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 ...

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 ...

I met a man at a bait store in Hot Springs last week that was buying a large quantity of crickets. "Look's like somebody's going bream fishing," I said. That started a long conversation about ...

Call them bream, perch, sunfish, sunperch, even super perch. Whatever name you give the fish, make sure you describe them as fun to catch, scrappy, and ready to bite. For our discussion, we are going ...

My grandfather was born and raised in the tiny town of Nauvoo near Dyersburg, Tennessee. Like many poor southern families, the Butler clan moved north to find work in the 1940s. Unable to let go of ...

Fishing is about to be in full swing with spawning bass followed by crappie and bream. And there's no shortage of great fishing opportunities in Mississippi with its many lakes and rivers. Even so, ...

Hayden Olds and I teamed up last Thursday to catch what Olds says is the only tarpon landed from Mobile Bay this year. The estimated 100-pound fish ate a dead pogy on the bottom off Point Clear ...

On many blue-ribbon, bream-fishing waters, there's a saying: The best time to fish for bream is in late spring and early summer, during or near the time when the moon is full. Something mystical ...

I don’t like driving, particularly at night, and I’ve been on the road too much lately. But a recent drive on the interstate did have one pleasant aspect. The crimson clover was blooming. It is among ...

My grandfather was born and raised in the tiny town of Nauvoo near Dyersburg, Tennessee. Like many poor southern families, the Butler clan moved north to find work in the 1940s. Unable to let go of ...