Plenty of people are hoping to see red this weekend. Just a little dab of red. On the “ear” of a panfish known locally as a shellcracker. There really has not been what you’d call a major run of ...

Let’s not waste a lot of time before jumping into a busy roundup. Except to suggest some good news. With more and more regularity, and at higher pitches of relief and excitement, you’re hearing about ...

Beneath the overhanging limb, pressed up against a weed bed, the fish swirled and struck and slapped at anything that moved. Getting at them would be difficult but it looked like the rewards would be ...

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 ...

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 ...

The only good thing about the speckled perch spawning season dying down is the bluegill and shellcracker season kicking in. That's where we're at. There was a 12.5 inch shellcracker caught off the ...

We're quickly approaching one of my favorite times of year — the time of year when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream such as bluegills and ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Cemetery, Coronet, Fish Hook, Lost Lake East, B, C and G. Lakes Butterfly, Shop, 2, 5 and F also had good catch rates. Most of the bass ...