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John Cox won last weekend’s Bassmaster competition on Lake Chickamauga almost exclusively by fishing around bluegill beds, clearly indicating that the pattern many anglers wait for has come to the ...

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 ...

While the bulk of the bluegill bedding will occur in May, there's an early push now. You learn something new every time you go out, and this year I've noticed something I never really put together ...

"The time for dusting off the light spinning tackle and cricket boxes is here," says Steve McCadams of Paris, Tennessee, longtime waterfowl and fishing guide on Kentucky Lake. After more than three ...

The first two weeks of May have seen countless limits of bluegill and shellcracker on Polk County lakes, from Kissimmee to Saddle Creek Park. Both panfish species started the month bedding around the ...

Most of the action this week has been on the various panfish species in the river and lakes. Bluegill are the more consistent, but if you know how to target shellcracker, they're actively bedding and ...

This sure has been a funny year for fishing. With March and April being as cold as it gets for spring, almost all species of fish have had late spawns this year, including both fresh and saltwater ...