Fish Florida Bass!
We’re sending one lucky winner and their guest on a fishing trip of a lifetime. REGISTER today for your chance win.
This prize package is centered around Discover Lake County Florida which includes the famed Harris Chain of Lakes and includes:
- Guided Fishing Trip for two
- 3-night stay at Mission Inn Resort
- Two $100 gift cards for dining
- $200 gas card
Florida is the Bass Fishing Capital of the World
The Florida bass is the best known and most popular freshwater game fish in Florida. Florida bass have excellent growth rates, particularly in the productive waters of central Florida. Historically known for huge bass, Florida remains an outstanding destination to catch a trophy. Florida bass and largemouth bass are found in almost every body of freshwater in Florida. With more than 8,000 lakes, ponds and reservoirs comprising 3 million acres plus 12,000 miles of fishable rivers, streams and canals, bass anglers have a wide range of destinations to choose from!
Florida Bass Fishing Information
Make Florida your next bass fishing destination
The Florida Trophy Bass Project is the FWC’s new initiative with the goal of Florida being the undisputed Trophy Bass Capital of the World. More effort is being focused on producing, documenting, and promoting trophy bass as well as increasing opportunities to catch Florida’s heaviest trophies. FWC biologists are utilizing both proven and innovative management techniques to grow even more large bass in certain areas while also conducting research projects to learn more about what it takes to grow giant bass.
An integral component is TrophyCatch, a citizen-science conservation program that rewards anglers who catch, document and release largemouth bass weighing 8 pounds and heavier. Data collected through the program help the FWC enhance and promote bass fishing across Florida. Anglers who wish to participate can visit TrophyCatch.com to register and learn more.
BASS STATS:
- Over 15,000 catches have been approved into the TrophyCatch citizen-science program.
- This includes 159 Hall of Fame Club catches weighing 13 pounds or more, each of which would exceed the State Record in about half the country.
- More than 51,000 registered anglers support the program and the industry related conservation partners who provide prizing.
- TrophyCatch data combined with trophy bass tagging research estimates that Florida's public waters hold 18,000-33,000 trophy bass, of which 3,000-6,000 are caught by anglers each year. Be included in that number by making Florida your next bass fishing destination!
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