How do you catch bigger bluegills this spring? Try these tips and tactics to put more trophy-sized bluegills in the livewell.

When it comes to catching large numbers of panfish, it’s impossible to beat a chunk of nightcrawler (or maybe a cricket) hanging under a bobber. But when you’re throwing live bait for panfish, you’re ...

1. In Lakeland, crickets and grass shrimp are being sold like crazy as shellcracker have been hot. On Saddle Creek, look for catfish using chicken liver and cut bait. Bass have been hitting on darker ...

There’s a simplicity to bluegill fishing that never gets old. I’ve spent plenty of time chasing larger fish in deeper water ...

If you love catching fish, not just fishing, but the actual act of reeling in another one, then there is nothing like the bluegill spawn. When hordes of big aggressive bull bluegills gather in the ...

Looking beyond worms and shiners, there are a number of "sleeper" live baits that anglers should pay attention to.

There is still plenty of ice on most of the lakes and ponds where many of us go ice fishing, but if the current weather holds, that ice could be leaving us before long. I hope to get on the ice a time ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Horseshoe, Legs and Waterlou. Lakes Shop, 3, 5, B and C also had high catch rates. This past week there were 15 large bass over 19 inches ...