I caught this fish on "last cast" during my lunch hour on Wednesday in Deerfield Beach, FL.  It is a beautiful fish but really skinny in my opinion.  The fish weighed 2.5 lb and I didn't measure the length because well I just didn't.  Does this fish look typical to you for this time of year?

Not knowing the lake, its forage, etc, I would say it is not unusual for a post spawn fish to be that lean.  She looks thin, but not sickly, she may have been one of the last to drop her eggs and just been a little slow to get back to feeding.

 

However, the angler is definitely overdressed for the job at hand...

My father taught me years ago that there are no such thing as "fishing clothes" because all clothes are fishing clothes.  I fish during by lunch hour so I go back to work after an hour.  This particular lake has produced quality fish.  The fish in my profile picture was caught here.

Looks like a typical male that was probably guarding a bed. 

It not that unusual. 

 

 

 

Mike

I had figured that this fish just like the rest of the Florida residents is getting ready for bikini season.

Looks lean but not undernourished.

This fish fought harder than fish I have caught that were nearly twice as big.  Seemed healthy and strong just really thin.

Looks like a typical South Florida post spawn bass. We do have areas down here where the bass are very thick with a potbelly year round but not like the bass in the West where they stock dumb farm raised trout to feed the bass.