Almost 10 years ago, a good cyber friend of mine, Bill “Musky” Modica, outlined a highly effective tactic for catching a variety of panfish on spoons. Yup, that’s right, spoons! His tutorials were ...

An outsized rendition of a bluegill graces the highway shoulder along the Mississippi River in Onalaska. If Paul Bunyan had a panfish sidekick, this would be it. The 15-foot-tall statue is accompanied ...

Joe Balog loves chasing trophy springtime pumpkinseeds on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair—which lies between lakes Erie and Huron. PilgrimColB.jpg Crappies love the structure found in marinas. If the water ...

When it comes to catching large numbers of panfish, it’s impossible to beat a chunk of nightcrawler (or maybe a cricket) hanging under a bobber. But when you’re throwing live bait for panfish, you’re ...

On almost every outing with the ‘Genz clan,’ somebody catches a big fish, even though most fishing takes place during midday hours and the baits being used are designed to catch panfish. Here, Jesse ...

Most anglers will tell you the fishing gets tougher during the summer. That is true, but it has nothing to do with fish feeling uncomfortable in “hot” water. Some cold- and cool-water fish, such as ...

Just like that and we are over the hump of a cold snap. Temperatures heading into the weekend are again warmer than average. We might have even crossed that threshold of the start of the melt. Ice ...

There's something special about taming a charging bull bluegill on line as thin as a spider web. Few fishing sensations are wilder than a white bass tearing up the sunset reflecting off of the evening ...