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 ...

Like most fishermen, the first fish I caught was a bream – from Georgia’s Lake Sinclair at a family picnic in 1959. The bream I caught was a bluegill, but depending on where you grew up, your first ...

Florida has more than 7,000 lakes and ponds and over 10,000 miles of streams and rivers that are all breaming with bream. During the hottest days of the summer, some great bream fishing can be found ...

Call them bream, perch, sunfish, sunperch, even super perch. Whatever name you give the fish, make sure you describe them as fun to catch, scrappy, and ready to bite. For our discussion, we are going ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Horseshoe, Legs and Waterlou. Lakes Shop, 3, 5, B and C also had high catch rates. This past week there were 15 large bass over 19 inches ...

We’re now in one of my favorite times of year: the time when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream is a much-loved pastime for this country boy ...

Tip of the Week: According to fieldandstream.com, if the bass you seek aren’t going hard after the big-hook bait, add a trailer hook. That basic adjustment can be the difference between bringing in a ...

Bream are in shallow water for spawning in almost all lakes and rivers throughout Northeast Florida. And for anglers big and small, it's a choice time for simple shoreline fishing that usually results ...

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 ...

1 Around Lakeland, the bluegill are “popping off real good” on crickets and red worms at Saddle Creek Park. Bass fishing has been tough though. Ten-inch mag trick worms have been the most productive.

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 ...