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	Lake Okeechobee Watch
		Near Okeechobee on the lake side of the dike where normally water would be standing, scores of the rare caracara (a Mexican vulture) are feeding on carcasses left behind by a recent fire.
		OKEECHOBEE, Fla – The word “muck” doesn’t usually have a good connotation; however, it does when two Florida state agencies and one federal agency team to remove 27,000 dump truck loads of muck from 800 acres of exposed lake bed on Lake Okeechobee.
		The media and Lake Okeechobee area residents alike have noticed that the Corps’ Jacksonville District is stockpiling rip rap (large armor stone) at strategic points around the lake, to be used in the event of extreme piping or seepage caused by severe weather events and resulting high lake levels.
	www.saj.usace.army.mil /cco/LakeOWatch/index.shtml (1906 words)

	Lake Okeechobee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Okeechobee, locally referred to as Lake O, The Big Lake, or simply The Lake is a freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida.
		The floor of the lake is a limestone basin and the lake varies in depth from 1 to 12 feet (0.3 to 4 meters), its water being somewhat murky due to nutrient-enriched runoff from surrounding farmlands.
		Lake Okeechobee is roughly one-tenth the size of Lake Ontario, smallest of the Great Lakes, but roughly half of Lake Ontario is within Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Okeechobee (765 words)

	Lake Okeechobee
		Lake Okeechobee is located about forty miles from Palm Beach in the middle of the state.
		Although it is rather shallow, Lake Okeechobee’s major importance is in suppling water for the Everglades and the city of Miami.
		Highlands: The southern end of the trail is at Okeetantie Recreation Area on SR 78, six miles southwest of Okeechobee city on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee at the Kissimmee River.
	www.innerself.com /nyp/floridanaturally/parks_okeechobee.htm (717 words)

	History of Lake Okeechobee
		"Okeechobee" is a Seminole word meaning "Big Water" and being the 2nd largest freshwater lake entirely within the boundaries of the United States qualifies it for the title.
		Most of the lake bottom is comprised of sand and rock, with a rocky reef extending it's breadth across the lower middle from the West side to the East side.
		The lake is a natural lake and the levee was put into place in the 1930's for protection from flooding by hurricanes, such as the one in 1928 that killed nearly 3000 people on the Southwest shores from water that blew out of the lake and covered the surrounding countryside.
	www.anglerschoices.com /history_of_lake_okeechobee.htm (460 words)

	Lake Okeechobee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lake Okeechobee is the "liquid heart" of South Florida, located in south-central Florida.
		It is 730 square mile, relatively shallow lake with an average depth of 9 feet (2.7 meters).
		The big lake's health is affected by changes in water levels as well as by nutrients and pollutants that may flow, directly or indirectly, into the lake.
	www.sfwmd.gov /site/index.php?id=16 (626 words)

	Audubon: Lake Okeechobee
		Okeechobee, which means "Big Water" in Seminole, had been semi-mythical to whites until Christmas Day 1837, when Colonel Zachary Taylor proved its existence by chasing the Seminoles into a trap they had set for him on its northern shore.
		The saga of Lake Okeechobee is one of the great pollution stories in the sense that since 1971 [in my case] the key decision makers knew that the problem existed and was growing more serious.
		Lake Okeechobee gets 500 tons of phosphorus annually from dairy, citrus, and ranching operations in the north; and in the south, polluted flood and irrigation water is "backpumped" by the sugar industry--that is, pumped back into the lake so the sugarcane won't drown.
	magazine.audubon.org /features0107/okeechobee.html (3350 words)

	Lake Okeechobee and surrounding areas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lake Okeechobee comprises a 730 square-mile area in Glades, Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach, and Hendry Counties.
		Lake Okeechobee is the second largest natural lake in the United States of America, holding more than a trillion gallons of water.
		In the early 1980s, eutrophication in Lake Okeechobee persisted as a result of this runoff from northern agriculturists, primarily dairy, and backpumping of southern agricultural areas into the Lake.
	www.nova.edu /ocean/eglades/okee.html (5370 words)

	Lake Okeechobee Map
		Lake Okeechobee, considered the Mother of the Everglades, is the second largest lake entirely within the United States.
		The lake is encircled by the Hoover Dike, a 38-foot high retaining levee, and outside the dike is the Rim Canal.
		Lake Okeechobee is classified by the South Florida Water Management District as eutrophic water.
	www.anglersmarina.com /lake-Okeechobee-map-and-info.htm (793 words)

	Aruba RV Resort - Home
		Located on Lake Okeechobee, the Aruba RV Resort is the premier location to have the ultimate Lake Okeechobee experience.
		Okeechobee is famous for it bass, speckle perch, (also called crappie), bluegil, shellcracker fishing, and duck hunting.
		The Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail opened by United States Forest Service in June of 1993 is located on top of the Hoover Dike, it is open to hikers and cyclists.
	www.okeedirect.com (174 words)

