what kind of fish do you catch in florida?
Largemouth bass
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 Sport fishermen first encountered blue marlin in the Bahamas in the 1920s and early 1930s , when pioneering big @-@ game fishermen such as Van Campen Heilner and S. Kip Farrington began exploring the waters offshore of Bimini and Cat Cay . In the Pacific , blue marlin ( then known as silver marlin or often misidentified as the related black marlin ) were caught by author / angler Zane Grey in Tahiti in the 1930s . Since then , blue marlin have been renowned as one of the world 's greatest game fishes . The sportfishing pursuit of marlin and other billfish has developed into a multimillion dollar industry that includes hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs for boat operators , boat builders , marinas , dealerships , and fishing tackle manufacturers and dealers . 

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 The proliferation of largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides ) , black crappie ( Pomoxis nigromaculatus ) , and bluegill ( Lepomis macrochirus ) in central Florida is a major attraction for fishermen from all over the country . The St. Johns is home to 183 species of fish , 55 of which appear in the main stem of the river . One , the southern tessellated darter ( Etheostoma olmstedi ) is found only in the Ocklawaha . Some are marine species that either migrate upriver to spawn or have found spring @-@ fed habitats that are high in salinity , such as a colony of Atlantic stingrays ( Dasyatis sabina ) that live in Lake Washington in the upper basin . Ocean worms , snails , and white @-@ fingered mud crabs ( Rhithropanopeus harrisii ) have also been found far upriver where tidal influences are rare . In contrast , American eels ( Anguilla rostrata ) live in the St. Johns and Ocklawaha and spawn in the Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean . After a year living in the ocean , many of them find their way back to the St. Johns to live , then , prompted by the phases of the moon , make the return journey to spawn and die . 

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 The largest body of water within the park is Florida Bay , which extends from the mangrove swamps of the mainland 's southern tip to the Florida Keys . Over 800 square miles ( 2 @,@ 100 km2 ) of marine ecosystem lies in this range . Coral , sponges , and seagrasses serve as shelter and food for crustaceans and mollusks , which in turn are the primary food source for larger marine animals . Sharks , stingrays , and barracudas also live in this ecosystem , as do larger species of fish that attract sport fishing . Pelicans , shorebirds , terns , and black skimmers ( Rynchops niger ) are among the birds frequenting park shorelines . The bay also has its own resident population of bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) . 

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 Although most U.S. national parks preserve unique geographic features , Everglades National Park was the first created to protect a fragile ecosystem . The Everglades are a network of wetlands and forests fed by a river flowing .25 miles ( 0 @.@ 40 km ) per day out of Lake Okeechobee , southwest into Florida Bay . The Park is the most significant breeding ground for tropical wading birds in North America , contains the largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere , is home to 36 threatened or protected species including the Florida panther , the American crocodile , and the West Indian manatee , and supports 350 species of birds , 300 species of fresh and saltwater fish , 40 species of mammals , and 50 species of reptiles . The majority of South Florida 's fresh water , which is stored in the Biscayne Aquifer , is recharged in the park . 

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 The most established sport fisheries for blue marlin are found along the eastern seaboard and the Gulf Coast of the United States , Bermuda , the Bahamas. and several other Caribbean islands ( notably St Thomas and Puerto Rico ) . Recreational fishing for blue marlin also takes place in Brazil , Venezuela , and the Atlantic coast of Mexico , particularly the Yucatan peninsula . In the eastern Atlantic , blue marlin sport fisheries exist from the Algarve coast of Portugal in the north to Angola in the south and include the islands of the Azores , Canaries , Cape Verde , Madeira , and Ascension Island . 
