Lake Rosalie is located in Central Florida and is known for its excellent bass fishing. The lake is also home to bluegill, crappie, and catfish. Nearby activities include hiking, bird watching, and visiting Bok Tower Gardens. Fishing tips include using shiners or plastic worms for bass and live bait or jigs for other species. The best time to visit is during the spring and fall when temperatures average in the 70s to low 80s. Summer temperatures can reach the mid to high 90s, making it uncomfortable to fish for extended periods.

Featured Fish - Alligator Gar

Because of its huge size and great strength, the alligator gar is popular with anglers. Obviously, it is not a fish that is easily caught, as its sharp teeth will cut most lines in an instant. They are edible, but are not highly rated by most people. The following are fishing methods used to catch this fish: It is certainly one of the most distinctive freshwater species of fish. It can be distinguished from all other gars by the two rows of teeth in the upper jaw, its broader snout, and its size when fully grown. All other gars have one row of teeth in the upper jaw. In most other respects all gars are very similar in appearance, with a long body, a long, toothy snout, and a single dorsal fin that is far back on the body above the anal fin and just before the tail. The tail is rounded and pectoral, ventral, and anal fins are fairly evenly spaced on the lower half of the body. The gars most closely resemble the fishes of the pike family (muskellunge, northern pike, and the pickerels, Esox spp.) in body shape and fin placement. In the pike family, the tail is forked not rounded.