SAMBURG, Tenn. – As we troll past a couple of the 200-year-old cypress trees that dot northwest Tennessee’s Reelfoot Lake, Alan Clemons gets a whiff of his childhood. It's a hint of stale sweetness, ...

If you love catching fish — not just fishing, but the actual act of reeling in another one — then there is nothing like the bluegill spawn. When hordes of big aggressive bull bluegills gather in the ...

If you love catching fish, not just fishing, but the actual act of reeling in another one, then there is nothing like the bluegill spawn. When hordes of big aggressive bull bluegills gather in 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 ...

Now that summer has officially arrived, it's time to hit ponds, lakes and streams to catch those tasty bluegills. The peaking time is now. In late June and early July, concentrations of bluegill will ...

The full moon that Alabamians will see in three days will hardly raise an eyebrow with most people, but for the state's dedicated bream fishermen it will be a much-anticipated moment. The first full ...

LANSING -- Walleye and pike fishing has been fair to good and should only get better, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment said. Crappie fishing has slowed, but the bluegill ...

COBB - Kal Larson of Brookfield cast a tiny jig and wax worm toward the weed bed and watched his bobber settle. Before the rings on the lake's surface could disappear, the float wiggled and dipped ...

1. Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Butterfly, Coronet, Fishhook, 10, 3, 5, A, Legs and Lost Lake West. Most of the bass caught were in the 12- to 16-inch range. This past ...

Oh, how I love springtime. Flowers “spring”ing up everywhere, woodchucks getting fat on new grasses, and lambs frolicking around every flock of sheep. But the best part, at least for me and a lot of ...

Tim Delaney caught the pending state-record bluegill last Saturday on Iatt Lake. (Tim Delaney photo) Most anglers spend many dollars and countless hours selecting just the right gear for the fish they ...