1. In Lakeland, at Saddle Creek, grass shrimp, crickets and red worms were the bait of choice for shellcracker and bluegill. Small domestic shiners were the go-to bait for bass. The catfish bite has ...

1. In Lakeland, crickets and grass shrimp are being sold like crazy as shellcracker have been hot. On Saddle Creek, look for catfish using chicken liver and cut bait. Bass have been hitting on darker ...

1. In Lakeland, the bluegill bite has been good at Lake Parker, Lake Crago, Saddle Creek and Tenoroc. Catfish have also been hitting chicken livers and cut bait at Saddle Creek, reports Phillips Bait ...

1. In Lakeland, bass are being caught at Saddle Creek on medium domestic shiners and are ranging anywhere from 3 to 5-pounds. At Tenoroc, on Cemetery Lake, catfish are biting chicken livers. Bass can ...

Largemouth Bass – Extreme, sustained hot weather has water temps very high, but the bass bite is still decent both early and late in the day or around deep-water holes or structure. 1 At Saddle Creek, ...

In terms of availability, access, and a willingness to bite, it's hard to beat a bluegill. The species Lepomis macrochirus is widespread across the entire continent and is a popular game fish among ...

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 ...

Redear sunfish go by many names with chinquapin and shellcrackers being two of the more common in Mississippi. Although some anglers specifically target redear, they are often a by-catch for those ...

Could there been a better week of fishing than last week? Seriously, we received great fishing reports from all regions — offshore, nearshore, inshore and freshwater, too. We're in the middle of the ...

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 ...

1. Around Lakeland, at Saddle Creek, the bass bite is good around the park on small and medium size shiners, speed worms and sapphire blue color plastic worms. Good numbers of bluegill and tilapia are ...