Like most fishermen, the first fish I caught was a bream – from Georgia’s Lake Sinclair at a family picnic in 1959. The bream I caught was a bluegill, but depending on where you grew up, your first ...

Happy Independence Day to all of the local angling community. What could be better than a weekend of fishing? While there are plenty of opportunities on tap, what could be more American than fishing ...

SOME SAY a big shellcracker is the most mysterious fish in freshwater. Properly called a redear sunfish, it’s three times the size of a keeper bluegill, on average, and just as delicious. But it’s ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Missouri man has caught a state-record sunfish on his first time ...

In North Carolina, the spotted sunfish has suffered from low esteem, quietly living out its life in the tannin-stained, acidic waters of the coastal plain. The fact that it was limited in range was ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Saddle Creek the bass bite is best in the morning on topwater frogs around the edges of the banks. During the day, flukes under the island trees are getting the bite. There’s a ...

1 Around Lakeland, the bluegill are “popping off real good” on crickets and red worms at Saddle Creek Park. Bass fishing has been tough though. Ten-inch mag trick worms have been the most productive.

The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for its annual Fall Fish Sale. They are taking orders for fingerling-size largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill/sunfish mix, ...

Orders are now being taken for the Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual Spring Fish Sale. Options include fingerling-size largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill/sunfish mix, ...

Here are some of the countries finest venues to target specimen bream.