Available from one corner of the lower 48 to the other, bluegills are great for anglers of all ages. But bluegills belong to ...

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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) ...

BIG LAKE, Minn. — Sitting in an Ice Castle fish house parked in his driveway, veteran ice tournament angler Lawrence Luoma described the evolution of his tackle and fishing techniques during the past ...

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 ...

Catching bluegills isn’t difficult. These scrappy panfish are not especially wary, and small ones will forgive even the most slipshod angling techniques. Catching big bluegills — those that weigh 1.5 ...

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 ...

How light is the late-season panfish bite? It comes down to micro lures so small and sensitive that an angler cannot stop the movement of these small artificial baits. That is the planned and ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — Panfish are exactly what their name implies: fish small enough to f it into a pan. Among those found in Arkansas are the bluegill, redear sunfish, longear sunfish, green sunfish, ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Sometimes there just seems to be magic in the air along the canals and inlets scattered about the 6,000 acres of marshland known as the Coastal Club. That magic transports veteran ...

Though largemouth bass in the TVA lakes are well-known to primarily live on shad, there's a span in late May and on through June when their tastes turn to panfish. As the bluegills and shellcrackers ...