Lake Panasoffkee

Type
Lake or reservoir, Florida (South)
Designation
Featured sport-fishing water · Agency-named bass water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
7 nearby
Shops
2 nearby

Today on Lake Panasoffkee

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Lake Panasoffkee is a lake or reservoir in Florida, listed as Featured sport-fishing water by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

More about Lake Panasoffkee

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists 3 species, including black bass, black crappie and bream. 7 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Homosassa & the Nature Coast.

Updated · Sources: Black Bass Top Spots (FWC: the sites most likely to be best for Florida black bass fishing in 2026), Black Bass Top Spots (FWC: the sites most likely to be best for Florida black bass fishing in 2026)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Lake Panasoffkee is a lake or reservoir in Florida. Our destination hub Homosassa & the Nature Coast is 30 mi away in a straight line.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Lake Panasoffkee or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Lake Panasoffkee

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Lake Panasoffkee on the map

About this

Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Lake Panasoffkee: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Lake Panasoffkee, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Lake Panasoffkee

Restrooms near Lake Panasoffkee

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Panasoffkee in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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  • Lake Rousseau seen between moss-hung trees, with standing dead timber in the waterFeatured sport-fishing water
    Photo credit

    Lake Rousseau, Florida, March 2007. Photo: Jpbowen at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Lake Rousseau

    Florida · about 32 mi

  • Lake Dora's open water with reeds and a pale sandy shore in the foregroundFeatured sport-fishing water
    Photo credit

    Lake Dora from the north shore at Tavares, Florida. Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

    Lake Dora

    Florida · about 26 mi

  • The clear, shallow head of the Wacissa River with eelgrass, a ramp and woods beyondFeatured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Withlacoochee River
    Photo credit

    The head of the Wacissa River at Wacissa River Park, Jefferson County, Florida. Photo: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Withlacoochee River.

    Withlacoochee River

    Florida · about 20 mi

  • A shell beach edged with mangroves in the Ten Thousand Islands, with calm, shallow waterSaltwater flatsRepresentative photo · not Salt River
    Photo credit

    A beach in the Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park. Photo: olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Salt River.

    Salt River

    Florida · about 32 mi

  • Calm, glassy water of Biscayne Bay reflecting a cloudy skyAgency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Fort Island Gulf Beach
    Photo credit

    Biscayne Bay in Biscayne National Park, Florida. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Fort Island Gulf Beach.

    Fort Island Gulf Beach

    Florida · about 35 mi

    Redfish, snook & spotted seatrout

  • Shallow sand flats of Florida Bay at Flamingo, with wading birds on the waterAgency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Cedar Keys
    Photo credit

    Sand flats in Florida Bay off the Flamingo visitor center, Everglades National Park. Photo: NPS / Everglades National Park, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Cedar Keys.

    Cedar Keys

    Florida · about 61 mi

    Tarpon & spotted seatrout

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

2 official designations

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under bass.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
3,260 acres
Watershed
Withlacoochee

Guides and shops near Lake Panasoffkee

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

2 shops nearby

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

  • An underwater photograph of a sunfish hovering over a rocky bottom, deep-bodied with a dark ear flap

    Panfish

    Species guide

    Photo credit

    A bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), photographed by Ryan Hagerty for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Black Bass
  • Bream

When the bugs come off

Homosassa & the Nature Coast

About this

Homosassa sits on the Homosassa River in Citrus County on Florida's Nature Coast; the river runs west through salt marsh to the Gulf, Crystal River is to the north, and Cedar Key lies up the coast beyond the Withlacoochee.

Destination hub · 30 mi away in a straight line

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Lake Panasoffkee.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Lake Panasoffkee” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.