Since the time when Bakar belonged to Frankopans, Jaz is mentioned as a water collection point coming from several rich Bakar’s water sources flowing underground through the surrounding hills. This natural phenomenon pond near the sea, has become one of the most recognizable symbols of Bakar. The water is cold and pure, there is no lack of it and does not dry even during extreme heat and drought. At the end of the 20th century people began with the stocking of trout in it so Jaz has had its own inhabitants since then.
