BIG florida bass!!

[jemche]

in florida the bass are spawning and protecting their beds. arrivied at the pond and see a large wake going through the water. it dissapered under the lillypads. make a cast over to it, one pop with a big black and red popper and it gets slammed. set the hook and its started jumping. i was afraid hook was gonna fall out but it never did. ended up landing the fish and luckily some old gut was walking by and he took a picture for me. second biggest bass of my life.(i have caught one that was close to ten lbs. but it was not on the fly) i estimated this one around six and a half lbs... well here she is. i released her so she can keep protecting her beds and maybe i will catch her another day.

[rarhomes]

Stu Apte in the making.

Pretty work.

[Kahi]

keep it up.

[austin ensor]

thats a nice one!! hows the weather down there

[jemche]

thats a nice one!! hows the weather down there

HOT! been kinda windy lately though.

[pmcgeanflynoc]

At least its not cold and windy

Sweet bass Jake!!

[CapeMayRay]

Nice fish! Nice one on fly or otherwise, but on the fly more special. Great job and hope you get a few more.

[brad regan 01]

nice bass jake

[Stripersniper]

Way to go. Real nice bass on the fly!!

[gottaflylee]

Great catch as well as a great picture, just one thing...easy on us "old gut" guys...
Finished my flys today and went to put my head cement on then, opened the bottle up and it was hard as a rock, guess I did not get the top on it tight ...now 70 mile round trip to get some more, I'll get them in the mail on Thursday...