I caught a nice small mouth on my six weight and a copper bead head. The tough part was babying her so I wouldnt snap my leader. (I dont use tippet for Bass)I was bragging to my dad about it and when I told him the fish was a shade under 12 inches he scoffed and said "Down here(south florida) that would be bait!" His next picture to me was some 10 inch foo-foo looking yellow fish that would like right at home getting a manicure or something..Bait indeed!
Not sure how my fly set up would do with Bass since I've never tried it. I got into fly fishing in the Rockies and just stuck with it. To be honest, I've caught more fish fly fishing than I ever did with a reel. Not enough reel fishing, I'm sure. Or, without using a fish finder. LOL
Yeah, yeah... Rodguy was harassing me about bait earlier too. Sheesh! I'm not even sure I WANT to fish for something that is large enough to eat me!!!
Down in FL, you 'gotta pull 'yer catch outta the water quick... any blood at all will draw sharks... bull sharks.
In Ponce de Leon Bay I saw something leap from the water that had to be 15ft. long. It was at least a thousand yards out so I couldn't say exactly what it was. All I know was that it was going for something on mangrove branch hanging over the water.
Gators will wander into open salt water every once in a while down there too.