Lake Stone: 130 Electric-Only Acres at Century

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Florida's wildlife agency gives no spring pattern for Lake Stone, and no dated spring report is published that we can cite, so this section keeps to what its page supports. Lake Stone is a 130-acre impoundment near Century in northern Escambia County, entered from Lake Stone Road off State Road 4 about a mile and a half west of US 29. It averages 6 feet deep and reaches 22, and it has been stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, black crappie and channel catfish. Bluegill and redear sunfish are caught on or near the bottom in deeper water with crickets or wigglers, on 4 to 6 pound line with split shot two to three feet above a small hook. One concrete ramp with ample parking is on the northwest end, and a second launch of crushed rock is on the northeast side near the dam.

No dated summer report is published for Lake Stone that we can cite, and the agency's written forecast does not cover the hot months. Escambia County runs the Lake Stone Recreation Area on the northwest end, with fee camping, and several earthen fishing fingers give bank anglers room. Channel catfish take beef or chicken liver on the bottom in deeper water. Bluegill and redear sunfish are caught on or near the bottom in deeper water with crickets or wigglers, on 4 to 6 pound line with split shot two to three feet above a small hook. One concrete ramp with ample parking is on the northwest end, and a second launch of crushed rock is on the northeast side near the dam. Gasoline motors are prohibited and electric trolling motors are allowed. The lake is a Fish Management Area, so its limits are the ones printed for such areas in Florida's freshwater regulations.

The agency's forecast for Lake Stone is written for the cooling months. Cool weather is the agency's time for one of the lake's larger bass: fish midday in the warmest water and cast to standing timber or brush piles. Steep drop-offs in six to seven feet and the earthen dam also produce, on sunfish or shad imitations, suspending crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps or slow spinnerbaits. For crappie it suggests a jig with a 2 3/8-inch body on a quarter-ounce head in creek channels or near ledges, humps and standing timber; small crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps work too. Channel catfish take beef or chicken liver on the bottom in deeper water. No dated fall report is published for the lake that we can cite, so this is standing advice and not this season's catch. Gasoline motors are prohibited and electric trolling motors are allowed. The lake is a Fish Management Area, so its limits are the ones printed for such areas in Florida's freshwater regulations.

Cold weather is what the agency's Lake Stone forecast is about. Cool weather is the agency's time for one of the lake's larger bass: fish midday in the warmest water and cast to standing timber or brush piles. Steep drop-offs in six to seven feet and the earthen dam also produce, on sunfish or shad imitations, suspending crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps or slow spinnerbaits. Bluegill and redear sunfish are caught on or near the bottom in deeper water with crickets or wigglers, on 4 to 6 pound line with split shot two to three feet above a small hook. For crappie it suggests a jig with a 2 3/8-inch body on a quarter-ounce head in creek channels or near ledges, humps and standing timber; small crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps work too. One concrete ramp with ample parking is on the northwest end, and a second launch of crushed rock is on the northeast side near the dam.

Lake Stone Boat Ramp

Century, FL

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Escambia County concrete ramp on the northwest end. Electric motors only.