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 ...

Let's face it - the bluegills off the dock of your family’s cottage have gotten smaller and smaller as summer goes on. The water has warmed up, weeds fill the shallows, and not a big bluegill in sight ...

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 ...

Growing up, I could always count on a certain fish to make my day. One that was always willing to bite and put a good bend into an ultralight. That species has made its way into the hearts and ...

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Surveys confirm that Minnesota anglers want to catch big bluegills and other sunfish. Sunfish populations are abundant in most lakes, but larger specimens are usually rare. Local fisheries managers ...

You might think of bluegills as something kids catch from docks in the summertime. But in winter, they are serious sport. They can be willing biters ... or they can be challenging, depending on their ...

On successive casts this month, 13-year-old Joshua Thomas caught a 9-pound bass and then a near state-record 2-pound, 5-ounce bluegill from a tiny pond. “The perch fought harder than the bass,” Thomas ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, a favorite punching bag for those who don't get everything they want all the time, is undertaking an initiative for which those who fish in the state ...

Tom Gossett checked the shade line on the water caused by the morning sun and cast a cricket where his instincts told him the big bream would be. His brightly colored, weighted foam cork disappeared ...

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 ...