Comments on: FWC Approves Production, Sale Of Florida Largemouth Bass As Food Product

By: Bret Glowth

Bret Glowth — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:33:34 +0000

Making it legal will create a new market for poachers who can now hide in plain site openly advertising “fresh largemouth Bass” on side of roads. Yes, people absolutely will be poaching and selling Bass. Do not assume there is not enough money in poaching when there are people who spend their time hustling scrap metal on trash day. Making Largemouth Bass a desired commercial food fish will have the same results in the wild as it did with Red Drum.

What is next, Snook?

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:44:28 +0000

First off this does not apply to state water fisheries the people selling the fish will have hatcheries most likely recorded by the FWC and will probably require a license to sell, so it’s probably a good idea to educate yourself completely before jumping to conclusions. I am not one to usually keep bass to eat but I have on occasions and they are tasty. I will not pass judgment on anyone eating bass as long as they are keeping fish according to the regulations set.

By: Larry Budau

Larry Budau — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:56:23 +0000

This is a terrible idea. This will lead to evasive fish to really take over if people are catching and not releasing the Bass. Who wants to eat a bass out of our waters anyway. Horrible idea all the way around. FWC should worry about stopping the spraying

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:03:55 +0000

I only eat bass when I gut hook them,they do taste good but I’m absolutely apposed

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:58:46 +0000

I only eat bass if I gut hook them, they do taste good but I’m absolutely apposed to this

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 12:41:22 +0000

I understand farm raised bass can be sold but where are this farms going to get there bass from cause with the way of prices right now i dont see bass sold cheap enough for farms to buy them so that they can raise them so i feel that people are going to take from local lakes or rivers switch in turn hurts people trying to fish for them

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 06:17:00 +0000

I would personally rather eat Florida bass caught
in a Florida lake by myself or my kids than any fish from a store shipped from China.But I am also concerned about the amount of Toxic Poisonous Chemicals sprayed into the lakes every year by FWC workers to combat the vegetation.

By: Brittney

Brittney — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 21:42:47 +0000

@william you must be eating bass from different waters than I because I’ve never had it taste like mud.

By: mnon

mnon — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 21:04:32 +0000

hahaha some of these comments have me laughing.

First off, simmer down, the river bass are going nowhere. There is no money in trying to catch enough river bass to make it an industry. These bass will be grown in huge 20+ acre hatcheries. That is why all these documents will be needed to move them around the state. If anything it will bring more jobs for people to work these big hatcheries.

Second, bass is a high dollar fish, if poaching bass was a huge issue it would be going on now. When these hatcheries start, if anything it will lower the price of any black market bass sales and make it not worth it any longer. So in essence it will stop any bass poaching currently going on. If that is even a thing.

Our Florida sports fish will still be just that.

By: Talmadge Bennett

Talmadge Bennett — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:41:56 +0000

The 2 above comments are silly
1st Bass are good to eat .
The 1st comment seems upset that people are going to eat his “sport fish”….well, the world record bass was eaten after it was caught . Bass have always been food in FL .
If you catch and release into water then you are sport fishing . If you catch and release into the hot peanut oil then you are feeding your family . Chill out, bass will be just fine