Fishing in Florida

Thousands of lakes and water make of Florida one of the top destinations for fishing in the United States.

According to VisitFlorida.com, you can find these 10 fished in Florida:

'Grab your reel, and hit the water!' says Ricardo Baeza Errazuriz | Image by Unsplash

1-Tarpon

The silver king of sportfish, which can be found on a wide range of water salinities

2-Sailfish

This is Florida’s official state saltwater fish. You can find it in tropical and subtropical waters.

3-Spotted Sea Trout They are in almost every shallow waters and bays, and will hit everything from top water plugs to saltwater flies.

4-Snook

This strong predator is always swimming in warm waters. Be patient!

5-Red Drum

Also known as redfish, It can be distinguished from the black drum by its lack of chin barbels and its more elongated body.

6-Largemouth Bass

People come from all over the world to catch Florida's official freshwater fish. Also know as the king of lakes and rivers, they can take a squirrel, a duck, or any other small animal around.

7-Panfish

It includes a number of different species – including spotted sunfish, bluegill, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, warmouth -.

8-Grouper

They usually can be found on deeper waters, but during winter time they can swim in shallow water.

9-Snapper

Red snapper are considered one of the finest food fish found in Florida waters

10-Mackerel

One of the tops ocean predator, can be found in many countries close to the coast.

Ricardo Baeza Errazuriz chooses Sarasota

We talked to Ricardo Baeza Errazuriz -fishing specialist and seafood trade- about the best places in Florida to fish: 'Sarasota is a prime spot for sight casting and fly fishings, and also an opportunity to share time with family and friends sailing and swimming'.