my large mouth and his new 55 gallon

[Noto]

Befer2- You should email or call the FWC to find out the legality of that.

The way I read the Florida regulations, you can buy a bass from a licensed vendor and keep it in your tank; I don't see any information on taking home a fish you catch yourself. But my opinion means nothing, only FWC's counts.

Be sure to browse through some of the threads here on keeping bass before you decide to get one. They need more space than you might think, require a lot of food, and are difficult to find good tankmates for. Also remember that it is illegal and unethical to release a fish after you've kept it in a tank, so be prepared to keep it for life or kill it if it grows too large.

 

[befer2]

ok thanks man just did

 

[bhuynh44]

that looks like a smallmouth, from the pic it looks like his jaw goes to in front of his eye, largemouth's jaws go past. and ya everybodys right about largemouth having a horizontal stripe. anyway i got a smallie about the same size, looks just like yours but darker

 

[LurkMcgurk]

i had one that was 14" when i traded him but he would stay silver until i came in the room with a bag of feeders then he would turn green and you could see the strip down his side really well.