In terms of availability, access, and a willingness to bite, it's hard to beat a bluegill. The species Lepomis macrochirus is widespread across the entire continent and is a popular game fish among ...

Summertime bluegill fishing is as American as apple pie, hot dogs and baseball. However, some folks dismiss or look down on bluegill fishing. Well, here are eight reasons for you to consider catching ...

As I pen this column, I am reminded by the local weather report that today is the summer solstice — the longest day and shortest night of the year and the first day of summer. As our neck of the woods ...

Summer bluegill fishing can be a deep subject. Fishing for 'gills and other sunfish in the heart and heat of summer can mean switching your focus from the shallow-water play of the early summer ...

Anyone can catch a mess of nice bluegills when the fish are on their beds spawning in late May and early June. That's why I would never miss this once-a-year opportunity to catch numbers of big ...

Bluegill, also called bream, brim, sunfish, or panfish, are freshwater finfish in the Centrarchidae family. The native range includes the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from New ...

1. In Lakeland, bass are being caught at Saddle Creek on medium domestic shiners and are ranging anywhere from 3 to 5-pounds. At Tenoroc, on Cemetery Lake, catfish are biting chicken livers. Bass can ...

Learn why big bluegills rush your jig but refuse to bite—and get proven ice-fishing tips on baits, line, jigging cadence, and ...

BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Cram Session is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific fish species or local ...

Brian Bashore holds northern pike from the Mississippi River near LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Submitted photo The first out-of-state fishing trip I ever took was to Yellow Lake near Webster, Wisconsin. At 8 ...