Skinny South Florida Bass

[BCline]

I caught this fish on "last cast" during my lunch hour on Wednesday in Deerfield Beach, FL.  It is a beautiful fish but really skinny in my opinion.  The fish weighed 2.5 lb and I didn't measure the length because well I just didn't.  Does this fish look typical to you for this time of year?

[OCdockskipper]

Not knowing the lake, its forage, etc, I would say it is not unusual for a post spawn fish to be that lean.  She looks thin, but not sickly, she may have been one of the last to drop her eggs and just been a little slow to get back to feeding.

 

However, the angler is definitely overdressed for the job at hand...

[BCline]

My father taught me years ago that there are no such thing as "fishing clothes" because all clothes are fishing clothes.  I fish during by lunch hour so I go back to work after an hour.  This particular lake has produced quality fish.  The fish in my profile picture was caught here.

[Mike L]

Looks like a typical male that was probably guarding a bed. 

It not that unusual. 

 

 

 

Mike

[BCline]

I had figured that this fish just like the rest of the Florida residents is getting ready for bikini season.

[N Florida Mike]

Looks lean but not undernourished.

[BCline]

This fish fought harder than fish I have caught that were nearly twice as big.  Seemed healthy and strong just really thin.

[soflabasser]

Looks like a typical South Florida post spawn bass. We do have areas down here where the bass are very thick with a potbelly year round but not like the bass in the West where they stock dumb farm raised trout to feed the bass.