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Columbia County Florida
Alligator Lake
Closest Town: Lake City
Lake Size: 338 Acres
Public Boat Access:
Located off South Marion Ave.
Lake Notes: Specializing in
Largemouth Bass and Black Crappie. Bluegill and Redear also caught.
Largemouth bass fishing is great during early spring. February and March are the
best producing months. Top fishing can be had using float-diving lures and
purple, blue, black and motor oil colored plastic worms. Black crappie fishing
is good during March but is very slow the remainder of the year. The best bait
is live minnows fished approximately three feet deep in open water. Bluegill
fishing is outstanding from April through September. The best bait is live
crickets fished near vegetation.
Alligator Lake is a shallow, fertile
lake with extensive areas of marshes and cypress swamps.
Lake Jeffery
Closest Town: Lake City
Lake Size: 114 Acres
Lake Notes: Specializing in
Black Crappie and Bluegill. Largemouth and Sunshine Bass also caught.
The lake offers fair bass fishing. The clear water requires light line and small
lures. The best lures are blue, green and cream colored artificial worms.
Crappie fishing is fair throughout the year with live minnows being the top
producer. Bluegill fishing is excellent from May through September. The best
bait is live crickets fished near maidencane beds.
Columbia
County Florida Fishing
Watertown Lake
Closest Town: Lake City
Lake Size: 46 Acres
Lake Notes: Specializing in
Bluegill. Largemouth Bass and Black Crappie also caught.
Columbia
County Florida Fishing
Santa Fe River
Closest Town: Fort
White
Public Boat Access: 1
located off US Hwy. 41 & SR 25, 1 off US Hwy. 27, 1 off CR 47
Lake Notes: Specializing in
Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Suwanee and Catfish. 75 miles long.
The Santa Fe River offers excellent fishing for both Suwannee bass and
largemouth bass. Although most bass caught are in the 1.5 lb. range or smaller,
the combination of swift water and light line makes for an enjoyable outing. The
best lure is the small black plastic worm. The best fishing offered in the river
is for redbreast sunfish. This scrappy panfish is easily caught on small
spinners, live worms, and crickets, all of which should be fished near fallen
trees or stumps.
The Santa Fe River is unusual in that it completely disappears
underground and then reappears 3 miles downstream. The river drops into a large
sinkhole in O'Leno State Park and reappears in the adjacent River Rise Preserve
State Park.
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