Alligator Lake, Safety Harbor

[Pirouge]

Anybody else on here fish this lake in Pinellas County, FL? I do better here than Lake Tarpon.

[Wayne P.]

I have fished it a few times, but I have the most success in Lizzie and Trout Lakes of that chain.

[Big Mike in Fl]

I tihnk he's talking about a different lake than the one near st. cloud, since he said pinellas county, and st. cloud is osceola county

[Wayne P.]

Thanks, Mike

[Pirouge]

Yes.  I'm talking about the lake in Safety Harbor which is right by Clearwater, FL.    

[Irish_Bassman]

Man i knew i should have fished that lake. I was always too busy fishing the frisbee golf course up the road. Got a LOT of nice fish out of there.

[masterbaiter99]

I have fished this lake a couple of times although it has been a while. Good fishing and very little pressure most of the time. Where do you usually have luck out there? Nice fish by the way!

[Pirouge]

I've caught them all around the perimiter, but so far only on June Bug Zoom worms and so far nothing over 3lbs.  

[michaelsmith]

I have fished this lake since i was a kid.

[Robert Bergeron]

i fish alligator lake regularly we do better there than tarpon lake also agree 2-3 lbs average size 1/4 texas rig 10" black mister twister

i seen eight fish last saturday going home, i release mine

[Robert Bergeron]

alligator lake also lives up to its name, seen the largest gator ever in that lake two weeks ago

[Steve Kordish]

Just began fishing Alligator lake and have had spotty results. I've found some big fish in the 5-6 lb range but they are few and far between. Recently things have really shut down and since around the middle of October, a good day is 2-3 fish for 8 hrs. on the water. Anyone have any opinions about the fish population/density of this lake. There are tons of bait fish out there as the pelicans and loons are feasting throughout the day. Unfortunately Mr. Pelican seems to be having a more productive time on the water than me. I'm not a newbie to bass fishing, I've got a lot of time (20 + yrs) on Louisiana and Tennessee waters- this lake is just a hard one to figure and catch good numbers on! Anyone have any opinions on the bass population vs. Lake Tarpon. Tried searching for local info on these lakes, and as you guys probably know, the info isn't as plentiful as the better know lakes like Kissimmee or Toho. Thanks!

[Steve Kordish]

BTW, Bobby b., did you see that big gator you mentioned at the mouth of the creek that comes out of Ruth Eckerd? That thing used to hang out up the lake where they blocked off and made that new little inlet.