres) (Clear Lake Topo Map) 306 kilobyte PDF
- Starke Lake (Starke Lake Topo Map) 303 kilobyte PDF
- Turkey Lake (323 acres) (Turkey Lake Topo Map) 260 kilobyte PDF
Osceola County --
- Lake Cypress (4,097 acres)
- Lake Tohopekaliga (West Lake Toho; 18,810 acres)
- East Lake Tohopekaliga (11,968 acres)
- Lake Hatchineha (6,665 acres)
- Lake Jackson (1,020)
- Lake Kissimmee (34,948 acres)
- Lake Marian (5,739 acres)
Seminole County --
- Secret Lake (5 acres)
Sumter County --
- Lake Panasoffkee (4,460 acres)
Volusia County --
- Lake Dias (711 acres)
Southwest Region
Charlotte County --
- Webb Lake (395 acres)
- Marl Pits 1, 2 and 3 (6 acres total)
Hardee County--
Highlands County --

Lake Istokpoga (27,692 acres)

Lake Josephine (1,236 acres); temporary closing order for 1 December 2005-1 June 2006.

Hillsborough County -- Tampa Urban Pond Brochure and Map

Al Lopez Park Lake (10 acres)

Bobby Hicks Park Pond (25 acres)

Dover District Park Lake (14 acres)

Gadsden Park Pond (48 acres)

Steven J. Wortham Park Lake (10 acres)

Lake Thonotosassa (819 acres)

Manatee County --

Manatee Lake (1,400 acres)

Pasco County --

Middle Lake (200 acres) (Middle Lake Brochure) 66 kilobyte PDF

Pinellas County --

Freedom Lake Park (7 acres)

Lake Seminole (700 acres)

Lake Tarpon (2,500 acres)

Walsingham Park Lake (100 acres)

Polk County --

Lake Crago (54 acres)

Lake Parker (2,257 acres)

Saddle Creek (321 acres) Check out this outstanding Web site > www.saddlecreekpark.com

Tenoroc Fish Management Area (Lake A-23 acres, Lake B-206 acres, Lake C-27 acres, Lake D-35 acres, Lake F-33 acres, Hydrilla Lake-48 acres, Lake 2-25 acres, Lake 3-76 acres, Lake 4-43 acres, Lake 5-228 acres, Lake 6-13 acres, Picnic Lake-59 acres, East Pasture-5 acres and West Pasture-5 acres lakes, Cemetary Lake-7 acres, Derby Lake-17, Shop Pond acres) See also Tenoroc Home Page and Tenoroc-FMA

Mosaic

South Region
Broward County --

Plantation Heritage Park Lake (6 acres) (PDF Brochure)

Dade County --

Tropical Park Lake (12 acres) (PDF Brochure)

Palm Beach County --

Caloosa Park Lake (4 acres) (PDF Brochure)

Lake Okeeheelee (150 acres) (PDF Brochure)

St. Lucie County --

Palm Lake (4 acres)