Crappie/Bream
Arno lands Lake Lamar Bruce record bluegill
Chuck Arno, from Byhalia, caught the new Lake Lamar Bruce record bluegill while fishing a benefit bass tournament on Oct. 8. […]
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Species spotlight: Bluegill
Bluegill are a favorite among almost every angler, and these sunfish are found everywhere and revered where they’re found. […]
Freshwater Fishing
5 great fishing outings for June
June is always a hot month, and we’re talking fishing, not temperatures. In Mississippi, opportunities abound for many species on many types of waters. […]
Bass Fishing
Supplemental feeding in farm ponds works
Benefits of supplemental feeding can be evaluated by measuring sunfish and bass growth, but many factors can affect growth. […]
Bass Fishing
Rez crappie, catfish, even bluegill red hot
Rebounding bass fishing at Barnett Reservoir may get more attention, but the fishing for other popular species, including crappie and catfish, may be better. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Bream ID: Shellcrackers and bluegills
Although commonly lumped together in many circumstances under the handle bream, bluegill and redear sunfish have distinctly different characteristics, especially when targeting one species or the other. […]
Crappie/Bream
To get out of a small-bream rut, go deep, go big
Ken Nutter is one of those anglers who always seems to find big bream, especially this time of year. Here are his top tips. […]
Crappie/Bream
Bluegill: Bounty on the beds this month
To find success on bedding bream, one needs a nose for the sport.
“One of the first lessons my daddy gave me about fishing was smelling out bream beds,” said Joe Watts of Canton. “We were paddling across a lake one day and he stopped, turned up his head to take a big breath and said, ‘smell that son. That’s bream on a bed.’ […]
Freshwater Fishing
The sunfish clan Part I: Bluegill
Mississippi waters provide homes to some good populations of sunfish. And there is a cadre of anglers that would rather fish for — and eat — bream than any other fish on an anglers’ most-wanted list. […]
Field Notes
May prime time for bluegill
May is prime time for bream, which the tasty panfish heading to the shallows for their annual spawning ritual. […]
Field Notes
Full moon = bedding bream
When redear and bluegill are bedding, you can find them sharing the same areas. There’s a good chance you’ll find them after a full moon. […]
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Bluegill fishing on Lake Chotard and Eagle Lake
Those of us dragging 65 or more years behind us remember when fishing at Lake Chotard meant double-checking river gages, crossing the Little Sunflower River and Steele Bayou on a barge ferry powered by a Ford Model A engine, and dodging potholes along a muddy road to reach Laney’s Fish Camp.