Florida trip 2018, What a day!

[Goshawk]

I'm currently visiting my daughter in Tampa for a couple of weeks until the day after Thanksgiving. I always plan one day with a guide for some bass fishing. His name is Dick Loupe and used to have a TV show during the hay day of bass fishing shows like Bill Dance, Roland Martin, Orlando Wilson, Jimmy Houston, etc. in the 70's and 80's.
He was going to take me back to Kissimmee like he usually does, but that lake has been drawn down by about 3 feet. So the areas where we normally would go are now only 1-2ft deep. So he took me to a small lake in the centre of Lake Wales. Not very big and not very deep, but there's a ton of fish in this little lake and not much fishing pressure for being in the middle of town.
We managed to boat 36 bass during a 7 hour period immediately prior to a strong cold front. Mostly caught on a medium running chocolate and chartreuse crank bait with others caught on a 10" black worm, swim bait and shiners. Nothing bigger than the one shown (3.9lb), but a ton of fun. Now I'm so worn out I'm not even going to play golf tomorrow!!

[Icemanjay]

Nice fish, sounds like a great day out!

[Elrik]

Nice mouth on that bass! Sounds like a great time. Thanks for sharing and hope you enjoy the rest of your time down south.

[riverrat]

Nice! I am jealous.

[Putaforkinya]

Sounds like an awesome time. The rest of us are here waiting 7 and a half more months before we can see another bass

[Bigfishlill]

Glad to see your enjoying your time down south. Nothing beats being able to fish bass all year long and nice warm weather! Cheers thanks for sharing.

[oogie8]

Giant head and mouth on that fish, kinda dwarfs the body, thanks for the report and enjoy your time there, maybe you should pack a telescopic rod in your golf bag, and “accidentally” hit the hazards, will only cost you a few strokes, might payoff with a good one, lol

[doubleblue44]

great day, so jealous! Enjoy Florida.