The bluegill is the most common and widely known species in the sunfish family. Bluegills are beloved by anglers across North America. Many of us—this author included—got our start catching them in ...

Atkinson County angler Wesley Daniels reeled in a record-tying palm-sized panfish Tuesday while fishing for catfish. Weighing in at 12 ounces and measuring 8 ½ inches long, the spotted sunfish Daniels ...

1. In Lakeland, bass are being caught at Saddle Creek on medium domestic shiners and are ranging anywhere from 3 to 5-pounds. At Tenoroc, on Cemetery Lake, catfish are biting chicken livers. Bass can ...

1. In Lakeland, bluegill are biting crickets and grass shrimp on Lake Parker, at Tenoroc and Saddle Creek. On Lake Parker, a huge bass was caught off the bank near the pads. Popping frogs and topwater ...

Sunfish are warm-water species, abundant and readily caught near shore in ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers throughout America. They can be large—up to several pounds in the case of bluegills and red ...

Largemouth Bass – Hot and humid weather has slowed the fishing somewhat, but decent numbers of bass, along with panfish are still biting around the Polk County area. 1 Around Lakeland, at Saddle Creek ...

Largemouth Bass – Water temperatures are still very hot, keeping bass in open, deeper water during the middle of the day. The bass bite is best in the mornings or evenings around the area. 1 At Saddle ...

Seventeen-year-old Riley Isaacs from Bradleyville, Missouri, arrowed a record-book redear sunfish while bowfishing Lake Taneycomo on April 18. Isaac’s panfish, which weighed in at 2 pounds 3 ounces, ...