Discover the best lures, fishing tactics, and tournament insights for bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee in February 2025. / B.A.S.S. As anglers begin heading to the second event of the 2025 Bassmaster ...

Captain Steve Daniel has fished Lake Okeechobee since the 1980s and won major professional bass tournaments on it, but he’s constantly adjusting his tactics because the lake is always changing.

The lake currently sits about two feet lower than it was last year, partly due to a new release schedule implemented last ...

The Starting Spot -Bernie Schultz’s ICAST 2025 picks -Lake Okeechobee in FL re-vegetation program -A new take on the Ned rig / Photo by Kurt Mazurek Kurt Mazurek writes about all things fishing and ...

Spring is the time of year when the Caloosahatchee River needs water most from Lake Okeechobee, and pulse releases are ongoing to feed the river's delicate estuary. But Okeechobee releases may slow ...

PORT SALERNO, Fla. — At site of the former Twisted Tuna in Port Salerno is the newly opened 2 Georges Bar & Grill. "We're excited for a lot of changes that are about to be happening real soon," Melven ...

PORT MAYACA, Fla. (CBS12) — This weekend, the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is going to begin a massive release of water from Lake Okeechobee for the first time in months. The lake is currently more ...

Col. Brandon Bowman, the new Army Corps commander for the region that includes Florida, is going to truly open the floodgates on both sides of Lake Okeechobee next month, discharging water east and ...

Florida spiny lobster season closes April 1. Grouper season opens May 1. Hogfish season opens May 1. Headwaters Lake bass will be only catch-and-release soon. There certainly has been some great ...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — This summer, experts braced for an explosion of blue-green algae which could threaten local waterways on the Treasure Coast, including the St. Lucie River and the Indian River ...

Despite recent rain, parts of Southwest Florida are still experiencing a drought. And then you have Lake Okeechobee. It is now a whopping 30 inches higher than it was this time last year. With the ...