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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 ...

It's payback time in North Alabama. Throughout the spawn, bluegills and other panfish harass nesting bass, rushing in to gulp down eggs and fry anytime the parent fish are distracted. But the bass get ...

Find bluegills by targeting weed lines over mud bottoms—that combination delivers shelter, oxygen, and the insect and invertebrate forage bluegill feed on daily. Focus on the deepest emergent weeds, ...

Learn simple techniques to catch plenty of bluegill, ideal for dinner or adding to your pond. Fun and productive fishing tips ...

Field crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids make deadly panfish baits in late summer. Look for fat black field crickets under rocks that have sunk partway into the ground – they're easier to catch than ...

Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It's true that the ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Saddle Creek, the park has had a pretty good bite this week for bluegill on red worms and grass shrimp on the bottom along the edges of the banks. Shiners under a float are ...

SAMBURG, Tenn. – As we troll past a couple of the 200-year-old cypress trees that dot northwest Tennessee’s Reelfoot Lake, Alan Clemons gets a whiff of his childhood. It's a hint of stale sweetness, ...

RAMSEY, Minn. — A small minnow suspended beneath a float is a standard crappie offering across the Upper Midwest. Similarly, many bluegill anglers rarely use anything other than a small jig tipped ...