


And there are plenty over 10 pounds."įlorida has more than 7,700 named lakes greater than 10 acres, but only a select few make the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Top Ten Bass Lakes list. "It is not uncommon to catch 50 fish in a day here. "When it comes to big bass, this is as good as it gets," says Crispino. Though the nearest big city is Vero Beach, most Florida fishing guides are familiar with its waters. Lenny Crispino lives near Tampa, but doesn't mind getting up in the dark and driving across the state to fish this 16,500-acre man-made impoundment. "You have to proceed slowly," my guide, Lenny Crispino, explains. Looking out over the flooded farmland in Fellsmere in southeast Florida that anglers call Stick Marsh, I wondered how we would ever find our way through the hundreds of submerged tree stumps. Florida’s largemouth bass put the Sunshine State on the international sportfishing map.
