Little Henry Lake Fishing near Tavernier, Florida

• Overview

  Little Henry Lake is a Monroe County water, in Florida. Around the bank it is warm green lowland. It measures about 51 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Monroe County. Nearest place of any size is Tavernier, 20 miles away. Then Plantation, 20 miles, and Islamorada, 21 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Little Henry Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The tide is the timetable on this water; two hours either side of the change usually fish hardest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Check the state or provincial list before planning around one species. At Little Henry Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 83°F, with January the cold end at about 67°F. Every month fishes, though midsummer narrows the useful hours. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. Little Henry Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Henry Lake sits 0.6 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Little Henry Lake should be assumed from this page alone.