One thing I have noticed is the larger bass that are over 34" or so seem to weigh less than the ones we caught twenty years ago. I see lots of fish in the 40" range that only go 23 lbs. give or take a few lbs. The canal in the last few years gives up tons of fish but not many over thirty. When I started fishing there 25 years ago there were lots of bigger fish but not many Schoolies. The bait then was whiting, herring,sqiud and eels all good sized meals. Now its mostly herring then peanut bunker with the numbers of bass higher. JMHO
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