If you enjoy catching big bluegill, go right now! Bluegill and shellcracker are bedding hot and heavy on Chickamauga. Chances are Nickajack and other lakes are in the same mode, although I haven't ...

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 ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — On many Arkansas bream fishing waters, there’s a saying: The best time to fish for bream, such as bluegills and redear sunfish, is in spring and early summer, during or near the time ...

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 ...

Florida has more than 7,000 lakes and ponds and over 10,000 miles of streams and rivers that are all breaming with bream. During the hottest days of the summer, some great bream fishing can be found ...

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 ...

Tip of the Week: According to fieldandstream.com, if the bass you seek aren’t going hard after the big-hook bait, add a trailer hook. That basic adjustment can be the difference between bringing in a ...

Fly fishing for bream is great fun, and an innovative double fly rig is deadly on the panfish. "I guarantee it will work for you," says avid fly angler Mike McQuiston, who fishes the St. Johns River ...

Bream are in shallow water for spawning in almost all lakes and rivers throughout Northeast Florida. And for anglers big and small, it's a choice time for simple shoreline fishing that usually results ...

Claim to fame: Though smaller than well-known sportfish like black bass and crappie, the redear sunfish has become a popular catch in many reservoirs and ponds. One reason for this is that an adult ...

May 14 is not an official state holiday, but it's a holiday of sorts for Alabama bream fishermen. That's the date of the full moon in May, a day of utmost importance to those who chase Alabama's most ...