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Florida Lakes With Redear Sunfish

39 counted Florida lakes list Redear Sunfish in Florida FWC records. The largest is Lake Okeechobee at 467,200 acres. The deepest of them is Lake Seminole at 35 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake Okeechobee	Palm Beach, Glades, Okeechobee, Martin, Hendry	467,200 acres	-
2	Lake George	Volusia, Putnam, Lake, Marion	46,000 acres	-
3	Lake Seminole	Jackson, Gadsden	37,500 acres	35 ft
4	Lake Kissimmee	Osceola	34,948 acres	17 ft
5	Lake Istokpoga	Highlands	27,692 acres	9 ft
6	Lake Tohopekaliga	Osceola	18,810 acres	16 ft
7	Lake Harris	Lake	16,023 acres	27 ft
8	Crescent Lake	Putnam, Flagler	15,960 acres	-
9	Fellsmere Reservoir	Indian River	10,000 acres	-
10	Lake Ocklawaha	Putnam, Marion	9,500 acres	-
11	Lake Monroe	Volusia, Seminole	9,406 acres	13 ft
12	Lake Weohyakapka	Polk	7,528 acres	12 ft
13	Orange Lake	Alachua	7,129 acres	12 ft
14	Dead Lakes	Gulf, Calhoun	6,700 acres	-
15	Blue Cypress Lake	Indian River	6,555 acres	-
16	Farm 13/Stick Marsh	Indian River	6,500 acres	-
17	Santa Fe Lake	Alachua	5,850 acres	28 ft
18	Newnans Lake	Alachua	5,800 acres	-
19	Lochloosa Lake	Alachua	5,700 acres	7 ft
20	Lake Weir	Marion	5,685 acres	-
21	Deer Point Lake	Bay	5,000 acres	21 ft
22	Lake Panasoffkee	Sumter	4,460 acres	8 ft
23	Lake Jackson	Leon	4,000 acres	30 ft
24	Lake Rousseau	Citrus, Levy, Marion	2,699 acres	27 ft
25	Lake Tarpon	Pinellas	2,534 acres	19 ft
26	Lake Kenansville	Indian River	2,500 acres	-
27	Lake Parker	Polk	2,272 acres	10 ft
28	Ocheesee Pond	Jackson	2,225 acres	-
29	Lake Sampson	Bradford	1,988 acres	13 ft
30	Lake Trafford	Collier	1,500 acres	8 ft
31	Lake Manatee	Manatee	1,180 acres	-
32	Alligator Lake	Columbia	800 acres	35 ft
33	Lake Rowell	Bradford	355 acres	5 ft
34	Hurricane Lake	Okaloosa	318 acres	25 ft
35	Merritts Mill Pond	Jackson	274 acres	9 ft
36	Lake Victor	Holmes	130 acres	23 ft
37	Bear Lake	Santa Rosa	107 acres	23 ft
38	Lake Stone	Escambia	105 acres	22 ft
39	Karick Lake	Okaloosa	65 acres	18 ft

Source: Florida FWC lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.