I was electrofishing a 1,600 acre private lake in St Cloud (Osceola County), Florida this past weekend. Besides a general lake evaluation we are doing separate largemouth bass research and monitoring so it was three days of dipping bass. We weighed and measured approximately 280 bass. We did dip a few other fish that were exceptional. There is definitely a forage gap for bass in the 14-20 inch size classes, notice the big head and sunken belly. The larger and smaller bass appeared to be fat and happy. Water temperature was about 65 degrees F, and they will be spawning when it gets to around 68 or so. The black crappie were all in the Maidencane spawning already.
1) Laergemouth bass weighing 8.5 lbs.
2) Redear Sunfish weighing 1.75 lbs, 12 in. total length.
3) Bluegill weighing 1 lbs.
4) Typical Largemouth Bass shape when not enough forage (food) is present
5) This "Lizard" slipped in behind us and grabbed a catfish for lunch!
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