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 ...

The bluegill is one of the most common and popular fish in Michigan, and one of the best understood. For over a century, researchers have been studying the ecology of bluegill in Michigan lakes. While ...

A few days ago I used a minnow sein to dip this very small bluegill from the edge of a pond. It is only 1 1/2 inch long. So far, this little bluegill has escaped predation from a number of potential ...

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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 ...

For the next few weeks many anglers will turn attention to bluegill for a practical reason: The tasty panfish typically begin spawning action in May, making them easy to find and fun to catch. And ...

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 ...

WE KNEW THAT in the lake there were bluegills the size of pie plates. They had spawned six weeks ago, and at that time we had quickly put limits on our stringers when we fished for them in the reedy ...

A few years ago, the Indiana DNR put a bluegill bag limit up for debate after a survey revealed that 60 percent of the state’s anglers felt one was necessary. Indiana hasn’t had a bluegill bag limit ...

Many landowners want a fishing pond, but building a pond is more complicated than merely digging a hole. Scott Jones, a small impoundment extension specialist for the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff ...

A dandy trail for hiking circles a little lake that's darned good for fishing. Lake Wilson in south Fayetteville is a scenic, 28-acre oval of pretty water that's the centerpiece of Lake Wilson Park.