The Lake Okeechobee event in Southern Florida runs from February 27th to March 2nd, 2025. The Bassmaster’s top level pros will be battling for their chance to take home a big, blue trophy and ...

Less than a mile from the river, to which it's connected by the Townsend Canal, the reservoir is just over the Lee County line on the south side of S.R. 80. When filled, it will hold 55 billion ...

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two decades, blooms of blue-green algae (Microcystis) have emerged in the ...

The community of Florida residents didn't fare much better as the 20th century rolled in. In 1928, a devastating hurricane resulted in the deaths of thousands when the Lake Okeechobee dam broke.

The culprit, according to Florida Oceanographic Society's Executive Director and CEO Mark Perry, is not the lake; it lies around the canals that would connect the lake to the estuaries, when ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A harmful blue-green algae bloom could be threatening Lake Okeechobee, officials are urging the public to stay cautious. Water samples were taken for testing on ...

Discover the best lures, fishing tactics, and tournament insights for bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee in February 2025. / B.A.S.S. As anglers begin heading to the second event of the 2025 ...

Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in ...

Five people are dead after a small plane fell from the sky and plunged into Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida on Friday afternoon. All five bodies were recovered from the fuselage of the ...

Nutrient availability in a freshwater-to-marine continuum: Cyanobacterial blooms along the Lake Okeechobee Waterway. Harmful Algae, 2024; 139: 102710 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102710 ...

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two decades, blooms of blue-green algae (Microcystis) have emerged in the ...