Late in the 1980s, my family moved from LaMoure to Valley City, N.D. I'd fished the Jim River and Lake LaMoure before the move and enjoyed an array of fish, from pike to perch and even the lowly carp.

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 ...

This may be the most fun time of the year for fishermen.The bluegill spawn has begun, which means plenty of easy catching and some tasty tablefare.Bluegills are prolific in Ohio and most parts of the ...

Bluegills are spawning, bass are transitioning to summer patterns and trout and salmon fishing remains pretty good on Lake Michigan. If only the weather would stabilize and give anglers a better ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay find spawning bluegill and catfish for a southern-style catch. Opinion: James Talarico might be the ...

It’s as absolute as anything in fishing: Bluegill spawn on the first full moon in May, which this year, is today. This is hardly a firm scientific fact. Tradition, folklore and generations of ...

Summer has arrived when you can cruise shallow in a boat on a sunny day and watch bluegills swarm and dimple the water’s surface. Things get really serious when you find males approaching spawning ...

Giant bluegills, the same ones that carefully inspect your baits in midwinter with a fervent discernment few other fish possess, become decidedly less judicious when late spring arrives. Instead, they ...

The Marine Corps has a mantra: Improvise, Adapt and Overcome. I got a chance to see this in action recently, but in a very atypical way — some bluegill building their nests. A landowner called me and ...

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 ...

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 ...

This sure has been a funny year for fishing. With March and April being as cold as it gets for spring, almost all species of fish have had late spawns this year, including both fresh and saltwater ...