Page Lake in Orange County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Orange County, Florida. Warm bottomland runs right down to the water. The water covers some 48 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Start from Forest City, 1.9 miles down the road. Orlando sits 9.9 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Page Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Nearby survey and observation records mention bluegill, largemouth bass, redbreast sunfish, spotted sunfish and blue tilapia. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. Fish Page Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 82°F on average, January about 59°F. Winter is simply the pleasant end of an unbroken season. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. The season on Page Lake rarely departs from it. The first warm days of the year bring fish shallow quickly.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Blue Lake at 0.3 miles is the sensible second choice. Rules at Page Lake are worth checking on the day.