Fishing near Bonita Springs, Florida

Bonita Springs sits on the Collier County side of Florida. Roughly 51,704 live in the town itself. Nearest to furthest: Inner Clam Bay under 7.9 miles to the south, Lake Trafford under 18 miles, Tom Black Lake under 26 miles to the north-west, Cochran Lake under 27 miles plus Cypress Lake under 29 miles to the north-west. Tom Black Lake rewards a slow walk along the bank rather than a long cast into nothing. Expect stillwater work throughout. Reed beds repay a slow, close approach. No part of the year shuts this water. Plan round the sun, not the calendar. The nearest of them, Inner Clam Bay, covers about 32 acres. Inner Clam Bay is the easiest to reach with a car. Across Collier County, recorded fish include bluegill, largemouth bass, Florida gar and nile tilapia. Weekends fill the closest places first. Between Bonita Springs and Inner Clam Bay there is nothing else worth stopping for....