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 ...

When you’re getting ready to cast your fishing line, are you adding a bobber, float or strike indicator? Bobbers have come a long way from being just a plastic red and white ball sitting a couple feet ...

Arguing with a hardcore bass angler about why bluegill are the most fun fish to catch is a losing battle. With their $50,000 boats outfitted with multiple computer-like graphs and rods that cost ...

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 ...

Most of my early fishing memories follow a similar script. They involved me sitting patiently on a dock, beach or grassy bank, wondering if my red and white bobber would ever move. And then it did!

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 ...

Something about bobber fishing has hooked me since childhood. It is there, very real and so enticing, but I can’t exactly tell you why it is so appealing. Perhaps it is the cadence of the float as it ...

The arrival of summer brings great fishing across the state, including prime opportunities for bream fishing. Bream, a generic name for the generic "panfish," generally refers to bluegill sunfish and ...

Like the twitching yellow barrels in “Jaws,” the bobber bobs, signaling an unseen underwater presence. Suspended a foot off ...