If you want to "bounce up" your ice fishing catch this year, I'd recommend you put a spring bobber at the tip of your ice fishing rod. These simple "bobbers" have been around for a long time; but, I ...

There’s a simplicity to bluegill fishing that never gets old. I have spent plenty of time chasing larger fish in deeper water with more complicated setups, but when the bluegills are biting, I find ...

The spring bobber has played a role in icing bull bluegills and slab crappies for as long as most of us remember. It's always been one of those tools that serious anglers searching out the biggest ...

With a quick snap of my wrist, I set the hook into another hearty bluegill and raise the purple and black bull from the water. Swinging the chunky keeper into the boat, I smile as thoughts of summer ...

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 ...

As the first inklings of spring emerge in Northern Michigan, and lakes begin to ice out, stalk the shorelines to reel in famished bluegills. Subscribe to life outdoors—fishing, biking, hiking, hunting ...

BIG LAKE, Minn. — Sitting in an Ice Castle fish house parked in his driveway, veteran ice tournament angler Lawrence Luoma described the evolution of his tackle and fishing techniques during the past ...

Spring bobbers are an effective bite detection system that is quite easy to master. On those “light bite” days, spring bobbers will add fish to your bucket. n It happens to me several times every ...

Related content Watch a school of crappies enter a channel mouth, and you'll see a nervous stampede dashing through the opening, heading for the back end of the channel. They don't linger at the ...

This isn’t the best time of year to catch a bluegill on a dry fly, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. They may venture into the shallows for a short time on a sunny day, but until the water ...