	Hurricane of 1928
		In 1992, the lake is hidden behind the massive Hoover Dike, which means you never glimpse Okeechobee while you drive along U.S. 441 on a day so hot the air shimmers and shakes like a ghost dancing on a barbecue.
		Water flowed from the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee and into the swamp that became the river of grass that was the Everglades.
		Today, the lake is polluted by storm runoff from farms and cities dotting the lake.
	www2.sptimes.com /weather/HG.2.html (2472 words)

	South Region, Florida Fishing Sites and Forecast
		Lake Okeechobee is Florida's largest lake and the second largest body of freshwater in the contiguous United States.
		The lake is a multiple use resource, which supports valuable commercial and sport fisheries, provides flood control, and acts as a reservoir for potable and irrigation water for much of south Florida.
		Lake Okeechobee is nationally recognized as supporting high quality largemouth bass and fl crappie fisheries.
	www.myfwc.com /Fishing/forecast/sor.html (4198 words)

	Florida's Lake Okeechobee Fishing
		Below are some of the reasons Lake Okeechobee is so well regarded by bass fisherman everywhere, but you need to experience Big O firsthand - here's more information on Lake Okeechobee bass fishing charters.
		Lake Okeechobee fishing is well-known not only throughout the U.S. but the whole world.
		Lake Okeechobee offers all types of waterway structures to fish - from open water to narrow canals surrounded by hundreds of different vegetations and grasses.
	www.hawghunterguideservice.com /okeechobee.htm (393 words)

	Fishing Reports: Lake Okeechobee
		The fishing on the Lake has been great the last few months.Today I had a club tournament, but with the winds being 20+ mph made thing a little tough.The members caught fish,nothing of size, most fish were in the 2-3 lb.
		We fish the south end of the lake in bay bottom, long point and winnies cove.The fish were scatter and you had to move around a lot to pick up few in each spot.Most of the Bass were caught on Top water jerk baits (Flappin Shads by Gambler) spinner baits and worms.
		THE LAKE IS BACK and the fishing is great.Today I had taken out Jim & Lauren Adams from Ohio.Last winter Jim and his son was out with "The Hawghunter" for some Peacock Bass fishing, this time it was off to Okeechobee for the Largemouth.
	www.fishreports.net /fishing/messages/2/913.html (5310 words)

	Central Florida Lake Okeechobee Bass Fishing Guide Service
		Lake Okeechobee, located in Central Florida, is the most famous big bass fishing lake in the country.
		Lake Okeechobee has produced the best largemouth bass, blue gill and speck fishing in the world.
		On Lake Okeechobee the two effective ways to catch largemouth bass are with artificial lures or wild shiners.
	www.rolandmartinmarina.com /Lake-Okeechobee-Fishing-guide-page.htm (1112 words)

	SOFIA Virtual Tour - Lake Okeechobee
		Lake Okeechobee is located in central southern Florida, north of the Everglades and south of Orlando.
		Lake Okeechobee is a shallow water body with average depths of about 10 feet and maximum depths less than 20 feet.
		The waterway consists of Lake Okeechobee, the St. Lucie Canal on the Lake's Eastern Shore and the Caloosahatchee River on the Lake's Western Shore.
	sofia.usgs.gov /virtual_tour/lakeokee/index.html (1525 words)

	Lake Okeechobee fishing report
		The big O lake level is now 10.23 ft. With the rainy season almost to an end and with concerns regarding the levee that encircles the entire lake don't expect the water level to continue to rise much.
		The Okeechobee water level is still coming down and its currently at 9.35 ft. Certain areas of the main lake have been producing some great bass fishing both in numbers and big bass.
		Lake Okeechobee, world renowned bass fishing destination, is the second largest freshwater lake inside the US borders.
	www.southfloridabassfishing.com /okeechobee_fishing_report.htm (4849 words)

	South Florida Operations Office, US Army Corps of Engineers
		The waterway runs through Lake Okeechobee and consists of the Caloosahatchee River to the west of the lake and the St. Lucie Canal east of the lake.
		Lake Okeechobee and the Okeechobee Waterway Project is part of the complex water management system known as the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project.
		The Okeechobee Waterway was officially opened on 23 March, 1937 by a boat-a-cade that left Ft. Myers on 22 March 1937 and arrived (via the Okeechobee Waterway of course) at Stuart the next day.
	www.saj.usace.army.mil /sfoo/index.html (709 words)

	Fishing On Lake Okeechobee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bass fishing Lake Okeechobee - Florida wild shiners are the preferred bait for trophy bass and it is a natural food that.
		Florida's Lake Okeechobee trophy bass fishing reports that describes the lake locations the guides are fishing, whether wild shiners or lures were used and the methods used to land them during each month of the year..
		Lake Okeechobee freshwater trophy bass, crappie, bluegill and shellcracker fishing guide service that is USCG.
	afishingsurprise.com /crappiefishingkansas/fishingonlakeokeechobee.html (717 words)

