These are our favorite lures, flies, and live bait options for catching giant bluegills and other panfish species.

Feeling that tug on the line, an angler sets the hook and reels in a small sunfish, then asks the perennial question: Should I keep it? Sunfish, also known as bluegills and pumpkinseeds, are a go-to ...

Not sure why, but crappie caught ice fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Ken “Husker” O’Malley sent ...

Best bets Delta sturgeon hitting and New Melones bass and trout action solid, Kyle Wise reported. McClure bass eating, Randy ...

Sowards said one rare species that could be encountered by the average angler is the American eel. These fish, which spawn in ...

Teresa Croy and her husband Don were fishing a private pond in Putnam County ... “Worms catch about everything, and I just wanted a bluegill or catfish – something.” She noticed a sunken log near ...

Goby-imitation baits are also working on a lift-and-drop technique. Cut bait, Triple S Dip Bait, or chicken livers are working for catfish ... presentations with small profile jigs or plastics ...

Saginaw Bay was ranked as the fourth-best ice fishing spot in the U.S. by FishBooker, which looked at such things as location ...

Small minnows, shiners, darters and suckers often escape notice by the general public. “Several species including Bluegill, Channel Catfish ... at Ottawa State Fishing Lake and some other ...

Those days of floating small rivers and catching bass, bluegills and catfish were all wonderful fishing experiences. But, eventually, the bigger boat bug reared its ugly head and I was hooked. I ...