Fishing Around Sebring Florida

Are there opportunities for fishing around Sebring Florida? According to the Orlando Sentinel, the State of Florida has over 30,000 lakes.  More than 3,000,000 acres of lakes, in fact. Since there are more than 30 lakes within 10 miles of Sebring Florida, yes indeed, opportunities for fishing around Sebring Florida abound.

Florida is home to the U.S.A’s fourth largest lake, Lake Okeechobee, which just happens to be about 50 miles southeast of Sebring Florida. Lake Okeechobee and home to many big-money bass fishing tournaments each year. Lake Okeechobee welcomes fisher persons with boats and also provides ample shoreline and dock fishing around its shores.

I am a Snowbird. I spend November through end of March in Sebring and area.

I do not have a fishing boat here. As a result, I am always searching for places to fish from shore in the many lakes around Sebring. At the same time, many of these locations offer launch facilities too, so if you have a boat, you’ll find information about launch sites for Fishing around Sebring on this page too.

Got A Florida Fishing License?

If you are fishing around Sebring Florida, inland fresh water, or heading to the coast for some surf fishing, and you are not a Florida resident, you will need a Florida fishing license!

You can buy a three day pass, a week long permit, or a seasonal fishing license among other iterations.

Separate licenses are needed for fresh water fishing and for fishing in salt water. Some species of fish require specialty licenses too.

Here is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission site from which you can navigate to all pages about fishing licenses in Florida, not just fishing around Sebring.

Here is a map of launch facilities around Lake Okeechobee, home of some monster bass!