Basket Lake is a natural freshwater lake in
Highlands County, Florida
Highlands County is a County (United States), county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 101,235. Its county seat is Sebring, Florida, Sebring ...
. Located just north of
Sebring, Florida
Sebring ( ) is a city in the south-central Florida and is the county seat of Highlands County, Florida, United States, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District. As of t ...
, and
Dinner Lake
Dinner Lake is a lake located in Sebring, Florida. The lake averages about in depth, and the deepest point is approximately . The lake is part of the Eastern Complex of the Central Ridge subdivision of the Lake Wales division of the Central Lak ...
, Basket Lake has a surface area of . This lake is shaped like a peanut and is surrounded by citrus groves, which in turn are surrounded by Basket Lake Road.
There is no public access to Basket Lake, as it is completely surrounded by private land. Therefore, no boating, swimming or fishing can be done without permission. Two websites, however, have comments saying the fishing is good for various types of fish, including bass, shellcracker, crappie and perch.
Fishing Basket Lake
HookandBullet.com
References
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Lakes of Highlands County, Florida
Lakes of Florida