Bluegill fishing is one of the best ways to introduce kids to the outdoors. ... Having more than one bluegill setup spooled with different line for different situations can prove very handy.

A bluegill is never going to engage the drag, and most of the time you’re going to wind up stripping the fish in by hand and never actually using the reel. It’s essentially a line holder, so a ...

Catching bream on popping bugs with a fly rod is one of the most exciting summer fishing experiences our state offers. An elderly uncle taught me how to do it when I was 13.

Pull down any webs you see in a catalpa tree and save those caterpillars for your next fishing trip. ... OUTDOORS. Use catalpa worms for top of the line bait to catch bream, catfish. Mike Leggett.

I grew up in a fishing world — hunting, too, to be honest — that was seriously focused on bringing home something to eat. People ran trotlines on the river and filled up ice chests with as ...

We are just hours away from the day that brought me to my best bream fishing experience ever. It was Memorial Day 1967, and I’d just finished high school and was getting ready for a summer of ...

I can remember fly fishing with my father as a child nearly 60 years ago on the lake behind our house in Ohio. We were ...

Lakes Conway, Overcup and Atkins are premier bluegill fishing destinations in early summer. In western Arkansas, Sugarloaf Lake near Fort Smith and lakes Hinkle and Truman Baker near Waldron are good.

Here are seven great fishing spots in the Rockford region. Pierce Lake. Located in Rock Cut State Park, 7223 West Lane Road in Loves Park, the 147-acre Pierce Lake has lots of shore line with easy ...