	Scott Martin, Lake Okeechobee bass fishing guide at Roland Martins Marina
		Lake Okeechobee been showing off a bit for me over the last few days and the action today was awesome.
		The south end of the lake have been producing some nice bass but has been staying a little muddy and Clewiston area has been staying a little cleaner and has been pretty good for some nice bass action.
		the lake are starting to school up out in the lake and this area is a good choice when the wind is blowing out of the north.
	www.scottrmartin.com /fishing_report.htm (799 words)

	Lake Okeechobee Fishing Report
		Lake Okeechobee is an awesome fishery right now and has been all through this pull down of the water.
		The condition of the lake continues to improve daily with water slowly rising, the water conditions real good, vegetation growing and some of the lake being dredged to get rid of the muck that is on the bottom.
		I know I’ve been reporting about the lake not being all that good but it has changed a lot in the past week, the water is cleaning up as the wind has calmed down some and with the lake level dropping the bass are really starting to move into the areas with deeper water.
	www.markkingfishing.com /lake_okeechobee_fishing_report.htm (18689 words)

	Lake Okeechobee
		A levee, built after the disastrous hurricane of 1926, rims the lake's shores, protecting the region from floodwaters and permitting use of the lake as a reservoir.
		The levees and canals have impeded the flow of water from the lake into the Everglades, which now suffers from saltwater intrusion, and have tended to contain pollutants from agricultural runoff in the lake.
		Okeechobee Battlefield National Historic Landmark, the site of a large battle (1837) during the Seminole Wars, is nearby.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0836493.html (400 words)

	www.LakeOkeechobee.org
		Lake Okeechobee-which means "big water" in the language of the Seminole Indians-is the second largest freshwater lake wholly within the United States.
		Lake Okeechobee also provides irrigation water for the $1.5 billion-per-year agricultural sector, is a vital habitat for wading birds, migratory waterfowl, and endangered species (including the Everglade snail kite, wood stork, and Okeechobee gourd), and is a critical water source for the Everglades ecosystem.
		Not only are phosphorus levels in the Lake dangerously high-almost 120 parts per billion because of agricultural inflows and hydrologic changes within the watershed-but water levels in the Lake are excessive and exotic vegetation is rampant.
	www.lakeokeechobee.org /content.php?section=about_the_lake&page=about_the_lake/introduction.html (654 words)

	Lake Okeechobee Information Guide - Florida Lakes
		Okeechobee is a prime example of a grassy lake that, at times, can be frustrating.
		Second, the shallow areas of the lake are probably muddy from the wave turbulence.
		Out on the lake, you and your boat may be the highest point for miles around.
	www.jimporter.org /lakes/okeechobee (1713 words)

	Fishing Lake Okeechobee - Lake Okeechobee Florida - Lake Okeechobee Guides
		Lake Notes: Specializing in Largemouth Bass, Bream, Black Crappie, Speckled Perch and Okeechobee Catfish.
		Lake Okeechobee covers land in Glades, Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach, and Hendry counties.
		Lake Okeechobee links the Atlantic and Gulf sides of Florida via the Port Mayaca Lock on the east side of the lake and the Moore Haven Lock on the lake’s western side.
	www.floridafishinginfo.net /okeechobee_county_fishing.html (126 words)

	Wildernet.com - Lake Okeechobee And Waterway, Florida
		When the Seminole Indians migrated from Georgia and settled in the region, lake water was replenished not only by rainfall, but also with the water draining from more than 3,000 square miles of the Kissimmee River Basin to the north.
		During summer's rainy season the lake spilled over its southern shore, sending water south in a slow-moving sheet through acres of sawgrass to the end of the peninsula and out to sea.
		By 1937, Okeechobee Waterway crossed the state between Stuart on the east coast and Ft. Myers on the west coast.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=FLLKOKWW&CU_ID=1 (997 words)

	Floridian: Welcome to Dike Okeechobee
		The wall around Lake Okeechobee is just one part of a massive manipulation: People came to this state because it was beautiful and, once they got here, promptly began hauling in equipment to turn it into something else.
		Over the years, Lake Okeechobee has acquired a nickname: "Florida's Liquid Heart." And one of the first assaults perpetrated against the Everglades was a very human one: Out of fear, we walled off Florida's heart.
		Williams believes the dike is really there to benefit the sugar industry south of the lake, which relies on Lake Okeechobee to irrigate cane fields that stretch off to the horizon, a green sea propped up by pesticides, irrigation canals, farm subsidies and cheap labor.
	www.sptimes.com /News/053100/Floridian/Welcome_to_Dike_Okeec.shtml (3033 words)

	FLW Outdoors
		Adams was part of the contingent of anglers who braved the hour-long run to the south end of Lake Champlain each day to fish for largemouth bass.
		The water level on big Lake Champlain was much higher than the anglers had seen in tournaments past, about four or five feet, and that turned out to be the winnerâs salvation when that north wind picked up speed Saturday morning.
		The next Wal-Mart FLW Tour event is the FLW Tour Championship, scheduled for Logan Martin Lake at Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 2-5.
	flw.flwoutdoors.com /tournament.cfm?cid=1&tid=5343 (1108 words)

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