Everyone loves a comeback story. Lake Apopka, one of the state’s largest lakes, has long been known for its degraded water quality and declining game fish population. Now, after over 40 years of ...

MONTVERDE, Fla. – While a pontoon boat was cruising along the southwest shore of Lake Apopka earlier this month, an alligator swimming alongside it suddenly dove underwater and took off at a high rate ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Workers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were out at Lake Apopka Wednesday dropping net after net of Florida bass into the water as part of an ongoing ...

This story is part of our weekly Hidden Gems feature series as the USA TODAY Network-Florida takes readers around the state to highlight some of our most interesting attractions. The Orlando area is ...

Biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission tag bass ahead of the kickoff of the Hooked on Lake Apopka Fish Tag Challenge, Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Sponsored by the ...

Seen in the Gatorland VLOGS, the Gatorland team brought in Uncle Sam to his forever home over the Fourth of July weekend. APOPKA, Fla. – The Lake Apopka North Shore Wildlife Drive is celebrating a ...

At the end of the fishing dock that rests on the south end of Lake Apopka, a man leans against a wooden railing and stares at the broad expanse of water before him. “I have been here for over 60 years ...

STEWART: A HELICOPTER WENT DOWN IN LAKE APOPKA THIS MORNING. THE PILOT CRASHED INTO ALLIGATOR INFESTED WATERS. MICHELLE: IN AN CLEXUSEIV INTERVIEW, WESH 2’S MARLEI MARTINEZ SPOKE WITH THE WOMAN WHO ...