As we head into summer, panfish are on the forefront of anglers’ minds. Catching big scrappy bluegills and sunfish is a special treat ushered in by warmer temperatures and longer days. Bluegills and ...

Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It’s true that the ...

Hello folks, the other day we went ice fishing on some local ice aiming to catch some bluegills and perch. We geared up with ...

What do bluegills eat? In a word, everything. It explains why they have a reputation for being extremely easy to catch, and, therefore, the perfect target for kids. Most of us started out fishing for ...

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 ...

Lake Okeechobee is one of the country’s top spots for catching big largemouth bass, but this time of year, anglers can also catch loads of bluegills and Mayan cichlids. “Okeechobee is known for its ...

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Most fishermen target bluegills solely in farm ponds and other small bodies of water. But these scrappy fish are abundant in sprawling lakes and reservoirs as well and are a fun alternative when ...

Bluegills, the ubiquitous catch of most anglers across the United States. Found from border to border, from puddles and ponds to great lakes and rivers, the fish thrive wherever they swim. Their ...

Drop a worm in the water on a summer day and just try to not catch a bluegill. But in winter, sometimes those same big slabs get finicky and only bite best at classic walleye times—dawn and dusk.

Chasing bluegills is one of my favorite winter activities. Bluegills have a couple of life history habitat shifts, both as juveniles and adults, that occur as a response to foraging and predator ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay wear out big bluegills before the spillway monster appears.