Closest small mouth fishing to Florida

[N Florida Mike]

I am  a Floridian,born and raised.I have largemouth fished for 40 + years.I have never caught a small mouth .Starting to get interested in them.What's the closest good smallmouth lake to Florida?

[roadwarrior]

http://myfwc.com/news/news-releases/2015/august/21/suwannee-bass/

 

[N Florida Mike]

42 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

http://myfwc.com/news/news-releases/2015/august/21/suwannee-bass/

 

I actually caught a suwanee bass on the sante fe river.It looked a lot like my idea of what a smallmouth looks like.It was kind of brown and wieghed around 2 pounds.It fought like a 4 pound lm.They are a distinct sub specie of a largemouth I think.?

 

[Dwight Hottle]

Looks like north GA or AL.

https://www.google.com/search?q=smallmouth+bass+geographic+range&rlz=1C2CAFA_enUS657US657&biw=1067&bih=517&tbm=isch&imgil=NmD-4DHTvtRGhM%253A%253B_evRyLEWK563qM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fbioweb.uwlax.edu%25252Fbio203%25252F2010%25252Fhetke_dust%25252Fhabitat.htm&source=iu&pf=m&fir=NmD-4DHTvtRGhM%253A%252C_evRyLEWK563qM%252C_&dpr=1.5&usg=__WygxeaeV1VIi6kI0PPPU-NQwpuQ%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjX1s7VjeHKAhUBqR4KHaD8AdUQyjcINA&ei=SNa0VteSHoHSeqD5h6gN#imgrc=NmD-4DHTvtRGhM%3A&usg=__WygxeaeV1VIi6kI0PPPU-NQwpuQ%3D

[N Florida Mike]

Thank you.

[Mothercanucker]

catching a 4lb+ smallmouth on medium light spinning tackle will blow your mind!

[Fishin' Fool]

On 2/5/2016 at 9:33 PM, N Florida Mike said:

I am  a Floridian,born and raised.I have largemouth fished for 40 + years.I have never caught a small mouth .Starting to get interested in them.What's the closest good smallmouth lake to Florida?

It's not close by but if you ever get the chance come on up to Lake St Clair in mid to early May and you will have your fill of smallmouth and plan a return trip

[N Florida Mike]

Where's it at? By Detroit?

[Fishin' Fool]

Yes not far from Detroit. But you could catch stringers like this. You just can't keep them in May. Catch and release then.