BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Cram Session is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific fish species or local ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Saddlecreek some bluegill have been caught on crickets. Topwaters at first light are producing bass. Later in the day, deep diving crank bites and big plastic worms are producing ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bluegills are a popular panfish around Ohio, in both small farm ponds and many public lakes. Shreve Lake in the Shreve Lake Wildlife Area in Wayne County has become a prime fishing ...

MUSKEGON, MI – The bluegill fishing is picking up, while the Lake Michigan salmon fishing is slowing down. Anglers fishing for bluegill on many Muskegon-area lakes, including multiple shallow spots ...

Editor's note: Flip Putthoff, who compiles the weekly fishing report, is on vacation. Here is last week's report. Early morning and late evening are the times to be fishing, said Jon Conklin, fishing ...

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Social media users have been sharing an image of a bluegill fish with text that warns readers about the species being one of the most dangerous in North America. This claim is false. Examples can be ...

Bluegill, also called bream, brim, sunfish, or panfish, are freshwater finfish in the Centrarchidae family. The native range includes the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from New ...