
Pro Tip of the Week: Fishing shallow-water panfish
2. Camo up. Whether you’re fishing from shore or from a boat, wear clothing that blends into your surroundings.

2. Camo up. Whether you’re fishing from shore or from a boat, wear clothing that blends into your surroundings.

Spring is a consistent time to find bluegills and other sunfish. No need for a fishing forecast when they gather in the shallows to spawn. The pre-spawn catch can be as good as those taken

Bluegills, crappies, and bobbers go together and remain a basic, productive means to catching panfish. But somewhere along the way, bobber fishing got sophisticated. Bobbers and corks became “floats.” Call them what you want, but

Of the roughly 200 walleyes sampled in last summer’s survey, 82 of them were less than 11 inches long, 72 were between 12 and 14 inches in length, 38 measured between 15 and 19 inches,

They say the best way to make an impact in the world is to act locally. And there are things that you can actually do to make a difference on your local waters.
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Trout season has been canceled at Lake Wilma this spring, and the popular impoundment in Greene County is expected to remain off-limits to all fishing for the next couple of months.
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A healthy bass and panfish population supplemented by a robust stocked walleye fishery combine to make Dickinson County’s Lake Antoine a popular attraction for anglers in the south-central Upper Peninsula.

One of those offerings is Eastwood Lake, an 185-acre mile-long impoundment, was created as a byproduct of gravel mining operations.

File this one under the “you never know what might happen” category.
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