Hi folks, I need some information in regards to fishing loxhatchee. I want to start fishing there after this summer when the water levels in the glades rise again. From what I can see from google earth there is perimeter canal around the preserve and some canoe trails or finger channels that spread into the preserve. Are boats allowed into those canoe trails or are they too shallow? Or is fishing just limited to the perimeter canal? Any advice and info would be greatly appreciated.

If its a canoe trail I'm sure its shallow and probly depends on boat you are trying to use to get in there. And are you talking about lox refuge?

Boat do enter the trails. The trails are fishy at times. They are shallow. The flats around the corner from the boatramp on the south end hold bass. I would start there and work your ay back to the closest trail. I would concentrate on useing topwater frogs, swimbaits and large swim worms.

Find weed edges particularly eel/ribbon grass that trail off into deeper canal, cast parallel to those edges right as it drops to deep water and hold on. Cover water fast with spinner-baits, shallow cranks, and lip-less cranks.

Thank you for the useful feedback I appreciate it. One more question. Is lox as affected with rising waters as the glades after the summer rains?

I can't give you specifics, but here are a few generalities from my experience there. I have not been out to Lox in a couple of months.

The rising water can help you get into the trails and across the hydrilla, but it tends to spread the bass out IMHO. Stable water level seems to be the best time to fish there...probably because of improved clarity as well.

When the flood gates are open, letting water into the preserve(usually out west or up north), the areas near the gates can sometimes be productive. I suspect because of higher oxygen levels and incoming snacks.