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Florida Bass Fishing is on Fire!

Lake Kissimmee Fishing

By Bob Wattendorf, Jason Dotson, Marty Mann and Allen Martin Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The prespawn period for Florida largemouth bass can produce some of the most exciting fishing of the year – and 2011 has certainly started out exciting. Since bass tune into environmental triggers such as day length, lunar cycle and [...]

Florida’s premier freshwater fisheries for residents and visitors

To conserve and improve Florida’s premier freshwater fisheries for residents and visitors, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has been working with the public to develop a long-term Black Bass Management Plan. The FWC seeks public review and comment on the first draft of the Plan to contribute your input, go to MyFWC.com/BassPlan_survey. [...]

Florida Freshwater Fisheries open for business

Published on: April 19, 2010 For 30 years, I’ve had the opportunity, challenge and pleasure of working with some great fisheries biologists and a cadre of supporting scientists, technicians and staff dedicated to conserving Florida’s unique fisheries resources while providing quality recreational fishing. Mostly unbeknownst to the angling public, the Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management, [...]

Catching spawning Florida bass, will it deplete populations?

Florida, the bass usually begin spawning in January or February but this year they started at least a month late, said Mike Allen, a fisheries professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Largemouths are the state’s most popular freshwater game fish. To spawn, male bass make shallow nests in the sand, court females, [...]

Anglers to Report Tagged Bass in Florida to Biologists

Florida Largemouth Black Bass

10/29/2009 – Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and the University of Florida need assistance with a statewide largemouth bass research study. This year-long project is an interactive way for the public to help biologists obtain critical information necessary to manage the largemouth bass fishery for [...]

10 Reasons Record Largemouth Not Worth a Fortune

For decades, we bass anglers have been telling ourselves that a world record largemouth would be worth $1 million — maybe more — to the fisherman lucky enough to catch it. After all, the largemouth is the most sought-after and prized record in the entire world. Surely there’s a king’s ransom to be had. We’ve [...]

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