Spanish mackerel are plentiful in the area and make for a good fight and a tasty meal. Largemouth bass fishing is picking up in the Tomoka River, with snook also starting to show up in shallow water.

One of the biggest keys to identifying smallmouth vs largemouth bass is in their names. The smallmouth’s mouth is—you guessed it—smaller, with the corner of the jaw typically about even the ...

Big bass will also eat smaller bass, which means that many of them don’t live very long. In an ideal setting, smallmouth and largemouth bass will have an average lifespan of 6 to 15 years. The oldest ...

The largemouth bass is now known as the Florida bass after a study determined these are two separate species of fish. "This discovery is crucial," said Michelle Kerr, wildlife expert.

The Florida bass was named in 1822 by naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur, but it was believed to be a subspecies of the largemouth bass and limited to eastern Florida.

Spotted bass and largemouth bass have a lot in common. They look alike; they can inhabit the same places in the same lakes; they eat the same forage; and they’ll fall for many of the same baits.