If you enjoy catching big bluegill, go right now! Bluegill and shellcracker are bedding hot and heavy on Chickamauga. Chances are Nickajack and other lakes are in the same mode, although I haven't ...

“Bream” is the colloquial name given to a gregarious set of panfish species in the South. Typically, a bream is a bluegill, but the name can include red-ear sunfish, also known as shellcrackers, ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — On many Arkansas bream fishing waters, there’s a saying: The best time to fish for bream, such as bluegills and redear sunfish, is in spring and early summer, during or near the time ...

The most useful and versatile inshore terminal-tackle rig in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia is a sliding cork affair, appropriately called the "float rig." It's also the inshore rig that ...

ARKANSAS — I like to call him “the Bream Master.” During the more than 30 years I’ve been traveling the country and fishing with experts of all stripes, I’ve never met anyone who knows more about ...

Here are our picks of the best fishing rods in 2025, tried and tested by the experts at the Angling Times.